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In fact, Anastasia couldn’t help but sense a chilly aura and the man’s eerie silence filled the atmosphere.

Soon, Elliot looked up and sat her down beside him. “How are things with Jared? Would you like to leave and check on him now?”

“Don’t worry about him. He is with my dad. Anyway, have they identified the reason that caused your grandmother to faint?” Anastasia curiously asked.

Elliot nodded. “I’ll tell you more when I’m done taking care of everything.”

“Sure. What matters now is that your grandma wakes up.”

An hour later, Harriet woke up and was seemingly in a good mood, although she had no idea why she fainted in the first place.

“Mom, let me handle our dinner next year! The years have caught up to you, and you should rest more.” Brenda thought the hectic preparation for the dinner had taken a toll on Harriet’s health and caused her to pass out.

“I didn’t do anything much either.” The lady shook her head.

“You nearly scared us all to death, Grandma.”

“Don’t worry about me. I’m fine, aren’t I?” Harriet insisted that she was still healthy and refused to worry the others.

At the same time, Elliot was relieved after seeing his grandmother come around, thinking he could finally put his mind to ease. “Grandma, you should probably stay in the hospital for a week,” he suggested.

“That’s right, Mom! I promise I’ll visit you every day so that you won’t feel bored. Please stay here!”

“Why do you guys look like you’re trying to incarcerate me here?” Harriet wasn’t happy with everyone’s suggestion as she expressed her dissatisfaction. After all, they all thought that the more energetic she tried to make herself seem, the more childish she appeared to be.

In the meantime, Anastasia felt just as relieved as the rest while looking at the old lady with a smile on her face while finally feeling the joy of having an elderly senior in the family.

“Aunt Brenda, why don’t you stay here to keep Grandma company with Nigel while I give Anastasia a ride home?”

“Go ahead.” Brenda nodded her head in response.

When Elliot took Anastasia home, he was surprisingly quiet in the car, which made Anastasia think it was because he was too shocked about his grandmother’s condition. Therefore, she silently stayed by his side until they arrived at the entrance of her residential area just as Elliot said, “I’ll come over to pick you up later.”

“There’s no need for that. I’ll be staying home tonight.” Anastasia didn’t want Elliot to be tired out by the hassle of traveling.

“Sure, I’ll pick you up tomorrow then.” He hoped that she would move in and stay with him.

“Alright, do what you must for now.” She alighted from the car and walked further into the residential area.

After watching the lady walk through the gate, Elliot reached for his phone and dialed Rey’s number. “Gather a few men and tell them to come with me to Hayley’s house.”

On the other hand, Hayley and Daniel were cuddling each other in their sleep at Summit Mansion as they were exhausted from their intimate moment just minutes ago. However, that also left the unsuspecting duo completely unaware of Elliot and his men’s arrival.

Meanwhile, Rey was shocked by what he discovered as he managed to trace a transaction that led them to a source, which was later identified to be from the black card given to Hayley. “President Presgrave, Miss Seymour has spent approximately fifty million with this card in the past six months.” Damn! Hayley hasn’t really been frugal with the money she’s been given.

Elliot squinted, deciding to stop aiding Hayley financially from that moment on. At the same time, Rey had the access card to the mansion and was able to drive into the compound. Throughout the entire time, Hayley and Daniel were still sound asleep in the room. Since the manor belonged to Elliot, he had the authority to reset the password. Instead of waking the two of them up, he reset the password and opened the door.

“They’re now upstairs. Should we head up there?” Rey awkwardly asked, considering the fact that Daniel was his colleague.

“Get them down here.” Elliot had no interest in witnessing what he deemed would be an eyesore.

Therefore, Rey reluctantly headed upstairs by himself and made his way to the bedroom where he saw several clothes lying on the ground. At the sight of that, he felt goosebumps running all over his body as he knocked on the door, waking the two of them up instantly.

While Hayley snapped out of her alcoholic influence, Daniel immediately asked, “Who else has access to your house, Hayley?”

“Is it Anna?” Hayley, who was seen with her messy hair, was mad at Anna whom she thought was knocking on the door.

As Daniel wore his clothes in a panicky manner, Hayley wrapped herself in her pajamas and opened the door, only to be greeted by Rey’s face which left them horrified and stunned.

