Chapter 323 Let Him Come
When Olivia saw the notification, her sleepiness vanished instantly, and a bunch of questions popped into her head.
What was Michael doing?
Technically, she'd already cut ties with the Johnson family and left Emerald City, so she could just ignore anything about Michael.
But what did it mean that he went to her place and stood there looking up?
What was Michael's goal?
Fighting back her disgust, Olivia clicked to read more.
The first thing she saw was a photo of Michael standing outside her Emerald City apartment complex, looking up.
From the angle of his gaze, he was looking at the floor where her apartment was.
No wonder the media said he was looking at her place.
With a dark expression, Olivia kept reading and scanned the text.
The media's attitude was naturally to stir up drama, writing about Michael secretly visiting his ex-wife, still holding onto old feelings.
As if that man was so devoted—it made Olivia feel disgusted.
She had no interest in reading further and scrolled to exit, but accidentally ended up in the comments section.
Below, internet users were all criticizing him, calling out to Olivia.
[Ms. Smith, run!]
[Stay away from that smugbag!]
[Who's Michael trying to fool? Everyone knows about the scandal at the engagement party when Sophia betrayed him. Now he finally realizes his ex-wife was good and wants her back?]
[Does he have no shame? Can't he leave Dr. Garcia alone?]
[Talking about lingering feelings—if he really cared about Dr. Garcia, how could he cheat during marriage? How could he divorce her, leaving her alone with a child, and let others bully her?]
[Exactly!]
[Dr. Garcia, please don't look back.]
[Right, and now his legs are disabled. What does he have to win Dr. Garcia back with?]
[I have a bold theory—Michael's now disabled and can't have children, so maybe he remembered that Dr. Garcia has a child and wants to fight for custody?]
[Damn it! That's even worse! Stay with Sophia and stop hurting others!]
Suddenly someone mentioned Sophia's name, and the comments veered off topic.
[Don't you know? The Brown family went bankrupt, and Sophia was kicked out of the Johnson family. She can barely survive in Emerald City now.]
[Yeah, I heard a few days ago someone saw her serving drinks at a club, forced to kneel by a group of rich heirs. That woman has no self-respect—she was smiling to please them, no different from a prostitute.]
[That's karma.]
[She's too evil. I can't feel sorry for her.]
Olivia exited the page at this point.
Her face was grim as she thought about Michael's intentions.
Sure, a lot of what the media wrote was exaggerated for clicks.
But one thing they might be right about—if Michael remained unable to have children, he might eventually set his sights on Bianca.
Bianca was his only blood relative. He might try to get the child back.
If that happened, the peaceful life she'd finally achieved would be disrupted again.
Olivia's expression turned cold at the thought.
She could only hope Michael wouldn't be that shameless!
Meanwhile, in the next room, Andrew had just woken up to a string of messages from Benjamin.
He casually picked up his phone and glanced at it.
Benjamin had sent him the same news Olivia had seen.
Andrew just scanned it briefly before exiting, clearly not very interested.
Benjamin's messages kept coming, sounding more anxious than the person involved.
[Andrew, even though you and Olivia are together now, you can't let your guard down!]
[Look, a crisis is coming. You need to keep a close watch!]
[Don't let that shameless Michael get his hands on your precious daughter and wife!]
[Don't think I'm exaggerating. We saw firsthand in Emerald City how shameless his family is!]
[Are you still asleep?]
[Andrew, wake up and reply!]
Andrew calmly replied to his anxious urging: [If you're too free, why not review some documents instead of following all this nonsense.]
As soon as he sent that, Benjamin immediately called.
Benjamin sounded a bit worked up. "How is this nonsense? I'm worried about your major life matters! Why aren't you concerned at all?"
Andrew's voice carried the cool detachment of someone just waking up."No need. Olivia and I are doing great. Why would I waste time looking at a defeated opponent?"
Benjamin was momentarily speechless, then gradually calmed down. "That's true, but... Bianca is still... his biological daughter!"
