Novel & Cerita Is William Afton Vanessa's Dad

I lunged for it, answering before the first ring had even finished. "Vanessa? Have you realized your mistake?" The voice on the end exploded through the speaker, shaking with rage. "Leonardo, you brat! How the hell did you manage to screw up the Richardson engagement?" Dad bellowed. "I can't believe I raised such a useless son! Get your ass home. Now!" The air left my lungs. Henry hadn't been exaggerating. Vanessa was really leaving me. When I finally made it home, Dad threw a thick stack of documents directly at my face.

She also trusted Evelyn would handle the matter as she had known her for quite some time. Inside the ward. Vanessa, Lisa and Evelyn were alarmed. "Who could be outside knocking like this? Has he no manners?" Evelyn spoke telepathically to Vanessa unhappily. If she weren't on a hospital bed, she'd have beaten the bastard out there whoever he is. "I think it must be her relative. Most likely her dad" Vanessa replied telepathically with a sigh. She had forgotten something important all this while- that this kid had a father. Why did he have to come to spoil their bonding moment now?

“Just like the time you pushed Lucas and saved him. Do something like that again, and they’ll worship you.” William knelt before her, a cunning smirk on his lips. “You want me to create danger and play the Messiah?” Vanessa murmured as her expression darkened, memories flashing through her mind. Back then, Vanessa had been poor. Desperate to escape poverty, she had intentionally pushed Lucas into the pool after overhearing that he couldn’t swim. She saved him at the last moment, and from that day on, the Hales felt indebted. They sponsored her education and funded her father’s business. William later became her stepfather after her mother died—abandoned by addiction and debt. He admired Vane

That night, I got a call. It was my father. Louis. Twenty years. Hearing that voice again, my heart still blazed with a hatred I couldn't control. "So you're the boss of the Vanetti family?" On the other end, his voice carried a note of condescending scrutiny. "I am." "Hah. Just a slip of a girl, and you dare turn down my daughter and gun down my man in the open? Aren't you afraid I'll wipe the whole Vanetti family off the map?!"

My actions should have spoken for themselves and revealed how lowly I thought of my ‘grandfather. Victor huffed an angry breath. “You remain a disappointment to me, Vanessa. This instance aside, we are all still waiting for your marriage to William. What is taking so long? William is Ava’s father, isn’t he? This wait… it makes people wonder… And if I were to discover that you are hiding something from us…” “That isn’t any of your business,” I said abruptly and hung up the phone. William was a touchy subject for me. He had been Vanessa’s best friend since childhood. As part of her final wishes, he pretended to be my fiancé and Ava’s biological father to ensure that I wouldn’t have too many is

“You knew about her investigation.” “I found out three days ago,” Vanessa admitted. “She mentioned it during a family call, something about a marina, about James Vale. I didn’t think much of it at the time.” “But you told someone,” Damian said. “Didn’t you.” Vanessa’s face crumpled, guilt and fear tangling visibly across her features. “My father. I told my father.” The name landed with unexpected weight. “Your father?” “Charles Cole,” Vanessa said quietly. “He worked with Victor Hale, decades ago. I never knew the details, only that he’d always warned me never to discuss certain business dealings from that period, that some things were better left buried entirely.”

“I’m saying that I think Vanessa may have been the one who poisoned your father. The timing matches. And why else would she go to that specific town? It’s known for its black market in exotic substances.” My stomach lurched. Vanessa. Vanessa, who I’d once trusted completely. Vanessa, who’d sat beside me in the hospital as I cried over my comatose father. Vanessa, who’d held my hand and promised we’d find whoever did this to him. All the while knowing she was the one who had put him there. As if sleeping with my fiancee and tearing my wedding dress to shreds wasn’t fucking enough. My sadness suddenly evaporated, replaced by something hot and dangerous. I felt it burning through my veins, caut

I broke down in their arms, the weight of everything crashing down on me all at once. They said nothing at first, just held me, their hands gentle as they rubbed my back. My mother whispered in a soft voice, “It’s okay, sweetheart. It’s okay.” I could barely speak through my sobs, but when I could, I said, “I’m divorced. Quinn... he’s back with his ex now. He doesn’t want me anymore.” My father’s face darkened. “That bastard.” My mother’s lips pressed together in a thin line. “We’ll take care of it, Vanessa. Don’t worry. We’ll make him pay for this.”

In fact, if anyone said Vanessa was lacking in money, then it would be the joke of a decade. Who was Vanessa? The only daughter of the Grant family in Los Angeles! The heiress of a wealthy family who could spend a million in the blink of an eye without batting an eyelid! Only those foolish people who didn't know her real identity thought of her as a commoner and assumed she was born in a normal family. What a pity! If they got to know about the real Vanessa then their mouths would bleed and they would want to slap themselves hard for their stupidity! ... Soon, Vanessa and Fiona strode to the parking garage and hopped into their car.

There was nothing much for her to say, so Phoebe and Valerie ended the call. Phoebe's mind wandered to Vanessa. She had actually met Vanessa before meeting Connor, but it was only after marrying him that she found out that the latter was his first love. The reason she knew Vanessa was complicated. To put it simply, Vanessa was related to Phoebe's aunt, Katherine Bronson. After what had happened to Melinda, James moved abroad, and Katherine took over their father, George Bronson's, business. For some reason, Katherine had suddenly fallen in love with Vanessa's father and thrown herself into the relationship.