“M-Mr. Osborne, what brings you here?” Hayley asked in a terrified manner and went on to explain what might have appeared to Rey, although Daniel could be seen buttoning up his shirt in the background. “Mr. Lancaster and I were discussing something in the room.”

“Mr. Presgrave is waiting downstairs. Get down there when you’re done putting on your clothes.” Rey finished his words and walked away.

Upon hearing the man’s words, Hayley turned pale in the face. What?! Elliot is waiting downstairs? She then turned her attention to Daniel and glared at him. “We will say nothing about our relationship!”

“You don’t say!” Daniel replied. What kind of dumb question is that?! I don’t want to die yet!

Upon putting on their clothes, they headed downstairs as if they had just finished discussing their business. Then, Hayley made her way to Elliot, although she was still trying to get over her surprised feeling about the man’s untimely visit. “Here you are, Elliot.” Despite the short period, she managed to put on some makeup and applied some lipstick to her lips before showing herself in a decent coat.

At the same time, Daniel was too scared to look up as he seemed afraid to step forward. Meanwhile, Elliot set his cold eyes on the lady who was coming his way, his eyes gaze filled with rage and exasperation.

“Rey, please show Miss Seymour the video.” Elliot had never thought about killing someone, but at that moment, he was tempted to make an exception.

While Hayley had no idea what she was going to be watching, Rey proceeded to turn up the volume and show her a video of herself swapping the medicine at Presgrave Residence with the highest resolution. In that instant, Hayley’s eyes were left wide open in horror as she covered her mouth and spent the next few minutes watching the video until the end.

Deep down, she didn’t expect that her wrongdoings would be caught on tape, and she shivered so much that she struggled to muster the courage and meet Elliot’s gaze. However, she eventually decided to take a peek, only to notice the man’s glacial expression like he was suppressing his murderous intent. On the other hand, Elliot, who met Hayley’s eyes, instantly felt a strong desire to kill her.

“I’m sorry, Elliot. I-I… I…” Hayley stammered and struggled to complete her sentence in the face of Elliot’s indifferent sharp gaze. While she was usually good at giving excuses, nothing seemed to come to her mind at that moment. After all, her wickedness and heartlessness were exposed by the video, which left her with almost no way to explain herself. “I’m sorry. I-I was foolish to make that mistake. Please forgive me, Elliot. I just couldn’t think straight.”

“Miss Seymour, do you know that Old Madam Presgrave has been admitted to the hospital because she mistakenly took the medicine you swapped and fainted?” Rey asked rhetorically in an attempt to make Hayley understand the gravity of the situation.

Upon hearing Rey’s reply, Hayley felt her blood freeze. “What?! Grandma mistakenly took the medicine?! I’m sorry. I never thought of doing any harm to Grandma. I swear I didn’t…” The lady stubbornly tried to talk her way out, gazing at Elliot tearfully. “I’m sorry, Elliot! I didn’t mean it! I didn’t do that on purpose…”

“Hayley, I’m going to spare your life for the sake of that incident five years ago, but I demand you to return my card and my watch to me. Then, pack your stuff and get out of my manor,” Elliot answered coldly without a sign of expression that indicated his anger.

Scared by the man’s words, Hayley bit her lips in fear as she didn’t think her nightmare would catch up to her so soon. Although the truth about the incident that happened five years ago wasn’t exposed, she was surprised that Elliot still wanted to take everything away from her. “You can’t do this to me, Elliot! I gave you my first time five years ago, so is that how you’re going to treat me?”

“You tried to kill my grandmother, so do you think I’m going to give a damn about what happened five years ago? With this video, I could put you in jail and have you locked up in a cell for eternity,” Elliot answered coldly.

Meanwhile, Hayley went weak in the knees and collapsed onto the ground after hearing Elliot’s words. After all, Elliot was like a god that had made her somebody. Now, he was going to take everything away from her. I’m no longer who I used to be, and I’ll never be the person I was. I’m now living like a princess, so how can I go back to the old days when I was poor and broke?

