The Sweet Rival (Mango Shen and Nathaniel Ye)
Chapter 1220

"Tell me about it."

Michael was also too eager to know the truth.

Then, the man said quickly, "Zhang is not Beneon Zhang's last name, and his last name is Ramirez. He was the owner of a small furniture factory in Ocean City, and he was Carter's classmate. Later, his business failed for some reason. He used to drink with Carter, but then he disappeared after that."

Michael frowned slightly after listening to the whole thing.

"Anything suspicious other than this?"

"No, but strangely enough, before leaving Ocean City, he sent his wife and daughter away. Soon, he changed his name."

Michael's frown deepened when he heard this.

If his business had failed, why did he have to change his name? This meant that he had left Ocean City just because he wanted to hide, and he didn't want anyone to find out his true identity. However, this explanation didn't make sense either since his record for the past 20 years showed that he was just a manager in a casino. Not only that, the weirdest thing was that he did not even want his own child!

"Is there any other information we haven't found yet?" Michael asked again.

"Yes, we found out that Charlotte Ramirez is his biological daughter."

Michael narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

"What? Who are you talking about?"

"Charlotte Ramirez."

Michael immediately thought about something once he heard his subordinate mentioning this name.

More than 20 years ago, Beneon met Carter. Furthermore, Carter was already poisoned before Beneon left Ocean City. 20 years later, Beneon's daughter, Charlotte met Walter, and the latter was poisoned too

Was that a coincidence?

Moreover, they were father and daughter. So, how could this be just a coincidence?

Michael thought that this was impossible!

"Continue to investigate this. Make sure you find out when did Charlotte and Beneon start contacting each other."

"Yes, sir."

His subordinates then left quickly.

Meanwhile, Michael felt a headache coming when he thought about the work that he had left.

He rubbed his temples and then shook his head.

"Michael, something happened in your house."

Another one of his subordinates came in to report this.

After hearing this, Michael's eyes turned cold instantly.

Wait, something had happened in his house?

Did Valentina do something?

Meanwhile, the atmosphere was tense as no one dared to say anything.

"Where is she?" Michael asked.

"Our men managed to stop her, but she still hurt some of our men."

The subordinate did not dare to say anything further, but obviously, he sounded upset.

This woman who was pretending to be Valentina Brass made a fuss every day. Even though she knew she couldn't escape, she still never gave up. Thus, the men who were watching over her were already sick of her.

Everyone thought that Michael should've killed this woman right away. After all, her real identity was not Valentina Brass, nor was she the woman that Michael would never forget. However, Michael couldn't kill her because she looked too similar to the real Valentina.

Well, that woman did not go through cosmetic surgery. She just really looked like Valentina.

After hearing that, Michael turned around and head straight out.

"I'll leave everything here to you first."

Urgh! This woman!

Was she still refusing to give up?

At this thought, a cruel smile appeared on Michael's face, so anyone who saw this became scared right now.

Hence, no one dared to make a sound. Later, the tension in the air disappeared only when Michael left.

"Do you think boss will..."

One of the men started asking.

However, another subordinate shook his head and said, "How dare you talk about our boss like that? Are you trying to dig your own grave?"

The man's face suddenly turned pale, and he immediately stopped talking. He quickly looked around and made sure that no one else had heard his words before he breathed a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, Michael didn't hear what his men were saying. He returned to his villa in a huff and before entering the house, he could smell the metallic smell of the blood. "Boss, you're back!"

Titus Lewis, the captain of the guards, came to greet him with a pale expression.

"How many of our men are injured?"

Michael's eyes were terribly cold as he asked this.

Then, Titus replied sadly, "Five, and these are the men that we chose personally last time. One of them bled a lot and was sent to the hospital, but I still don't know how he's doing right now." Michael's expression turned scarier after hearing that.

"Where is she now?"

He gritted his mouth as he said the word 'she', and he couldn't wait to kill her now.

On the other hand, Titus was a little angry, but he held it back in front of Michael.

After all, Valentina had been restless, and she had even hurt many of Michael's men. Michael had placed her under house arrest, so Titus could understand why she wanted to run away. However, before everyone found out who she was and how to deal with her, she had injured everyone in the house.

Today, a lot of his men had been heavily injured. Hence, no one knew if that woman would kill someone next.

Therefore, the was like a ticking time bomb that could kill Michael and the whole place at any time.

At the thought of this, Titus felt very uneasy.

"Boss, I think this woman is too dangerous, so why don't we just kill her?"

As soon as he finished his words, Michael cast him a cold stare.

Hence, Titus felt as he couldn't move his whole body. In fact, the cold and murderous look that Michael was giving him made him realize that he had crossed the line.

After all, Michael had been hurting all these years because of Valentina. Michael knew that the woman was a spy, and she had bad intentions. Even though she would keep bringing trouble to him and his men, Michael still refused to let go of her.

On the other hand, Titus knew that Michael was deeply in love and crazy about that woman. But he didn't know Michael's past. Michael was a cold-hearted person, so he didn't know how special that woman was. After all, how could Michael still think about her now? He wouldn't even allow his men to hurt someone who was impersonating her!

