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?"
eat, but she lied, "Yeah, I just
coming back earlier. Someone has taken
"Really? Congratulations."
promised, when I return, you and Alex will welcome me back. You haven't
could I forget? Alex and I will pick you up from the airport whenever you
the day after tomorrow,
finally
meant she could wrap up her ongoing cases
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to pick you
I'll get some sleep now. See
"Okay."
idea. If Barron tried to set her up on another blind date, she might have Keith pretend to be her
not find peace during this time if she did not handle Barron's side of things properly. She did not want to be tormented by Barron and Hackett any longer. The memory of Hackett erecting that empty tombstone for Alex
it was Hackett without needing to click, but her curiosity got the better of her, and she
into high society. Valeria could not tell if this sudden exposure was Hackett's doing or Cheryl's. At that moment, the memory of Hackett and Cheryl's tender embrace at the club resurfaced in her mind. She suddenly found herself ridiculous for forgetting
erecting a tombstone for their son seemed like mere show, utterly insincere. She believed he did it to feel justified
on her phone screen. It was her doing.
future. Cheryl would have the paparazzi expose Valeria as a homewrecker, attempting to steal her boyfriend. She wanted the world to scorn Valeria
was convinced Valeria would not withstand the
Then, her phone rang.
It was Hackett calling.
the caller ID, Cheryl burst into laughter. She adjusted her mood and answered in
you have time tonight?
I'll make time
come to pick
be waiting for
up. Cheryl's mood instantly brightened. She knew that Hackett still cared for her deep down. As for the unpleasant incidents that had occurred earlier, she blamed Valeria for everything, believing that
the other side, Hackett felt he had been neglecting Cheryl these past
her makeup and wore a seductive little dress with spaghetti straps. She was picked up by the bodyguard, who brought her to
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