Chapter 574 – Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel

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After Richard exited the room, he did not return to his room to see Angela. Instead, he walked in a random direction and arrived among the flowerbeds.

Ariel was there chatting with Carlton; as soon as she saw Richard, she moved toward him like a butterfly drawn to the flowerbeds. Even if she had embarrassed herself the last time she was with him, it didn’t stop her from wanting to be closer to the man.

She followed him to the flowerbeds and admired him from behind the trees as he walked away. Since he looked preoccupied with his thoughts, he did not notice her following him.

Just when she thought of going forward to greet him, he pulled out his phone to make a call. She tried to remain patient so as not to interrupt him but did not leave, and soon, she could hear him addressing the person on the other end of the line. “Grandpa.”

He’s making a call to his grandpa! Ariel couldn’t help eavesdropping, yet Richard still hadn’t noticed her. On the other end, Richard’s grandpa was enquiring about the progress of his mission.

“We found the lipstick, and the mission will be ending soon.”

“That’s good. You should return so that your wedding with Annie may proceed. We can’t make the Meyers Family wait too long, you know.”

“Grandpa, I want to cancel the engagement.” Richard went straight to the point.

“Richard, this is not what we do as a member of the Lloyd Family. Since you are already engaged, you should fulfill your promise and marry her. You need to be responsible and give her family closure.”

“Grandpa, I don’t like her, and it would be irresponsible if I see through the marriage,” he argued.

“If you don’t fancy Annie, who do you fancy then?” Phillip refused to let him drag this out again. He wanted Richard to give him a great-grandson as soon as possible since Phillip wanted to see the next generation of his family while he was still alive.

Richard froze, then decided to maintain the decision he made all this while. “Grandpa, I don’t have any plans of marrying in this lifetime.”

“We’ll talk about this when you get back.” Phillip was so angry he choked on his breath and coughed lightly.

Richard immediately showed concern and asked him, “Grandpa, are you okay?”

“Come home, and we’ll discuss everything.” Phillip was the first to hang up.

Ariel, who was standing in the shade of the trees near the flowerbed, was surprised at the news. It turns out that Richard has a fiancée, yet he’s dating Angela back at the base. Not only that, his fiancée is a woman named Annie, and she’s from the Meyers Family as well.

A scheming look appeared in her eyes as she thought, Angela, you are a shameless mistress, huh? This time, let’s see how high and mighty you can be.

When Ariel returned her attention to her.

surroundings, Richard had already left. She entered the base via the side entrance and proceeded to knock on Angela’s door, wanting to have her revenge, After knocking for some time, no one answered. This made her curious-where could Angela be? She immediately wondered if the woman was in Richard’s room.

At this thought, she quickly headed to his room and knocked on his door. Angela, who had been reading, heard the sound and jumped. She put down her book and got up to open the door.

As soon as she opened it, she saw Ariel crossing her arms with a smirk on her face. “Angela, did you know that you are Richard’s mistress? How shameless of you!”

Angela’s expression darkened and she answered coldly, “What are you talking about?”

“Don’t you know? Richard has a fiancée, so what were you thinking when seducing him? Do you have any respect for her? Aren’t you the mistress?”

Ariel deliberately raised her voice, making it sound shrill. On the other hand, several people nearby immediately looked in their direction after hearing this.

Angela’s face went red. Richard told only her that he had a fiancée, so how did Ariel know about it too? Did he tell her? How was that possible, though? Angela hadn’t even oriented her thoughts properly when Ariel continued to mock her and said, “He isn’t even planning to marry you at all, you know. I heard him mentioning that he never planned to marry while on the phone with his grandfather.”

Angela’s expression changed. Ariel had eavesdropped on his conversation, hadn’t she?

“Did you eavesdrop on his phone conversation?” Angela couldn’t help but ask angrily.

“I was just passing by and accidentally overheard everything. How dare you call that eavesdropping! Angela, I’m asking you this again-did you become involved with him knowing that he has a fiancée? That poor girl! Her fiancé is here being seduced by a wh*re like you, all while she’s waiting fervently for him to return and marry her!”