“Please, Elliot! Please don’t do this to me! I’m sorry! I made a mistake, but I’ve learned my lesson…” Hayley sank to her knees and crawled toward Elliot, beseeching him to cut her some slack. “Please don’t take my card away from me. Please don’t chase me out of this manor! I promise I’ll never harm anyone ever again, Elliot! I don’t want to lose everything I have now…”

On the other hand, Rey and the other bodyguards were speechless upon seeing Hayley’s reaction, seeing how the lady was willing to beg Elliot not to take away her money at the cost of her pride. As the man’s glacial gaze stopped the lady from moving, he said, “From the moment you tried to kill my grandma, you no longer deserve to own everything you have right now. I have no more tolerance for you, Hayley!”

At the same time, Daniel, who was staring at Hayley, lost his liking toward her as he found her embarrassed look ugly and laughable. “I’m sorry, President Presgrave. I’ll resign right away.” He walked closer and added, “I know I’ve made a mistake for allowing Miss Seymour to seduce me. I apologize to you for that.”

“What are you talking about, Daniel?! I didn’t seduce you, but you forced me to sleep with you instead.” Hayley refuted Daniel, refusing to let the latter’s accusation add to Elliot’s hatred for her.

Nonetheless, Elliot felt nothing but disgust toward the two of them. He glared at Daniel and said, “Get out of my face now!” Knowing that Elliot was showing him mercy by telling him to leave, Daniel rose to his feet and staggered away desperately while Hayley stayed behind and continued to kneel on her knees with a pale face to show her unwillingness to lose everything she had.

“Find Mr. Presgrave’s card and watch.” Rey gave the bodyguards an order.

“No, please don’t take my card away! Please don’t…” Hayley tried to grab her handbag, but the guards were one step ahead of her as they emptied it and reached for her wallet. As soon as they got their hands on the black card, they wiped it with a piece of tissue paper and handed it over to Elliot. Nonetheless, he didn’t take the card. Instead, he let Rey take it. In the meantime, one of his bodyguards headed upstairs and came down shortly after he found Elliot’s watch and returned it to him.

When Hayley saw what they were doing, she lost her mind and shouted, “No, none of you can take anything away from me! They are all mine! I deserve them, Elliot! You’re indebted to me, so you can’t take them away from me.” As Hayley wanted to hug Elliot’s thigh to beg him not to take away her possessions, two of his bodyguards immediately restrained her to keep her from getting closer to Elliot.

“Take all her possessions and throw them away.” Elliot gritted his teeth, ordering his guards to take everything away from Hayley.

Hayley immediately covered her necklace with her hands, her eyes left wide open in horror. After all, she wasn’t about to give up a necklace worth over five million, but soon, a bodyguard came closer while the other two pinned her to the ground. Humiliated, Hayley screamed out loud. “You can’t do this to me! You can’t do this to me, Elliot! Help me! Ouch! It hurts, Elliot!” Despite the lady’s painful screams, Elliot’s gaze had no sympathy at all; there was only coldness and indifference to it.

The guard swiftly removed Hayley’s necklace, as well as her diamond bracelet, diamond watch, and diamond ring. After that, the guard reached for her handbag, in which he put her cell phone and identification documents before throwing it back to her. With her messy hair, Hayley was seen sitting while crying on the floor while glaring at Elliot resentfully. “If I had known you were so heartless when you slept with me five years ago, I wouldn’t have bothered to save you, Elliot!”

No matter how Hayley complained, Elliot’s eyes were only filled with hatred as he appeared emotionless. “You set Anastasia up five years ago, and now you tried to kill my grandmother. The two of them are the women I love the most, so you should consider yourself lucky that you’re still breathing right now.”

“Miss Seymour, I’d like to ask you a question. Why did you instruct the guards at Abyss Club to burn down the server room? What are you hiding?” Rey seized the opportunity and asked.

Hayley’s face changed as she looked at Rey in horror. “I-I did no such thing.”

“What are you not telling us?” Elliot questioned Hayley.

