Chapter 27

The car gently halted outside Emerald Garden. Valeria unbuckled her seatbelt, getting ready to step out.

Do you really have a boyfriend?" Hackett suddenly asked.

Valeria paused, taken aback. "Huh?"

I mean, if you have a boyfriend, you could bring him over and end Barron's attempts at matchmaking. Otherwise, he'll keep setting you up on dates?

Though his words portrayed this, deep down, Hackett wished Valeria did not have a boyfriend. He secretly hoped she would deny it outright.

"Got it"

Valeria pushed open the car door, but then the thought of that infuriating tombstone crossed her mind. She could not help but turn back. "Is that tombstone set in place now? No room for negotiation?"

No

Valeria fell silent. She exited the car, closed the door, and turned toward the living quarters.

Inside the car. Hackett observed her retreating figure for quite some time.

He could not understand why Valeria was so opposed to that tombstone. Unless she felt their child was not worth having a tombstone.

He racked his brain for a while but still could not fathom that their son, Alex, was not actually dead and was already three years old

Once Valeria returned home, she found the nanny had already taken Alex to kindergarten.

She intended to rest briefly before heading to the law office in the afternoon.

Her phone suddenly rang, showing an international call from Keith,

Valeria answered. "Mr. Cooper, what's up?"

A soft chuckle came from the other end. "It's almost afternoon back home. Have you had lunch?"

time to eat, but she lied, "Yeah, I

Someone

"Really? Congratulations."

promised, when I return, you and Alex will welcome me back. You haven't forgotten, have

course not. How could I forget? Alex and I will pick you up from the airport whenever

flight is the day after

finally

she could wrap up her ongoing cases

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I'll bring Alex to pick you

I'll get some sleep now. See you

"Okay."

Valeria was struck by an idea. If Barron tried to set her up on another blind date, she might have Keith pretend

Barron and Hackett any longer. The memory of Hackett erecting that empty tombstone for Alex embarrassed her deeply, but she could not reveal the truth. She wished she could go overnight and remove that tombstone, It felt as if that tombstone was cursing Alex to an early death Lying on the couch. idly scrolling through her phone, a headline caught her attention. "Cheryl Yeats'

knew it was Hackett without needing to click, but her curiosity got the better

Valeria could not tell if this sudden exposure was Hackett's doing or Cheryl's. At that moment, the

show, utterly insincere. She believed he did it to feel justified

entertainment news flash on her phone screen. It

paparazzi expose Valeria as a homewrecker, attempting

Valeria would not

Then, her phone rang.

It was Hackett calling.

name on the caller ID, Cheryl burst into laughter. She adjusted her mood and answered in

tonight? Let's go out

make time even if I'm

come to pick you

waiting for you at

deep down. As for the unpleasant incidents that had occurred earlier, she blamed Valeria for everything, believing that Valeria deliberately wanted to ruin her

had been neglecting Cheryl these past few days and wanted

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