Marriage Resumption (Valeria and Hackett)

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

earlier. Someone has taken

"Really? Congratulations."

will welcome me back. You haven't forgotten,

not. How could I forget? Alex and I will

after tomorrow, scheduled to

finally coming

she could wrap up her ongoing cases and escape

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to pick you up

now. See you the day

"Okay."

set her up on another blind date, she might have Keith pretend to be

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 embarrassed her deeply, but she could not reveal the truth. She wished she could go overnight and remove that tombstone, It felt as if

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

went on at length about the immense power and influence of the James family, their boundless wealth, and Cheryl's impending marriage into high society. Valeria could not tell if this sudden exposure was Hackett's doing or Cheryl's. At that

her current perspective, Hackett erecting a tombstone for their son seemed like mere show, utterly insincere. She

on her phone screen. It was her

paparazzi expose Valeria as a homewrecker, attempting to steal her boyfriend.

was convinced Valeria would not withstand the pressure of

Then, her phone rang.

It was Hackett calling.

ID, Cheryl burst into laughter. She adjusted her mood and answered in a flirtatious toner

have time tonight? Let's

make

someone will come to

for you at

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 Valeria deliberately wanted to ruin her good

felt he had been neglecting Cheryl these past few days and

with spaghetti straps. She was picked up by the bodyguard, who brought her to a