Upon hearing Elliot’s question, Hayley was horrified to realize that the former had already started to investigate the incident five years ago. For that, she was grateful that she had acted soon enough to destroy the evidence, or her lies would have been exposed a long time ago. “Yes, I did that because I didn’t want anyone to know that you slept with me.” Hayley tried to brush Elliot off with an excuse, but the man wasn’t convinced by her perfunctory explanation at all. I don’t believe in her words. They are not convincing at all, and I’m sure she knows more than she lets on.

hand, Rey reckoned it was a good thing for Elliot for confronting Hayley about the incident five

at Hayley’s face as he turned to his bodyguard. “Get

Hayley rose to her feet in a panicky manner, wanting to collapse into Elliot’s embrace. However, just when she was a foot away from him, she

to take a step forward as if she was about to fall off the edge of a cliff even though she was

the meantime, she couldn’t help but figure out whether Elliot would treat her better after he had calmed down from his anger. Therefore, as she walked closer and closer to the door, she was

house in which she had stayed for the last six months. The place felt like a castle to her, and she had enjoyed a life of wealth and comfort like a princess who was taken care of by her servants. Then, when she laid eyes on the Ferrari that she deemed was supposed to be hers, she couldn’t help but feel sorry to see it taken away from

her name and stashing some of the expensive jewelry in her house. After all, she never had a thought that she would end up so miserably one day. Deep down, she beat herself and regretted harming someone innocent. If I didn’t do any harm to anyone, I would still be enjoying all this. What the

blinded by her delusionally idealized fantasy after meeting a man like Elliot. Well, I guess it’s not something fortunate for a lady to be treated kindly by Elliot. Instead, it’s a misfortune in disguise because it is going to drive her crazy since she will now crave to marry Elliot more than ever. Then, Hayley realized her madness all began with her love for Elliot, which was why she had done everything to win him over even though that had eventually led to her

usually

leaving the manor, she realized the only valuable thing was the outfit that she was wearing at that moment. After all, she had spent hundreds of thousands

used to live her old days. At the thought of that, she could no longer fight back her tears as she cursed Elliot and Anastasia, hoping they would suffer terribly until they died. She then curled her

fact his son. Only I know this secret, but too bad that I’m going to keep it with me until my last dying breath. By then, I’m going to reveal it and make them suffer in remorse. I want Anastasia to remember that she slept with

with a loud voice. Not long after that, she decided to settle down at a nearby café, trying hard to adjust to her normal life after having lived her days luxuriously and comfortably for the past six months. Upon ordering herself a cup of coffee, she silently swallowed the unpleasant truth of being treated meanly by Elliot who had now become the person for whom she had nothing but

taste. She remembered ordering a cup of coffee with a rich flavor, yet she didn’t taste anything except for a strange hint of bitterness. “Is there something with your coffee? Why does it taste terrible?” Hayley vented out

over and asked, “Is there anything

contains no fragrance at all. I asked for hand-brewed

is indeed hand-brewed coffee, miss,” the

of coffee I’ve ever had!” After

she heard two ladies

her nice outfit, her

It’s as if she’s

head to see the two ladies mocking her and chastised them. “What are

to you? We’re just talking about a b*tch who was barking earlier. Why are you fitting yourself into what we

was about to walk over and confront them, they waved

in. When she saw them, she

realized at that moment that she no longer had the right to be arrogant. She was

not communicated with her family at all. She was a selfish person who would never share anything good with others. Hence, for the past six months, she was busy

had lived the life of a princess. She had plastic surgery, drove expensive cars, lived in a luxury bungalow, and carried

was the disaster

Hayley noticed a swarm of cars exiting the intersection in front of her. The line of Rolls-Royces that

of them and sell them since her villa was full of luxury things. She might be able to survive for a while with the money she received from

the password for the gate’s digital lock had changed. She gritted her teeth and attempted to enter from the other side, but she accidentally set off the warning

about its security because there was a warning alarm outside the wall. If anyone broke in, the alarm would notify the security office that would immediately notify the police station

this, she felt hopeless. It was impossible for her to get

when her phone rang. She looked at the screen and immediately answered the call. “Hello, Mr. Alan. How are things

authorities, Miss Seymour, and we have arranged a time for you. However, you must first

“How much is that?”

a lot to you.

sue the hospital for causing my loss of taste, but he still dares to ask for an

surgery you had cost about two million, so of course the examination fee would be this much. Furthermore, if you intend to sue the

heard that. “What? You all are just going crazy over the

that you will bear all consequences including any after-effects. If you want to make more amendments to what was done, you will have to pay for additional

exclaimed. At that point, Hayley was regretting her plastic

what she had done in the future. Even for her current loss of taste, she was unable

on the road and Elliot was sitting in the passenger seat, looking exhausted. “President Presgrave, where do you want to go?” Rey

was to look for Anastasia. However, she had informed him that she would not be coming to his

