Chapter 1697 Bad-tempered

On the other end of the phone, William heard Richard's gentle voice coaxing Emma. He was stunned for a moment. "The child is with you?" "Yeah. I brought her outside to play with your two kids. She doesn't make a fuss. It makes me feel sorry for her." William sighed and said, "Richard, since you know about the child, I won't hide the other thing from you anymore. Abbie recovered her memory." Richard was utterly stunned when he heard this. He had wanted to curse again, but when he saw Emma staring at him with her big eyes, he swallowed the words he was about to say. "Why? We are the closest people to her. Why did she hide it from us?" "Leonard threatened her with the child. She was worried he would hurt the child, and she wasn't sure if you and your family would accept Michael's child. If Leonard hadn't threatened her and forced her to the point where she couldn't bear it anymore, she would have kept it a secret forever." Richard was silent for a