"I'm sorry, boss. I won't speak of that ever again."

Titus quickly bowed his head and apologized, but he was a little pissed off.

Meanwhile, Michael tried to control his temper and said in a low voice, "Take some money out from my bank account and give them to those who were injured. All their medical expenses are on me." "Okay, but boss, that woman is really..."

Titus still wanted to say something, but Michael walked into the house directly. It seemed that Michael didn't want to listen to his advice indeed.

When Titus saw this, he couldn't help but shake his head in disapproval.

His men could complete a lot of dangerous missions, but recently, they had been tortured by this crazy woman. Therefore, Titus, who was the captain of the team, hated the woman very much, and he even had the urge to kill her.

Urgh! They couldn't keep this woman here any longer as she would only continue deceiving his boss!

At this thought, a trace of anger flashed through Titus' eyes, but he quickly changed his expression.

After all, how could Michael not know the trouble and disaster she had brought to him?

But he just couldn't let her go!

Well, it had been eight years.

He had almost forgotten how Valentina looked like.

In fact, Michael felt scared every day.

He was worried that he would forget their memories and promises due to time!

Alas! He would only feel more hopeless as more time passed.

His love for Valentina used to be heart-wrenching and unforgettable. However, after she had left, he had felt so helpless, so he treasured their memories a lot.

Hence, Valentina's face slowly turned blurry in Michael's memories. He was so afraid that he would forget her, so he kept her photo with him all day long and took it out every night to talk to the photo. Everyone said that he was insane. But he knew that when Valentina was alive, no one liked her. Now that she was dead, if even Michael had forgotten her, she would be upset!

Therefore, he would rather be a madman for Valentina. So, he was currently a madman who was not willing to move forward. After all, no matter what he did, he would not be able to get her back. But, this woman came along and changed everything.

Thus, Valentina's blurry face clearer in Michael's memories because this woman had appeared.

It turned out that his memories did not fade away, instead, they had sunk into the deepest depths of his heart. Therefore, these memories would come back to him at a right time.

Of course, Michael knew that she was merely impersonating Valentina.

She would not smile gently at him like Valentina used to, nor would she cared about him.

She had none of the qualities that Valentina Brass had, but she was alive.

She was a living woman!

Alas! No one knew how much Michael wished that Valentina was alive.

Back then, Michael had not been able to save Valentina. When he saw the corpse made of broken limbs that had been stitched together, he did not want to believe that the body belonged to Valentina. Hah! That was the body of his lover, who was timid, and the person who had used to cry and laugh with him.

In fact, she was a coward! How could she be bold enough to go undercover?

Since when did she become so dumb?

However, Michael knew that she had no choice.

After all, she couldn't disobey the military orders!

He thought that he would see Valentina in his dreams and his memories from then on. However, he barely had any dreams of her the year after her death.

Hence, Michael was afraid! He was worried that he would forget Valentina slowly, and she would fade away from his memory.

He didn't want to forget about her, but he could not remember her either.

Wait! This wasn't right!

How could he forget her so easily?

Yes, how could he forget about his beloved, Valentina? After all, he had loved her so much!

Fortunately, God sent him a replacement.

Thus, it didn't matter who she was and whether she wanted to kill him. As long as she was a living person, he would still keep her alive. This was because her appearance was very similar to Valentina.

But since she had hurt his comrades, he still had to show that woman a lesson.

Right now, mixed emotions were swirling inside Michael's head, but he managed to suppress them.

He had changed a lot over the years.

After all, he became cruel and merciless to both his men and himself.

Well, all he wanted was to see her living face! He wanted to see that face that had tortured him in his dreams these few years!

At this thought, Michael kicked the door of the room open with one foot. Then, he was suddenly attacked by someone.

"Hah! You should know your place!"

Michael didn't even look at her as he said this, and he just raised his hand to block her attack. In a swift move, he had her in his palms.

However, the woman was not weak either. After all, how could a person who hurt five of his men be weak?

When Michael attacked her, a dagger slipped down from the woman's sleeve. Then, after landing a punch on him with her left hand, she stabbed the dagger into his chest with her right hand.

Michael glared fiercely at her, and the anger that he had suppressed burst out in that instant.

"Hey! Haven't you learnt your lesson?"

After saying that, he grabbed the woman's hand with the dagger and twisted it with force. The woman groaned, and the dagger fell to the ground. Her whole arm was numb, so she didn't have any strength left

in her.

Urgh! Michael was too tough!

The woman had been imprisoned by him for so many days, and she had been thinking of escaping every day. Each day, she tried her best to kill him. Unfortunately, she realized how powerful Michael was everytime she confronted him.

Michael was good at fighting, but he was cold-hearted. In fact, she had thought that she was going to die a few times! When that happened, she realised that all her efforts had been in vain.

She felt the same right now.

At this thought, a self-mocking and bitter smile appeared on the woman's face. However, she lost her balance in the next second.

After a "bang", Michael had thrown her onto the bed.