Truth was, he was

with Hayley, President Presgrave, in case Hayley finds ways to cause trouble to Miss

before

would be coming over. She asked if

had not prepared dinner yet, she

know that Elliot would be coming, as it meant that Anastasia had reconciled with

more food, Anastasia,” Francis instructed. “I’ll bring Jared out for a

replied with a

on the table, rang not long after he left. That surprised Anastasia, because she had not anticipated

she could respond, the person on the other end of the line yelled, “Do you still want to live here, Francis? You’re back at Anastasia’s house, looking after

with Francis coming to look after Jared. I bet he would need to face her nagging when he goes back

Naomi. My father is taking a stroll downstairs,”

day? Are you attempting to divide us?

merely wanted him to look after Jared

had your child if you don’t have time to care for him!” Naomi

infuriated Anastasia. “He’s my father, so

him look after your child as much as you want! Maybe one day I’ll just divorce him!”

to the other woman, but she didn’t want to make things difficult for Francis, who would be spending his life with Naomi. Hence, she said,

dad’s company. It doesn’t belong to you alone. Erica and I have our shares in it as well. If

before. It was just that Francis’ business was now her responsibility. She had no choice but to assist Francis in relieving

go back to his house for dinner. He knew as well that Naomi would definitely be displeased since he had been

Take good

then left. Not long later,

miss you so much,

you last saw him. What’s there for you to miss?” Anastasia said

was

just miss him!” Jared replied, his mouth

Jared in his arms and gave the boy a

fast! She’ll be your

he said, and found him amusing. Walking out, she gave him a stern glare and said, “Don’t spout

If she agrees, I can marry her

did you hear what Mr. Presgrave said? Please agree to

heard that, but she did not want to

occasionally hearing whatever was going on in the kitchen. He realized that he had really fallen in love with such a

She had prepared Francis’ portion as well,

Anastasia looked at him, then at Elliot, and she realized they

they finished their dinner, Anastasia was busy cleaning up the kitchen, while Elliot stood by the door, waiting

me?”

everything I had given Hayley. I don’t want to see her again from now

to hear

who changed Grandma’s medicine, which caused Grandma to faint this time. She

what she was hearing, and she clenched her fists and asked, “What? Hayley changed Old

installed in the area where the medicine was prepared, and all of

grandmother treats her well, but she still intends to harm her. What a vicious woman she is!” Anastasia

you need to guard against her if you ever see her in the future. I fear that she’ll go insane and hurt you.” He

couldn’t possibly be around her 24 hours a

Where is

things that I had given her. She doesn’t deserve

was Hayley’s

ago, but Hayley had deteriorated to the point where she was now attempting to harm Harriet through changing the medicine. That was a heinous crime. After all, Harriet was Elliot’s beloved

well, but merely tidied up her bed for him to rest on

glad. She treats me better

of them were staying in an old and cramped place. Hayley had two younger siblings, a sister and a brother. Her parents were both low-wage earners, with her mother working as a helper and her father as a construction worker. Despite the fact that she had been well off for the previous six months, she did not

began to cry regretful tears. Why am I so selfish? Why didn’t I assist them financially or buy a bigger house for them when I was rich in the past? Elliot would not have taken them back if I did

the house to dispose of the garbage. Seeing Hayley under the bright light, the older woman did

all, Hayley had plastic surgery and looked entirely

it’s me, Hayley,”

surgery? Where did you get your money?” Valerie yelled at Hayley after realizing the woman

is always like this. I

spent on plastic surgery to help the family? You’re such an ungrateful child. I shouldn’t have raised you up in the

coming back! I’ll

compelled to pursue Hayley, she

liked to put on airs since young. Hence, her return would only be a burden on their family. Furthermore, they had no idea where she had been for the past six months. They even had to

a shopping mall after leaving the Seymours’ house. She yearned for such a dazzling location. She then

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made Hayley feel sentimental. She could take anything she wanted a few days ago without thinking about the cost, but

a pair of shoes cost more than

shop. She wanted

only one who could take her in now, but for her to do so, Hayley could not let her know that Elliot had cut off

to pick her up after a call, and they both then

saw the items she had previously given to Erica. She didn’t