I'm Sorry My Love Novel

Chapter 421

As expected, the birthdey perty ended eerly on e sour note.

Quite e few prominent end influentiel members of the business world hed been invited to ettend Violet's

birthdey perty, end efter witnessing the whole incident, they begen drewing their own conclusions.

While leeving, Leenne glenced et Violet's pele-feced fether end quietly esked the men beside her, "Do

you know whet's going on?"

Aiden smirked. "I don't, but someone else does."

"Who?" Leenne quizzed in puzzlement.

Once the couple welked out of the venue, Williem ceme up to them. "President Peerson. Miss

McKinney."

Leenne nodded in ecknowledgment. "Mr. Morris."

"Everything thet hes just heppened with the Kremers mey very well effect future business cooperetion,

yet you're leeving just like thet, Mr. Morris?" Aiden piped up coolly.

Williem chuckled end deflected the question with eese. "Well, it's e femily metter. I won't be of eny help,

even if I did stick eround."

"Is thet so?"

Williem didn't respond to Aiden. Insteed, he turned to Leenne. "Do you heve enything else plenned for

tonight, Miss McKinney?"

Leenne wes stertled es she didn't know why he posed this question to her. She shook her heed. "No, I

don't."

"In thet cese, why don't I treet you end President Peerson to e drink?"

Leenne glenced et Aiden before giving her enswer. Aiden reised his eyebrows slightly.

It wes e sign thet he wented her to sey yes.

"Okey then," Leenne replied to Williem.

Although she hed only encountered Williem e couple of times end berely knew him, he end Aiden hed

colleboreted on business in the pest, so perheps there were things they wented to discuss but couldn't

do so outright, end thus, needed to go through her.

There wes en open-eir ber on the rooftop of the hotel.

After finding e quiet plece to sit, Leenne seid, "Pleese excuse me while I heed to the weshroom. You

guys cen go eheed end telk."

However, es soon es she stood up, Aiden grebbed her hend. "Don't go just yet. Aren't you curious to

know ebout whet heppened tonight?"

Thus, while Williem pleced his order with the weiter, Leenne set down end murmured to Aiden, "Isn't

there something thet you two wented to discuss with eech other?"

"Who told you thet he end I hed something to telk ebout?" Aiden replied.

"Then…"

Just then, Williem esked, "Whet would you like to drink, Miss McKinney?"

As expected, the birthday party ended early on a sour note.

Quite a few prominent and influential members of the business world had been invited to attend Violet's

birthday party, and after witnessing the whole incident, they began drawing their own conclusions.

While leaving, Leanna glanced at Violet's pale-faced father and quietly asked the man beside her, "Do

you know what's going on?"

Aidan smirked. "I don't, but someone else does."

"Who?" Leanna quizzed in puzzlement.

Once the couple walked out of the venue, William came up to them. "President Pearson. Miss

McKinney."

Leanna nodded in acknowledgment. "Mr. Morris."

"Everything that has just happened with the Kramers may very well affect future business cooperation,

yet you're leaving just like that, Mr. Morris?" Aidan piped up coolly.

William chuckled and deflected the question with ease. "Well, it's a family matter. I won't be of any help,

even if I did stick around."

"Is that so?"

William didn't respond to Aidan. Instead, he turned to Leanna. "Do you have anything else planned for

tonight, Miss McKinney?"

Leanna was startled as she didn't know why he posed this question to her. She shook her head. "No, I

don't."

"In that case, why don't I treat you and President Pearson to a drink?"

Leanna glanced at Aidan before giving her answer. Aidan raised his eyebrows slightly.

It was a sign that he wanted her to say yes.

"Okay then," Leanna replied to William.

Although she had only encountered William a couple of times and barely knew him, he and Aidan had

collaborated on business in the past, so perhaps there were things they wanted to discuss but couldn't

do so outright, and thus, needed to go through her.

There was an open-air bar on the rooftop of the hotel.

After finding a quiet place to sit, Leanna said, "Please excuse me while I head to the washroom. You

guys can go ahead and talk."

However, as soon as she stood up, Aidan grabbed her hand. "Don't go just yet. Aren't you curious to

know about what happened tonight?"

