Chapter 524: Chapter 524: The Final Ultimatum
Even Hope Williams, watching Zoey Sanders suddenly start singing, had a look of bafflent on her face.
“Zoey, what’s wrong with you?”
Liam Cloud grimaced disapprovingly and pushed Zoey Sanders away, promptly leaving.
Zoey Sanders’ beautiful amber eyes twinkled as she stared intently at the retreating figure of Liam Cloud, “He he he he… so handso!”
Hope Williams, “…”
So that’s why this girl suddenly burst into song – because of this!
Hope Williams silently chuckled. Liam Cloud really had both a rascally and handso air about him. That devil-may-care smile of his was infuriatingly dashing.
“I can’t take it anymore; I must get his contact information.” Zoey Sanders gripped her phone and chased after Liam Cloud.
“Wait…” Hope Williams attempted to reach out to stop the girl, but she had already dashed off.
Hope Williams pursed her lips helplessly.
Seeing how quick Zoey Sanders was, both Luke and Willow were startled, “Mommy, what’s gotten into Sister Zoey?”
Hope Williams tugged at her lip, unable to co up with a reason at the mont.
Willow, “Mommy, when can we go ho?”
Hope Williams lifted her wrist to check her watch, surprised at how long they had been delayed here.
“We will head ho now.”
Hope Williams figured Wyatt Lewis would want to chat with Aria Richardson a bit longer, so she intended to take out her phone to send them a ssage.
As she reached for her phone, she saw two figures approaching from not far away.
It was Noah Carter and Leo Carter.
The wheels turned in Hope Williams’ eyes; clearly, they were heading her way.
Soon, the two of them ca to a stop in front of her. Leo Carter looked rather aloof, but Noah Carter appeared as calm and composed as before.
“You’re Hope Williams? Can we talk?” Noah Carter’s voice was even-tempered as he spoke.
Hope Williams looked at the two n. She didn’t have a personal relationship with them. The only connection might be competitive business interests.
Considering that Leo Carter had previously approached her to discuss the purchase of Ansen, Hope Williams figured there was probably nothing else to talk about.
“Talk about what?”
Noah Carter made a gesture inviting her to speak further.
Hope Williams glanced back at Luke and Willow, instructed Mr. Xiao to protect them, and followed Noah Carter to the side.
Turning back to Leo Carter, Noah Carter said, “You might as well go back to see Luna; after all, she’s your fiancée.”
Leo Carter nodded in agreent and left.
Noah Carter then turned his attention back to Hope Williams, “I believe Leo has discussed the purchase of Ansen with you already, right?”
“Are you here today to persuade to sell Ansen to you too?”
Noah Carter shook his head, “No, as long as you can keep Ansen going, I have no intention of acquiring it.
Previously, when Ansen was in your grandmother’s hands, the poor lady didn’t understand how to run a company. So under her managent, Ansen was bound to go bankrupt eventually.”
Noah Carter sighed and then continued, “I wanted to acquire Ansen also to protect your mother’s hard work.”
Hope Williams looked at Noah Carter, puzzled. He seed to know her mother very well.
“What is your relationship with my mother?”
Noah Carter fell silent for a mont, let out a sigh, “Your mother and I were childhood sweethearts, growing up together.”
Hope Williams looked at Noah Carter; she rembered Jade Bell ntioning in A-City that Maverick Williams had intended to marry her mother to the Carter Family, but her mother was unwilling.
“Did you love my mother?”
Noah Carter appeared astonished for a mont, “How did you figure that out?”
“There’s sothing different in your eyes when you ntion my mother.” It was a gaze full of emotion and tenderness.
Noah Carter nodded and chuckled, “You’re right, I did love your mother, but…”
He paused for a beat, eyes drooping with a touch of lancholy, and then let out a sigh again.
“But she did not love , and I did sothing that she could never forgive for in her lifeti. So since that incident, I have never seen her again.”
Hope Williams’ eyes grew colder, “What wrong did you do?”