Benjamin remained worried. "Blood ties can be unreasonable sometimes and might undo all your previous efforts."
Andrew's tone was dismissive. "That blood tie has long faded, and that bit of family connection can't bind Bianca at all. Despite her young age, she has her own thoughts. Compared to her blood relation with that person, she's more like Olivia."
Benjamin didn't quite understand. "What do you mean?"
Andrew explained, "When Bianca forgot Michael, it was self-induced hypnosis. Someone she actively chose to forget—even if she remembers later, she won't accept him again. Bianca will only be my daughter. That person lost all chances of having Bianca the first time he chose Sophia's son."
Beyond his professional ability as a psychologist, Andrew also trusted Bianca.
She wasn't a child who understood nothing.
It was precisely because she was perceptive enough and saw Michael for who he really was that she made her own choice to forget Michael and the entire Johnson family from her life.
Or perhaps, Andrew had another theory—maybe Bianca hadn't actually forgotten at all, but simply didn't want to acknowledge him.
Hearing this, Benjamin finally felt somewhat reassured.
That made sense—sincerity for sincerity.
Given how much Andrew doted on Bianca, he was never inferior to Michael.
After all, Michael only had a biological connection.
He'd never done anything for Bianca, let alone fulfilled a father's duties or given the child any love.
Benjamin said, "Bianca's fine then, but I'm still worried Michael won't give up and will come to Harmony City to pester you."
After all, Andrew and Olivia were now a couple everyone envied.
If Michael came to damage their relationship, many people in Harmony City would probably enjoy the drama.
Maybe those wealthy heiresses who'd been waiting for Andrew would even add to the chaos.
Andrew looked unconcerned. "Let him come then. If he dares, I'll let him see firsthand how loving Olivia and I are. It'll also let him see clearly how shortsighted he was to miss such a wonderful girl. Besides, do you think I'd lose to someone else?"
Benjamin didn't hesitate. "How could you lose?"
Andrew was so outstanding—who could compare to him?
At that moment, Benjamin realized he'd been worrying for nothing.
Andrew didn't consider Michael a threat at all.
And he had complete trust in Olivia and Bianca.
With that thought, Benjamin completely let go of his concerns, just cursed the media for having nothing better to do, then hung up to get back to work.
Though Andrew didn't take the online news seriously, thinking of how happy Olivia had been these days, he didn't want this mess to spoil her mood.
So he instructed David. "Control the online situation."
He didn't elaborate, but David understood and immediately responded, "Okay, I'll handle it right away."
Andrew put away his phone and casually went to find Olivia and Bianca for breakfast.
Then they took the little girl to school.
Over the next few days, the online storm died down and life continued as usual.
Andrew accompanied Olivia every day to drop off and pick up Bianca from school.
After about a week, Bianca had fully adjusted to her new kindergarten, gradually got to know her classmates, and made several good friends.
That evening, just after dinner, Olivia received a call from Rodolfo.
She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to answer and heard Rodolfo's serious voice. "The research institute work schedule has been approved. Come in tomorrow."
"Okay."
Olivia had been prepared for days.
Hearing the time was set, the weight on her heart finally lifted.
These past days, she hadn't mentioned anything about Michael, mainly because she didn't want such annoying matters to bother Andrew.
But she'd be busy starting tomorrow and might not be able to watch over Bianca.
To prevent anyone from approaching Bianca while she was away, Olivia opened the door, stepped outside, and casually mentioned it to Rodolfo.
"Mr. McCoy, do you have any spare people? I want to hire two bodyguards to secretly watch over Bianca. I'm worried the Johnson family might come looking."
Speaking of this, Olivia felt some regret.
During the divorce, she should have added a condition refusing Michael visitation rights with Bianca.
Rodolfo knew about this and immediately said, "Of course, no problem. I'll send two people over tonight. They're all retired from the military—tall, muscular, incredibly strong, can take on ten people at once. Use them with confidence."
As Rodolfo spoke, Andrew had just opened the door and was standing right behind Olivia, hearing everything crystal clear.