Rebirth of England.

Chapter 661 Amanda and the Children
"You should have told me sooner, Lydia."

"My dear, I didn't know about this before. I only found out about this after my cousin came back..."

After arriving in Los Angeles, Barron's convoy crossed the city and finally entered an estate on the outskirts of the city.

Here, Barron met Amanda Hearst, who had "disappeared" for nearly a year.

By the way, since the last time the two met, Amanda complained and then parted ways. Barron has sent people to look for news about Amanda Hearst. Even Amanda's cousin Lydia Hearst was asked by Barron to inform him as soon as there was any news about her.

But he could never imagine that Amanda Hearst seemed to have disappeared during this period of time - Lydia was able to ask Amanda's mother about Amanda, but she only knew roughly that her cousin seemed to have been traveling abroad to relax, and the specific situation was unclear.

Until recently, Lydia finally contacted Amanda and learned where she was now—not in New York, nor in Hearst Castle in St. Mi Bay, but in a small manor in the suburbs of Los Angeles...

At the same time, Barron also received a piece of news that surprised him...

"Amanda, this child..."

Seeing Barron's eyes on the child in her arms, Amanda's face showed a little vigilance. She handed the child to the maid beside her and raised her head and said:
"William is my child, but he has nothing to do with you!"

"William?"

"Yes, I named him William Hearst."

Well, I have to say, the Hearst family's preference for the name William is really surprising.

After all, there are countless people named William Hearst in the entire William family now - all of them are William Hearst IV.

"Obviously, he's my son. You shouldn't have given birth to him without telling me. What do you plan to do? Are you going to raise him yourself?"

"So what? Barron, at most I just used your seed. Is it important for me to tell you? Can you give us a family or give him a legal and normal identity?"

Amanda Hearst said mercilessly:
"If that's the case, then why do I need your permission? For your child support? Sorry, I don't need that."

Well, after Amanda said that, Barron really didn't know what to say.

After all, Amanda Hearst is different from other women. Not only is she born into the Hearst family, but as the eldest great-granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, the founder of the Hearst Group, she will inherit the Hearst family's huge wealth in the future. She is fully capable of giving her children the best life.

In addition, Amanda Hearst herself does not have much ambition. It can be said that she does not rely too much on Barron except emotionally. Therefore, since she cannot get what she wants emotionally, she does not need to worry too much about Barron's thoughts...

"So you're just going to shut me out of our children's lives?"

"I think this is the better option, of course, Barron, and I will make our affairs clear to him when the time is right."

"appropriate time?"

Seeing Barron's puzzled look, Amanda said slowly:

"Yes, I think we can at least wait until William grows up... Should I let him know from a young age that he is the illegitimate son of you, the Duke of England? Or are you going to make this public now?"

As the saying goes, a person who has no desires is strong. When Barron cannot give Amanda a legitimate identity in terms of feelings, she will naturally not have any scruples in other aspects.

Moreover, in the current situation, Barron has no need to use sweet words to appease or even deceive Amanda just to save her relationship temporarily.

"No matter what, I hope you understand, Amanda, that although I cannot give you and the child a legitimate identity now, I didn't know you had a child before, and I won't owe you anything in the future."

"Haha, save these words for those other women..."

In the end, Barron left Amanda's manor alone.

Of course this doesn't mean that he will no longer care about Amanda and their children...well, William.

He also arranged for someone to keep an eye on the news about Amanda and the child, but he understood that for the time being, Amanda was still in the stage of "love turning into resentment", and it would take time for the relationship between them to ease.

"You can see, dear, Amanda's current condition. I can't do anything more, otherwise I'm afraid she won't see me again..."

This time when Barron came to Los Angeles, he came with Lydia Hearst, but she did not go with Barron to meet her cousin.

Before leaving, when he was with Lydia, Barron heard her say this and said:

"I know, baby, but I still need you to help me visit them more often. I will slowly let Amanda understand my feelings."

"Well, dear, I..."

"how?"

Lydia hugged Barron and whispered in his ear:

"I want a child too..."

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At the beginning of March, Forbes magazine once again released this year's list of the world's richest people.

Affected by the global economic recession, the average net worth of the rich on this rich list is 30 billion US dollars, a decrease of 23% from the previous year.

In 2009, there were 793 people on the list, far lower than the 2008 in 1125.

America remains the gathering place for the world's wealthy, with 45% of the rich on the list coming from here, accounting for 44% of the total assets of the world's wealthy.

In the past year, the assets of 656 wealthy people have shrunk, but the assets of 44 wealthy people have increased.

For example, in this year's Forbes Global Rich List, Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates regained the title of the world's richest man with a net worth of 400 billion US dollars, but his assets decreased by 2008 billion US dollars compared with the same period in 180.

Affected by the sharp drop in stock prices, the assets of Warren Buffett, the world's richest man and stock god in 2008, decreased by nearly US$250 billion, and he fell to second place with assets of US$370 billion.

The chairman of DS Group, Duke of England Barron Cavendish, ranks third on the Forbes Global Rich List with assets of US$350 billion.

Of course, in fact, Barron's net worth is far more than the $350 billion on this list. It can be said that his actual net worth is probably ten times more than this. However, through a series of offshore companies and trust fund holdings, plus a series of asset transfers, on the surface, the assets under his name have also been affected by the global economic recession, and his assets have been greatly reduced. According to Forbes magazine's estimates, there are "only" this much left.

This still made Barron feel that it was too high-profile.

But there was no way. After all, he had already been ranked at the top of the Forbes rich list. It would be too obvious to transfer all the assets out of his name at once. He could only continue to "shrink his assets" afterwards.

But even so, it can't be too outrageous. After all, apart from anything else, the assets of the Devonshire Family Fund will always be counted on him.

(End of this chapter)