Marriage Resumption (Valeria and Hackett)

Valeria looked at the tearful woman before her, but she didn't know what to say.

Loretta wiped away her tears and looked at Alex beside her. "He so adorable. He's protecting his mommy."

She tried to touch the child's small hand, but Alex quickly dodged away.

Loretta awkwardly withdrew her hand and then left with a touch of reluctance after closing the door.

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After hearing the door close, Valeria walked over to the sofa and sit down.

Hackett put his son down on the floor. "Go find Ella. I need to talk to your mommy for a bit, okay?"

"Okay..." Alex turned reluctantly and went to find Ella.

Hackett also sat on the sofa. He looked at Valeria with a complex expression, knowing she must be feeling very confused right now.

He didn't say anything. He just sat quietly with her.

After a while, Valeria looked at him. "Why did you make decisions for me without my consent? Why did you do a paternity test! Even if this is true, I don't want to acknowledge it. I don't want to know"

Hackett said, "Because I wanted you to hold your head up high, not feel inferior because of a gambler father. Your father it Ben but the astute and resourceful Clayton. Your mother is the gentle and virtuous Loretta." Valeria did not respond.

Having a gambling father did indeed make her unable to hold her head high for many years, but she wasn't overjoyed now.

Because Valeria's adoptive mother had been really good to her, Valeria had always thought that she was her real mother. Now, she was told that her mother was just an adoptive mother.

"And what does that change? It's been twenty years. They seem like strangers to me. If it weren't for this blood relation, I bet Clayton would want me to disappear completely. He probably thinks I'm a stumbling block on Elsie's path to a happy marriage." The living room was silent. Despite the early hour, there was no trace of sunlight with the curtains tightly closed.

Hackett remained silent for a long time before saying, "Valeria, Laccidentally discovered that you are the daughter of the Maddox family. I'm sorry for not getting your consent beforehand."

"Tell me how you accidentally discovered it." She was quite curious about this.

After all, she and the Maddox family had no apparent connections, and no one would ever think that she was the lost daughter of the Maddox family.

"I found a photo at the Maddox house. It was a picture of Elsie and her sister. So, Lhad a computer-generated simulation of what the sister would look like twenty years later. When I saw the simulation, I realized it looked like you. So, I boldly guessed that you might be the daughter of the Maddox family. That's why I secretly did the paternity test. If it turned out negative, I didn't plan to tell you I did a paternity test for you and Clayton."

After hearing this, Valeria laughed. "You really went through a lot of trouble. But at the same time, you've also shot yourself

in the foot

Hackett frowned and looked puzzled.

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Valeria continued. "You've proved that I am indeed the daughter of the Maddox family, but you've also ruined your engagement banquet with Elsie. Now, you can't get engaged. How are you going to fulfill your grand plan of alliance!" Tve already married the eldest daughter of the Maddox family and we even have an adorable son"

"That's true, but so what? We've already divorced. Now, I'm just your ex-wife. Will Clayton help his daughter's ex-husband?"

Hackett also smiled. "Then, I'll just have to leave it to fate. Perhaps this is teaching me that I must rely on myself in my own affairs

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Valeria didn't believe it. Hackett had never been one to give up easily. He was domineering and stubborn. Whatever he wanted, he would obtain it by any means necessary.

Hackett smiled and remained silent.

He would never be willing to give up at this point. Why should he?

Moreover, he couldn't let the shares in his grandfather's hands fall into the hands of his aunt and cousin, who were nothing but wastrels. Sooner or later, they would squander it all, and the entire James Group would have to be sold off. Hackett couldn't bear to lose the legacy his grandfather had worked a lifetime to build.

"Valeria. I simply told you the truth. You have the right to know. As for whether you want to acknowledge them, that's your business. I won't interfere. I know you must be feeling very confused right now. Rest well."

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

If Valeria wasn't willing to help him, he would have to start all over again. There was still much he needed to do.

As Hackett walked away. Valeria suddenly spoke up. "You seem to have lost weight recently. Have you been busy trying to recover the shares from your grandpa?"

Hackett stopped in his tracks and glanced back at her. "Yes"

She had already found out that Hackett had been busy trying to reclaim the shares. During the period when he was sad and down, he had allowed his aunt and her family to anatch the shares. Now that he had rallied, he was determined to regain what belonged to the James family. "When you found out I'm Clayton's daughter, were you happy? I were to plead with Clayton, he would definitely help you recover the shares. Is that what you're thinking, Mr. James?"

This was the real Mr. James, the cold and-ruthless Hackett.

Hackett remained silent for a while. Then he turned back to face her and said in a low voice, "To be honest, I've never thought about it that way. That was a lie. I just hoped you could help me. I won't force you if you don't want to help me because taking back the shares is my business, not your obligation. I understand."

"You speak so self-righteously. But why did you show the paternity test to Clayton first instead of showing it to me? Aren't you trying to take credit? Her tone contained disdain.

Hackett furrowed his brow. "I don't want to marry Elsiel Is that explanation satisfactory for you?"

He was angry!

He was actually angry!

Valeria became even angrier. She didn't know what right Hackett had to be angry, and he even made all these decisions

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without her consent.

She stood up and sneered. "So why don't you want to marry Elsier She's young, beautiful, and Clayton's daughter. She could assist you. Why did you insist on investigating her lost sister? Now you've found me and ruined your own dreams" Hackett retorted, "Valeria, I'll say it again. I don't want to marry Elsie. I don't like hert"

"Then what about the things you said to me in the garage earlier Was that all an act?" Valeria recalled the scene in the garage, and her anger flared up,

Hackett said, "Yes, it was. It was all an act. Because at that time, Clayton, that old fox, was watching me. I didn't want to arouse his suspicion. I didn't want to lose the opportunity for him to help me recover the shares. Because at that time, I still didn't know you were another daughter of the Maddox family!"

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