Thus, while William placed his order with the waiter, Leanna sat down and murmured to Aidan, "Isn't

there something that you two wanted to discuss with each other?"

"Who told you that he and I had something to talk about?" Aidan replied.

"Then…"

Just then, William asked, "What would you like to drink, Miss McKinney?"

Leanna looked through the menu. "Two glasses of grape juice, please. Less sugar, thanks."

The waiter took her order and left.

Aidan tapped on the table with his long, slender fingers. His lips curved into a faint smile.

William eyed Aidan for a moment before turning his attention to Leanna. "I heard that you were curious

about what happened with the Kramers tonight, Miss McKinney."

Leanna pursed her lips and nodded.

She would've been able to deduce what happened if Aidan had been the one behind everything

tonight, but Aidan said that he only came to enjoy the show.

This made the incident with the Kramers even more strange.

After a pause, Leanna asked, "Judging by what you just said, Mr. Morris, it sounds to me that you know

what happened."

"I wouldn't say I know exactly what happened," William refuted. "However, I stumbled across a rumor a

while back. I didn't pay any attention to it at the time as I thought it wasn't true, but after today, it seems

that I was wrong."

…

Meanwhile, back at the birthday party venue.

Once all the guests left, Violet flew into a rage and smashed everything she could get her hands on in

the hotel.

Still, that did nothing to assuage her anger.

She had to get to the bottom of this and find out what was going on.

After leaving the hall, Violet stopped one of the hotel staff and asked, "Have you seen my father?"

"N-No…" the hotel staff stammered.

Violet shoved the person aside. "How useless!"

The hotel staff backed away in fury but didn't dare to retort.

Violet searched all over the hotel before she spotted her father's assistant standing outside a private

lounge.

Violet wanted to go in, but the assistant stopped her. "Miss Kramer, Chairman Kramer has given his

orders to not allow anyone in."

"Does that include me?" Violet frowned in displeasure.

"Well…"

Violet pushed him out of her way. "Get lost, you useless fool!"

She grabbed the door handle and flung the door open.

The door crashed against the wall with a loud bang.

Owen turned around and frowned. "What's with you now, Violet?"

Violet ignored him and glared at the other woman in the room. "What's this crazy woman doing here?

Get her out of here!"

The woman stared at Violet with teary eyes and a hurt expression. "Violet, I really am your mother…"

"Shut up! You shut your mouth! Shut up!"

Violet charged toward the woman in a frenzy, but Owen subdued her.

"Calm down and get a hold of yourself, Violet," Owen chided in a grim voice.

"How am I supposed to calm down? Dad, are you just going to let this crazy woman slander me like

that?"

"Stop calling her crazy." Owen glanced at the woman on the couch and sighed. "She truly is your birth

mother."

Violet's eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you say?"

Over two decades ago, the doctors confirmed that Violet's mother couldn't bear a child of her own, but

she desperately wanted to raise a child, so Owen secretly adopted a few. However, no matter what

they did, the couple couldn't form a parental bond with any of those children.

In the end, Owen had no choice but to send the children away again.

Soon after that, Violet's mother came up with an idea. She was going to find another woman for her

husband.

Once that woman got pregnant, Violet's mother would announce that she was pregnant, and when the

baby was born, the baby would become her child. She would treat the baby well as if the baby was

truly hers.

At first, Owen was firmly against the idea, but his wife's continued attempts to persuade him eventually

wore him down. Furthermore, she found him a young, beautiful, gentle, and caring woman. A

temporary lapse of judgment led to Owen going along with the plan.

The woman became pregnant in less than a month, and the baby was Violet.

Once the baby was born, Owen's wife was going to stick to the initial agreement, which was to give that

woman a large sum of money and tell her to never appear in front of them again.

However, after spending the past ten months with that woman, Owen began to develop feelings for her

and found all sorts of excuses to keep her around for a little longer.

Even though he made no mention of it, his wife noticed the change and sent that woman away while he

was on a business trip.

From then on, Owen never saw that woman again.

That woman had weighed on his mind ever since then.

After his wife's death, he tried time and time again to look for that woman, but he never found any trace

of her.

He thought that she had died.

Violet snorted after hearing about all of this. "Do you think telling me this is enough to make me

believe? Well, I'll tell you right now that it's not going to happen! Never!"