Chapter 416
Caroline didn''t know how long it had been before she woke up in a daze.
The moment she opened her eyes, she felt a sharp pain stabbing her head. Her body felt as limp as a
slug.
Soon, she thought of what had happened before she fell into aa—she walked on the street alone
and at a loss. Somebody knocked her out, and she lost consciousness.
When she woke up, she was already there.
"What is this ce..."
She struggled to get up, and hurriedly checked her bottoms to see if there were still in ce.
After making sure that there were no other traces on her body, she calmed down a little.
However, she was shocked when she raised her head and looked around.
She was in a simple and undecorated cabin. The structure was as simple as it could be.
There was a bed and a desk with a tea set on it.
What scared Caroline most was the other person in the room.
A woman was sitting before the table and using the tea set. Caroline could only see her back and long,
smooth hair falling on her waist like a waterfall.
She was applying the tea set so fluently, which Caroline found pleasing to the eyes.
The woman must be an expert in tea art performance.
"Kate?"
Caroline couldn''t help but exim.
Kate turned around and grinned a thin smile at Caroline. "You are awake?"
"What do you want?"
Caroline asked loudly. She was really scared because Kate would dare to do anything to her.
Caroline knows that she was far from being a match for Kate, whether on schemes or wisdom.
Seeing Caroline being so scared, Kate chuckled, "Don''t be tense. Those people who brought you here
didn''t work for me, and if they did, they wouldn''t have been so rude.
Caroline read between the lines and understood Kate had other people with her.
She couldn''t help but ask, "What on earth do you want? I don''t think I can offer you anything."
Kate kept smiling. "No, you don''t, but I''m going to get what I want very soon."
Hearing this, Caroline understood Kate must have Something to do with what happened recently.
"Don''t worry. I won''t do anything to you. I''ll let you go back in a while."
Kate made a cup of tea and handed it to Caroline.
Caroline didn''t take it. She stared at Kate more vigntly.
Suddenly, she begged with woeful eyes.
"Please stop using me. I never thought that I would destroy their family. Please let me go."
Kate shook his head and replied with a serious face, "I''m not using you. It''s because you''ve already
wanted to do so."
"You keep saying that you''ve never thought about destroying his family. In fact, you still hope that they
will get divorced, right?"
Caroline''s pupils shrank immediately. "I haven''t! How could you say that?"
"Really?"
Kate chuckled and stood up. Then she looked down at Caroline and said, "You''re the first woman Leo
met, and you should be with him to the end, but you lost him for so many reasons.
Don''t you regret that you''ve lost him?"
Kate''s words struck and fascinated the innermost part of Caroline''s heart, making her tremble.
“You can deny what I said, but you can never deny what''s in your heart."
“Everyone has the right to pursue happiness. It was not your fault... It''s just that you''ve realized a bit
“Do you really think you can degrade Lydia by exposing her family background? Don''t be stupid."
Kate smiled even more wildly. She crouched and whispered Something by Caroline''s ear.
Caroline''s face paled for quite a while after hearing what he said. She still couldn''t stop trembling.
“The royal families in Valenham!"
“Princess Royal of the Henderson family!"
"The most beautiful woman!"
Caroline used to have no fear for Lydia because she knew little about her.
She always thought that Lydia was just the president of the L Group, nothing more.
Caroline still had no idea about it when William told her things about the royal families in Valenham.
However, now she was
finally brought back to reality after hearing what Kate said.
Lydia''s family background was formidable.
“So, if you let Lydia''s thing out to the public, the Matthews family would definitely treasure her even
more instead of giving her
up. They''ll even try to stop you from exposing this information. Things will turn more dangerous for you.
Do you understand?
Kate smiled and said, "Your family is family no more than ordinarypared to Lydia''s. The threat from
the Matthews family
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can be fatal to you. I''m just trying to help. Do you understand?"
Caroline was too frightened to speak, and her limbs felt icy.
“It''s impossible for them to be together. I''m just fueling the mes. You''ve already helped me. Do you
really think you have a
second choice now?"
After saying that, Kate had Caroline reieased.
A whileter, another woman came up to Kate.
Leo would recognize the woman right up if he were here.
She was the previous Vice President of the L Group, Sophia Walsh.
She watched Caroline leaving and asked in confusion, "Ms.
Lawson, it has taken Mr. Hamilton so much to catch her. Are you sure you want to let her go so easily?"
Kate smiled and replied. "It''s fine. She''s already on our side now."
“Now that you''ve mentioned... I told Jaxon to be nice to her. Why was he so rude?"
Kate asked as the smile on her face disappeared.
Sophia lowered her head, with her forehead leaking cold sweat. "I''m sorry, Ms. Lawson. That was my
idea. Lydia had
humiliated me greatly. I have to let her pay the price!"
Kate didn''t seem to have a second opinion on that. Later, she said calmly, "You should go to the L
Group tomorrow and
negotiate on the acquisition. If Lydiapromises, we would not need to prepare for the following-up
procedures.”
“After all, I don''t want things to turn out too ugly between her and me.”
Kate sighed quietly with a thoughtful look.
Sophia, however, was sneering.
“No worries, Ms. Lawson. I know Lydia well enough. She''ll neverpromise easily."
“But I can''t wait to see her face!"
Hatred shed in Sophia''s eyes.
It was a long and wonderful night.
The next morning, Leo smiled and looked at Lydia, who was still sleeping soundly in his arms.
When the Henderson family''s secret was disclosed in the past, Leo was afraid that it would traumatize
Lydia. Now it seems that
he had beenpletely overthinking it.
The frequent quarrel of her parents in his childhood made young Lydia a premature girl.
The memory she had in Valenham was no other than pains and regrets. She actually felt relieved when
her family secret went
public.
Leo pecked on Lydia''s forehead and got up to make breakfast.
Just by then, Lydia woke up and grabbed Leo.
“Stay with me for a while.”
It was the first time that Leo saw Lydia being clingy like a kitten. He was a bit surprised.
Another half an hour had passed before Leo, and Lydia finally came out of the bedroom together.
‘I''ve been busy with Dad''s stuff recently. I''m days behind thepany''s schedule now, so I maye
back a bitte tonight.”
Lydia reminded Leo while having breakfast.
Leo grinned a thin smile, "Don''t wear yourself out. Just call me if you need me in thepany."
It looked like everything had been back on track now.
After breakfast, they dropped Emilia at kindergarten and then went to the International Commerce
Center.
However, as soon as they walked in, Rachel hurried over.
“Ms. Henderson! Sophia is back!"
"Sophia?"
Lydia frowned slightly at that name. A cold light shed over Leo''s eyes.
"Lydia!"
Within seconds, Sophia''s high and indifferent voice came over.
They followed the sound of the voice and caught a glimpse of Stephan striding over aggressively with a
few senior officials of the Lawson Group.
Her face was gloomy.
“Sophia, what''s done is done. What are you doing here?"
Lydia''s face became cold. She had already kicked Sophia out of the L Group. She thought Sophia
would nevere back again.
Thest trip to Hopkins Metropolis left Lydia a horrible impression on Lydia. Hadn''t it been for Leo, she
couldn''t have been set up by Sophia.
"What am I doing here? I''m here to buy the L Group!"
Sophia sneered and walked over.0