Lucas was restless.He couldn't stop looking back and forth between Valeria and William.
The two were as if they were glued together.
A few hours after the plane took off, Valeria fell asleep.
Noticing that, William took the blanket and gently covered Valeria with it.
He then held Valeria in his arms and gazed at her intently.
William was very gentle with Valeria, which was something that Lucas had never expected to see.
Lucas thought to himself that it seemed like William really fancied Valeria.
Still holding Valeria in his arms, William softly asked, "Do you disapprove of her like my dad?"
"No, Sir William! How would I disapprove of her!" Answered Lucas hastily.
He was well aware of where he stood.
No matter how civil Hayden treated him, Lucas was only a servant.
And William was Hayden's son.
It wasn't Lucas’ place to have any sorts of opinion towards the person William liked.
"Then, do you know why my dad doesn't like her? She's such a docile and amiable girl.When she didn't
know who I am, Valeria pawned all her jewelry to help me, she worked to pay for me, and she even
learned to cook for me.I don't think there will be any woman out there who would treat me better than
her."
"Well...Miss Brown is indeed a very good woman.However, I believe that with your reputation, there will
be many other women who are willing to do anything for you" Lucas replied tentatively.
"Yes, there are many other women out there but she's the only one I like." Upon hearing what William
had said, Lucas held his tongue.
He was going to persuade William, but it didn't seem like it would work.He understood what it felt like to
be chased after by so many women, yet none of them was whom he liked.
After a long time of silence, Lucas said, "But Sir Hayden won't approve of your relationship with Miss
Brown."
"L.can wait until he does!"
"What if he never approves of it? I know you can wait, but can Miss Brown wait?"
William fell silent and Lucas didn't speak further, either.
The silence persisted until Valeria woke up.
Her eyes fluttered open and she said, "Uh...I'm so thirsty!"
As soon as she finished speaking, William waved to the flight attendant and asked for water.
Then, he opened the bottle and brought it to Valeria's mouth.
After Valeria took a few sips from the bottle, William proceeded to drink up the remaining water in it.
Lucas gaped at the scene.He couldn't believe that this was the same man he knew and cared for.He
was also obsessed with hygiene to the point that people wondered if it was clinical.
Initially, Lucas was confident in his promise to Hayden that he would help to make William see the good
in Paisley.
But now that he saw how William acted around Valeria, his determination was shaken.
He had to tell Hayden about this, Lucas thought.It must be done the moment they got off the plane.
More than ten hours later, the plane landed at Sydney Airport.
With Valeria in his arms and Bobby handling their luggage, William and the group hurried to their
accommodation.
The Howard Group had a large enterprise in Sydney.
Since Hayden really liked the city, he had bought a house here.So, they didn't book a hotel and went
straight to the villa that Hayden had bought instead.
Because of the nap on the plane, Valeria was in high spirits.
After they arrived at the villa, she took a bath and changed into fresh clothes, and then she went
shopping with William.
Naturally, Bobby left with William without hesitation.
Lucas took the opportunity and called Hayden immediately.
Knowing that William had brought Valeria along, Hayden's blood boiled, "How can you let this happen?
Why didn't you tell me in advance? Paisley has already gone there.How am I supposed to explain it to
her?"
"I wanted to tell you as soon as I knew.But I didn't see Sir William before I boarded, and when I did,
Valeria was already on the plane.After that, Sir William has been keeping his eyes on me.I only have
the opportunity to report it now" Lucas explained.
Then, he continued to ask, "Sir Hayden, what should we do now?"
"What else can we do! I didn't think William would do such a thing either" Hayden bellowed.
He was irked by William's unthoughtful behavior, "William, you rascal! He did this on purpose to anger
me, didn't he?"
Lucas didn't respond to Hayden's complaint.
Instead, he asked, "Then, are we going to stick with the plan?"
After pondering for a moment, Hayden answered, "Yes, let's proceed with it."
He had everything planned out.
So, it upset him to even think about changing their plan all of a sudden.
He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and he began to give Lucas instructions.
"Ask William to go to the company and tie him down with work for now."
"Should I inform Ms.Anthony?" Lucas asked.
"There's no need for that.I've already got everything sorted out, so we only need to stick to our
plan.This time, we're going to put Paisley under the same roof as William and let her work her magic.If
she can make William leave Valeria, that will be great.But if she can't, I'll think of another way."
"I'm just afraid that Ms.Anthony will change her mind when she sees Sir William and Valeria together."
"She won't.If she would, she would have done so when William punished Charlotte and Ashley in public
on the yacht"
Hayden replied with great certainty.
"You don't have to worry about Paisley.What you need to do now is to keep a close eye on William for
me.I'll give him work at the company to make sure he doesn't have the time to hang out with Valeria
while I'm going to have a talk with Ronald to have him educate his daughter!"
William had left Hayden no choice.
Hayden was planning to first warn Ronald to keep Valeria in check.
If Ronald failed to do so, he would have to talk to Valeria himself.
Meanwhile, William and Valeria just finished their meal and they headed to the Harbour Bridge.
It was the first time Valeria visited Sydney, and she was here with her lover.So, she was elated.
Like all the other girls, she kept posing and asked William to help take her photos.
She also pestered William to take selfies with her.
Just as the two of them were having a good time, Hayden called, "William, go to the company at once."
"Now?"
William frowned and asked, "Can I go tomorrow? I'm tired after the flight.I'm not in the mood to do
anything."
"It's urgent.You have to go to the company immediately to handle it.I want you to brief me about it
later."
Then, without giving William any chance to speak, Hayden hung up the phone, leaving William upset
by the sudden news.
Listening to the conversation between William and Hayden, Valeria thought that William was really
needed at work.
So, she coaxed, "Your work comes first.We can always hang out when you're free later."
Since even Valeria had said so, William yielded in and took Valeria back to the villa.
After making sure that Valeria was settled down, he left for the company with Lucas and Bobby.
Hayden had made an effort to keep William away from Valeria for as long as possible.So, he found a
few complicated cases for William to handle.
In Hayden's opinion, it would take some time for William to tackle the collaboration cases with other
companies since he had never managed a company before.
As a result, William would be so occupied with work every day and thus he wouldn't have the energy to
spend time with Valeria.
Hayden thought he had a faultless plan, but he didn't know that William was the sharpest tool in the
shed.
As someone gifted in business, the collaboration cases that Hayden had left William to be in charge of
were too easy for him.
However, William couldn't expose his ability.
So, he pretended to be busy with the cases for a few hours and didn't leave the company until late at
night with Lucas and Bobby.
Since it was so late at night, the streets in Sydney were almost empty.
Sitting in the back row, William closed his eyes for some rest .
However, as they were driving past a junction, a woman with disheveled hair bolted out of an alley.
"Help!"
The woman shouted for help as she ran.
Then, when she saw William's car, she threw herself right at it.
Bobby quickly stepped on the brake and stopped the car, only inches away from hitting the woman in
front of their car.
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