William's words shocked Valeria.
"You can't talk nonsense like that! Ashley should be my dad's child, right? He is such a shrewd
person.Before he took them in, he must have done a DNA test."
"Yes, he must have done the test, but the results may have been changed, right?"
William replied with a smile, "Don't you think that Ashley and your father have no similarities at all?"
"Well...But I don't look like my father either.It's possible for children to not resemble their parents,
right?" Valeria retorted.
"That's also a possibility, but it is not likely for children to have zero resemblance to their parents.Let
me give you an example, what would you do if you are really not your father's child? This is just an
example.
"That's not valid, how can I not be my father's child? You can't spew nonsense like this!" She glared at
him unhappily.
"I was just joking.Don't mind me, and don't get angry either." He explained immediately.
"Your jokes are crossing the line lately.How can you say things like that? If I say that you are not your
father's child, would you be angry?
"Probably." He replied.
"That's right.You can't say things like that anymore.If you say it again, I'm going to punish you," she
warned.
"I see.I won't talk about it in the future!"
He promised good-naturedly Bobby, who was driving in the front, started the car engine.
Valeria frowned and felt that William was being weird.
What he said to her every time seemed accidental, but it was not a joke at all because whatever he
said was usually backed up with proof.
If he wasn't joking this time, it would be a big deal.
Valeria didn't want to believe that she was not Ronald's child, but William's words reminded her that
she didn't look like him at all.
Not only did she not resemble him, but her personality also wasn't like him either.
As she thought about it, she was reminded of her childhood.
Since her youth, Natalie had always been the one to personally teach her, and Ronald never had any
chances to interrupt them.
Natalie had never asked Ronald to take care of her.Her reason was that a mother's care was better
than a father's.
She had been sent to boarding school since she was eight until she graduated from college, so she
had only stayed home for a very short time.
Natalie was a good mother.
She did everything a mother should do, but Ronald had never cared about her like a father.
He had never taken her to school, and she never thought it was abnormal because she was used to it.
Now as she thought about it, it seemed that many of her classmates were sent to school by their
fathers.She would envy her classmates when she saw them hanging out with their dad on the
streets.She talked about this with Natalie, but she said that there was a difference between men and
women.
If she wanted to shop, eat, or travel, her mother would accompany her, but her father didn't have to
because he was busy and had work to deal with.She never doubted Natalie's reasoning, but she now
found it weird after giving it some thought.
Natalie was not a stubborn person.
She was quite open-minded, so why did she prohibit Valeria from spending time alone with Ronald?
Back then, Ronald's attitude towards her was also very cold.
When Natalie was alive, he only treated her superficially.
Later, when Natalie was gone, he showed his true colors.
He had no fatherly affections towards her, and he always tried to set her up.
On the other hand, Natalie had always been on guard against Ronald too.
A normal, loving couple would not have to prepare secret contingency plans to deal with one another in
the future.
Moreover, she found out that Ronald and Natalie didn't seem to be affectionate at all.
Was there a reason behind this? If Ronald was really not her father, then that would explain the reason
why he kept plotting against her.
After observing what had happened lately, Valeria could tell that Ronald was as vicious as Julie and
Ashley.
He was capable of doing anything to her, so she was forced to prepare herself for anything.
The more she thought about it, the more upset she became.
Her sullen expression did not escape William's eyes.
He reached out and held her in his arms.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing."
William knew that his words just now had made her think of unsavory things.He held her in his arms
and said, "No matter what happens, just remember that I am definitely on your side!"
"I know!" She reached out to hug him.
No matter what the truth was, she would be fine if William was by her side.
With him next to her, anything could be resolved, no matter how difficult it was.
In the evening, Charles took Ashley back to his room in B City and they had fun together all night.
After he fell asleep from exhaustion, she was still in high spirits.
Seeing him fall asleep, she picked up her phone and went to the bathroom.
Julie sent her several messages, and she replied to them after reading them.
"I am with Charles now." Julie was shocked.
"Really?"
"Really, mom.I won't be afraid of dad anymore as long as I hook up with Charles! I have to seize this
opportunity" Julie immediately replied.
"You better hold onto him.There is one more thing I want to tell you! Your father has agreed to plot
against Valeria again.As long as she is dead, we will have a bright future.I have contacted the person
we hired last time."
"Great, did they reply? What did they say?"
"They said that they hate Valeria to the core because one of them went blind because of her.They
immediately agreed to it as soon as I contacted them.Now, let's wait and see.I estimate that there will
be news about it in less than a week."
Seeing Julie's message, Ashley was extremely happy.There was still a way out.
Anyway, she had two options now.
Even if she failed at one option, there was at least another one.
Then, William took Valeria back to the villa.She went to the bathroom to take a bath, while he picked up
his cell phone to send a message to Marcus.
"In order to prevent Ronald and Julie from getting ahead of us, arrange a few twenty-four-hour
bodyguards for Valeria starting from now"
Marcus quickly replied and said, "Got it, Mr.Howard.The Saunders family sent someone to B City, and it
looks like they're investigating Miss Brown.Should we stop them?"
"Whose men are they? Archer, Gavin, or my eldest sister?" William asked.
"It should be Gavin's men.They are very cautious.Why do you think he's doing this? Why would they
investigate Miss Brown? Is it because of Lamont?" Marcus guessed.
"Half of it is probably because of Lamont, but I think Gavin must be suspicious of Valeria's family
background too." William carefully typed the message on the screen.
"Does Miss Brown's family have anything to do with the Saunders family?" Marcus was startled.
If Valeria's family was truly related to the Saunders, then it could only be through Archer.
This was big news.
If Valeria was really Archer's daughter, then what would happen to her and William? William's sister
married Archer.If Valeria and William were together, everyone would be against it, right?
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