Hayden decided to throw away his pride to beg Valeria to break up with William instead of forcing her to do so.
However, this was not some other man, this was William, whom Valeria loved deeply.She would never give up on him.
A life without William was meant to be filled with nights of missing him, and she couldn't bring herself to go through that sort of torture.
"I'm sorry, but I can't comply to your wishes"
Valeria answered softly, "I do understand where you're coming from, but I really want to be with William."
"Even if it meant watching him being picked on by the ruthless b*stards of the Howard family?" Hayden retorted furiously.
"He wouldn't allow others to trample on him that way! I'll help him with all I can.I'll even give up my own company to make sure that he has enough resources to fight back against them.I promise he would live a happy and carefree life." Valeria begged Hayden sincerely, "Please don't separate William and I, Mr.Howard.I love him very much."
"l refuse, you have to break up with him immediately! Tell me what you want in return for leaving him alone, and I'll try to grant your wishes to the best of my abilities."
"I don't need anything else except for William!"
"Even though he has nothing? Would you still be with him?" Hayden threatened.
"Miss Brown, let me be honest with you, if you refuse to break up with him, I will not pass on the 80% of my shares in the Howard Group that I have left for William.Without the shares, he would be penniless!"
Valeria did not flinch at Hayden's threats, "We'll be fine, I have the money to support him after all!"
"Hah!" Hayden was exasperated.
"Miss Brown, even if you can afford to support Howard now, it doesn't mean that you'll be able to continue doing so in the future.You're too childish, do you think that you can continue to be together with William without worries in the future?”
"I cannot guarantee that I would always have enough to live comfortably, but for William, I will learn how to run my company properly so that I would be able to support him every step of the way.Once I am able to do so, no one would dare mess with William."
"Miss Brown, aren't you a little full of yourself? William still has my support as his loving father, but what about you? You have nothing.You're currently in a worse situation than William, so who are you to worry about him? How can you give William a stable future?"
"You're right.I do understand that I'm in a terrible situation myself, but I believe that my hard work would pave the way to a brighter future.Don't you worry"
Hayden shook his head at Valeria's confidence, "Look, having confidence is great, but being overconfident would only ruin you.You're still young, and who knows? You might even end up living on the streets next week itself!"
"I won't!" Valeria shook her head.
"Let's make a bet then."
"What would you like to bet on?"
"How about breaking up with William on your own if you lose the bet ?" Hayden suggested.
"I refuse! I will never risk my relationship with William like this!" Valeria objected.
"Why not? Are you worried about being on the losing end?"
"William is the most important person in my life, it would be unfair to treat our relationship like a joke and use it as collateral for a bet"
"So you say!" Hayden mocked her.
In his eyes, Valeria was nothing more than a brat, and this whole thing about ‘loving William deeply and not willing to let him go' was merely an act that she was putting up.
"Stop trying to deceive me with your obedient act, Miss Brown! All I wanted to do today was to have a peaceful discussion with you, but if you refuse to heed my warnings, then I would have no choice but to take measures against you.It won't be my fault if you end up in the streets when I do then"
Both Hayden and Valeria’s faces darkened as they refused to let each other get the upper hand.
However, Valeria broke the silence as she met Hayden's gaze before asking gently, "Haven't you already taken measures against me, Mr.Howard?"
Hayden was stunned.
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