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?"

eat,

back earlier. Someone has

"Really? Congratulations."

and Alex will welcome me back. You haven't

smiled. "Of course not. How could I forget? Alex and I will pick

is the day after tomorrow, scheduled to land around

was finally

could wrap up her ongoing cases and escape

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pick you up the day

some sleep now. See you the day

"Okay."

idea. If Barron tried to set her up on another blind date, she might have Keith pretend to be her temporary

any longer. The memory of Hackett erecting that empty tombstone for Alex embarrassed her deeply, but she could not

Hackett without needing to click, but her curiosity got the

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

son seemed like mere show, utterly insincere. She believed he did it

screen. It was her doing. She wanted everyone to know that Hackett

Valeria dared to interact with Hackett privately in the future. Cheryl would have the paparazzi expose Valeria as a

convinced Valeria would not

Then, her phone rang.

It was Hackett calling.

on the caller ID, Cheryl burst into laughter. She adjusted her mood

have time tonight? Let's

make time even if

someone will come to pick

for you at

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

Hackett felt he had been neglecting Cheryl these past few days and wanted

meticulously did her makeup and wore a seductive little dress with spaghetti straps. She was picked up by the bodyguard, who brought her to a