Angela’s face reddened further. She always had a more sensitive personality, and the way Ariel was calling her a mistress and wh*re was already crossing the line, even for anyone else but her.

“We don’t need you butting in our business.” Angela tried to close the door.

Ariel wasn’t planning on letting her off easily, though. She pushed the door open and pressed against it. “Why? Are you feeling scared or shameful? You’re having an affair with someone’s fiancé, but you’re afraid of ridicule, huh?”

“Ariel! Are you done?” Angela’s mind was whirling as Ariel’s words weighed on her, making her a little short of breath.

“Nope! I even know who his fiancée is. What a coincidence, her last name is Meyers as well!” Ariel smirked in victory, making Angela stunned yet again. She looked at Ariel, wanting to hear what the woman had to say.

Ariel wasn’t planning on keeping the secret anyway, and she giggled. “Angela, do you even know what her name is? The poor girl probably doesn’t know the existence of a wh*re like you!”

“What’s her name?” Angela took a deep breath and asked.

Ariel didn’t play around now, and she looked at the woman while replying coldly, “That poor girl’s name is Annie. Richard is even planning to cancel their engagement because of you. Huh, you’re incredibly mean, Angela!”

While Ariel spoke, she watched as Angela became pale and held onto the door frame for support. She looked as if someone had taken the soul from her as she staggered backward and collapsed onto the floor.

Ariel stared at Angela, who was sitting on the floor with a face so pale that she looked like she was about to faint. The former became scared and covered her mouth quickly. “W-What’s wrong?”

Angela raised her head, her eyes red as she looked at Ariel. “Is the girl’s name really Annie?”

A slightly offended Ariel responded, “Why would I lie to you?”

Ariel didn’t want to cause any trouble; if anything happened to Angela, Richard would never forgive her, after all. Ariel had her revenge anyway as she was done making fun of Angela, and the girl looked tormented enough. She closed the door before leaving with a hint of mockery so that no one could see Angela’s pale face.

After Ariel left, Angela put her face in her hands, her body shaking as painful sobs emitted from between her fingers. She remembered how excited Annie had been when she called Angela to announce her engagement to an extremely handsome man. Annie had fallen in love with him at first sight, yet she neglected to mention that his name was Richard Lloyd.

The whole thing had been personally arranged by their grandfather. On the night of the event, Angela had been robbed and nearly killed, so Richard took her to a guardhouse and confiscated her mobile phone. She remembered him coming back late that night, then refusing to return her phone when she angrily sought him out.

It turned out he had gone to get engaged with Annie that night. If she had had her phone with her, she wouldn’t have missed the news of the engagement and found out in advance that he was Annie’s fiancé.

It was all a strange coincidence; she hadn’t known that he had a fiancé or that his fiancée was her cousin, Annie, but he had known all along, hadn’t he? He also knew she was Angela’s cousin, yet…

She got up from the floor, her eyes blurry with tears, then walked toward the couch to get some tissues to wipe her eyes. Her pain was secondary, and her feelings had been mostly of guilt.

She had betrayed Annie, her grandfather, and her entire family, but at least the whole incident hadn’t progressed to an unsalvageable stage. It might be a little too late, but she could sever everything cleanly before then. That way, her relationship with Richard could return to normal.

Angela tried wiping off her tears forcefully, but they couldn’t stop falling. She didn’t blame him for not telling her because it had been her initiating the relationship. If she hadn’t done so, he wouldn’t have even interacted with her.

She had done something really bad, nearly destroying the happiness of her cousin who was more like a sister to her. She felt that Ariel had shouted at her rightfully so, and her actions were indeed like a wh*re’s.

As she cried, she felt like going somewhere to calm down. She didn’t want Richard to come back and see her breaking down, plus she felt too guilty to see him. She shouldn’t even be in her future brother-in-law’s room.

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