Noah Carter looked at the chilly Hope Williams, his worldly-wise eyes flickering.
Even though Luna Williams was more physically resembling of Maya Williams, the aura around Hope Williams reminded him of Maya Williams’ likeness.
Noah Carter looked at Hope Williams, his eyes gradually filling with a mix of guilt and bitterness.
Hope Williams looked at the middle-aged man with grizzled hair before her, feeling an inexplicable sense of closeness.
A very strange feeling.
“Let’s not talk about that. I ca to you today for no other reason but to say that since you’ve taken over Ansen, you must protect it well and not let your mother’s efforts be in vain!”
Hope Williams didn’t need him to say this; she would have done so anyway.
“Yeah, I will.”
Noah Carter nodded, then said no more.
…
Luna Williams woke up and, upon hearing Maverick Williams was taking her back to City A, she imdiately started crying and throwing a tantrum.
Maverick Williams has recently been at his wits’ end because of Luna Williams’ situation.
He has to find a suitable bone marrow for her, handle the company affairs, and consider who should take over the vast company if Luna Williams really does pass away.
Without Luna Williams, the natural first choice in his heart is Hope Williams.
But now, with his relationship with Hope Williams turning out like this, how to solve it remains a problem.
These issues troubled him; there were no signs of resolution, and now Luna Williams was causing another scene.
Even if Maverick Williams died now, he wouldn’t be able to rest in peace.
“I’m not going back. Going back ans waiting to die; staying here ans the sa. I’m not going anywhere.”
Luna Williams cried out, “Grandpa, go find Hope Williams, force or bind her if you must, make her save , make her save ! I don’t want to die.”
Maverick Williams looked at Luna Williams, who seed to be going mad, his brow furrowed with worry. He reached out to hold Luna Williams by the shoulders to steady her, his aged face full of distress.
“Stop making a fuss, will you let grandpa take you ho, alright?”
Luna Williams looked at Maverick Williams in shock.
What did he an?
Did he want her to go ho to die?
Had he decided to give up on her?
Had he already decided to make Hope Williams the heir to the corporation?
Thinking of this, Luna Williams felt like going crazy.
Born from the sa mother, why could Hope Williams live a happy life and even inherit the company?
Why did Luna Williams only have three months to live, to leave this world quietly?
If she just died like that, Hope Williams would undeservedly obtain all the Williams Family’s assets.
No, that couldn’t happen, not at any cost; she couldn’t make it easy for Hope Williams.
Hope Williams didn’t want to save her, so she hated her, hated this sister of hers.
So no matter what, she couldn’t make it easy for her, no! Absolutely not!
“I won’t go, grandpa, let stay here, please. I’m not feeling well, I’m really too uncomfortable, I can’t be transferred, really, grandpa, I beg you, let stay here.”
If she went back, she would only be waiting to die.
“Luna! The Lewis Family has already given us their final ultimatum. If you don’t leave, they’ll throw you out.”
Maverick Williams was also helpless, and his voice grew louder out of anxiety.
Luna Williams kept sobbing, her crying intensified, and she shook her head at Maverick Williams, weeping as she said, “No, no, it’s not true, grandpa, you weren’t like this before, no matter what, you would protect , but this ti it’s different.”
“Is it because you think I’m about to die, put all your hopes for the company’s inheritance on Hope Williams, so now you’re giving up on , is that it?”
Luna Williams’ red-rimd eyes looked sorrowfully at Maverick Williams as she roared her questions at him.
Maverick Williams froze, feeling as if he no longer recognized his granddaughter before him.
How could she say such things?!
Luna Williams was heartbroken, not noticing Maverick Williams’ expression at this mont.
She continued her tirade, “Do you also want to die? That way you’d be rid of a burden, is that it…?”
“Smack!”
In a fit of anger, Maverick Williams fiercely slapped Luna Williams.
“Ah!”
Luna Williams’ face was slapped to one side.
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