Chapter 258
William had returned to the Howard Group casually after he had parted ways with Valeria.
When he came out of the elevator, he saw the office door next to his was opened.He nced inside the
room as he passed by just to see Paisley was checking at documents while sitting in front of her
desk.He did not stop but straight strode back to his office.
His secretary immediately followed up once he saw William had returned, "Mr.Howard, there''s a
meeting today..."
He interrupted the secretary, "Let''s not talk about the meeting first.What''s going on with the office next
to mine?"
The secretary immediately replied, "It''s more convenient for business partners to be next to each other,
so I arranged for Miss Anthony''s office to be next to yours."
"Hah!" William sneered.
He had brazenly refused to cooperate with her yesterday, but he was surprised to see that she had
managed to force her way in.
Moreover, her office was even arranged to be next to his! Did Paisley have ulterior motives, or was
Hayden setting up some kind of trap? Marcus called him while William was deep in thought.
"Mr.Howard, just as you expected, Ronald is indeed nning to transfer thepany''s funds.I just
received news that he was preparing to register for a newpany yesterday afternoon, but he didn''t
seed because we dealt with the industrial andmercial bureau beforehand."
William had been suspicious of Ronald''s intentions to transfer thepany''s funds since the day he
did the DNA identification with Valeria.
Therefore, he had asked Marcus to arrange for someone to keep an eye on him, and he dealt with the
staff in charge of the industrial andmercial bureau just in case.
William would immediately find a way to put an end to his ns if Ronald wanted to register for a new
company.
Ronald''spany registration was within the time frame that he had expected, even though thetter
had taken action a bitter than he predicted.
William was not concerned about Ronald at all, and he only ordered Marcus casually, "He probably
won''t give up so easily, and he''ll find a way to continue his ns.Arrange for someone to keep an eye
on him at all times, stop him immediately if there''s any sign of trouble!"
"One more thing.Ronald and Sir Hayden had an appointmentst night.I don''t know what they talked
about, but I''m guessing it must have something to do with you and Miss Brown" Marcus said.
William paused for a moment.
"When did they meet?"
"At 12 o''clock at night!"
"Why didn''t you tell me when it happened?" He asked in a harsh tone.
"I thought it wouldn''t be a big deal, so I didn''t want to disturb you.Mr.Howard, do you think their meeting
is a big problem?"
"It must be.Why didn''t you find a way to get close to themst night to figure out what they were talking
about?" William asked unhappily.
Marcus immediately exined, "Il wanted to arrange our men to listen into their conversation, but there
were bodyguards standing outside the room they met.
They did not allow anyone to get close to them during the whole process, so there was nothing I could
do."
"Why didn''t you deal with Ronald beforehand?" William asked again.
"Our men wanted to follow Ronald, but they saw Hardy''s men following him as well.Our men were one
step behind, as he was the first to follow Ronald."
William was annoyed when he heard Hardy''s name, "Hardy was following Ronald? Did he find out
anything?"
Marcus was not sure, "Probably.Hardy was closer to them, so he might hear more than we did."
William thought for a moment and said, "Get someone to keep following them.I''ll find a way to see
what''s going on with Hayden."
His secretary urged him to go to the meeting again once he had hung up his phone, so William had to
get up and go to the conference room.
Valeria talked to Lucian for a while and then left.
Lucian immediately went back to her room after sending her off.
She picked up her cell phone and dialed Lamont''s number, "Miss Brown has just been here, and she
encountered arge problem indeed."
"Really? Tell me what kind of trouble she has."
She told Lamont in detail about Ronald''s n to transfer the funds, "What do we do now? Miss Brown
is very anxious.She trusted Ronald too much before, and Madam Natalie left her so suddenly.She is so
pitiful...Lamont, you have to find a way to help her"
He was silent for a long time before replying, "All this happened too sudden.Ronald''s n is
progressing too fast, and we have no time to prepare.I think we might have to visit Mr.Saunders."
"Archer Saunders? You want to look for Archer? No, you can''t go to him!"
Lucian stopped him.
"Who else other than President Saunders would have enough power to help her?"
Lamont responded with a question.
"Madam was deeply hurt by Archer after being forced to marry Ronald.No one could even mention his
name in front of her during the years I was with her.Let me put it this way, her hate for him isn''t so
simple because everything that happened to her was his fault! If you were to look for him for help, she
wouldn''t be able to rest easy..."
"So I can''t ask him for help because of that? Haven''t you thought about why Ronald suddenly decided
to transfer thepany''s funds at this time? Miss Brown is his daughter after all, don''t you find his
actions strange?" Lamont asked.
"What''s so strange about it? Ronald has always been a greedy and shameless person.It''s very normal
for him to scheme things like this"
Lucian''s disgust for Ronald was beyondprehension.
"No, you do not understand my words.Miss Brown is innocent and she trusts other people
easily.Therefore, she would not be able to discover anything if Ronald continues to maintain his current
status.However, Ronald is nning to go through his ns at all costs, so I think he already knows her
true identity."
"How...how is this possible?"
Lucian was shocked and immediately refuted him.
"Only three people know of Miss Brown''s true identity.You and I are the only ones left now since
Madam Natalie has passed away.There''s no way Ronald knows about it!"
"Answer me this then, why would Ronald do this right now? A father would never do this to his
children.He is so kind to his illegitimate daughter, so why is he being so vicious to Miss Brown?"
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"He..."
She couldn''t find an excuse for him.
"Maybe he''s just a vicious b*stard after all."
"Well, let''s go back to the problem I just brought up.I still think that we should tell Mr.Saunders about
Valeria''s situation and let him help her."
"Let me think about it! This incident involves a lot of different matters.If Miss Brown finds out that she is
not Ronald''s daughter and that she is Archer''s child, can she ept the truth? What will she think of
Madam Natalie? I can''t let others nder her even after death!"Lucian replied as she thought about the
factors that were affecting this incident.
"How far are you thinking? I said that we should ask him for help, but it doesn''t mean that I''m going to
tell him her true identity.I''m just purely asking him for help!"
"Would Archer be willing to help if you don''t tell him?"
"He will definitely help.After all, his feelings towards Madam..."
"Stop right there.Don''t say anything more about his love for her in front of me!" She interrupted him.
"Do you know what I hate the most about you? It''s how you keep trying to speak up for that
b*stard.What reason did Archer have to abandon Madam Natalie? Who could force him to hurt a
woman with his status?"
"Well, I won''t speak for him anymore, but can I go and ask him for help?"
"Yes, but you can''t tell him anything.I won''t let you off the hook if you tell him the truth!"