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Chapter 401 - Sweet Nothings
Chapter 401 - Sweet Nothings
Chapter 401: Sweet Nothings
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Tch. You’re both full of sweet nothings now, but will you still talk to me so calmly after I tell you the truth? Do you really think that I’d believe you? Don’t think that you’ll be able to fool me. I’ve lived much longer than you. Do you think I won’t see through your lies? You’ve promised to give me a benefit and then told me that you wouldn’t do anything to me so that I’d be tricked into telling you the truth. Once that happens, I’ll have no choice but to listen to whatever you guys say, even if you want to punish me, right? I wonder what’s going on in your mind. Do you really think I’m a fool? I’m not a fool. I’m a genius!”
Yvette Larson couldn’t help but lament inwardly that she really had an unreasonable mother.
Linda James was probably the only one who could describe herself like that, yet it was exactly because of this that Yvette Larson wanted to know just what her mother had said to Melanie Taylor.
‘Considering how crucial the situation is, she must’ve told Melanie Taylor a huge secret. If we don’t get the truth out of her, Finn will definitely fail at whatever he is going to do.’?
“Mom, do you not trust me? Alright then, tell me what you want me to do to gain your trust?”
“You better forget about it. I’ll never trust you no matter what you say.”
“Mom, I’m your daughter. Do you not even believe your own daughter?”
“That’s true, but you’re already siding with an outsider. Your heart is already with Finn, so you’re no longer useful to me.”
“Forget it. Since we can’t get anything out of her, we have no other choice. We have only one way of preventing her from telling Melanie Taylor even more—locking her up.”
“What? Finn Taylor, repeat yourself! Did you say that you want to lock me up?”
“I’m sorry, but we don’t have any other choice. You also know that Melanie Taylor is a tough one to beat. As my mother-in-law, you know way too many secrets about me. If I don’t handle this well, you might expose all of my secrets to them. Then, it’ll be too easy for them to defeat me. I don’t have a choice. I want to live, and I’m sure you want to live as well. Give me some respect, and I’ll thank you for that. We might not be mother and son, but I’m still your son-in-law after all. Do me one last favor by staying here for another three to five years. I’ll definitely let you out once I settle this matter.”
“Oh right, I can swear on my life that I will never kill you. I’m just locking you up here; you won’t be in any danger. You should know that I like your daughter too. If I harm her mother, I wouldn’t be able to answer to her anyway, so you can rest assured that I won’t do anything to you.”
Finn Taylor went on a long monologue, yet it sent chills down Linda James’s spine. “Finn Taylor, don’t test my limits. No matter what, I’m still your mom, right? You admitted to it. Is that how you treat your mom—locking me up? You can’t do this!”
‘I definitely will not let myself be locked up. I still have my whole life ahead of me—living in Number One Pacific Heights and spending my wads of cash! I have too much to lose if I get locked up for years.’?
“Mom, I don’t really want to lock you up either, but I want to live. I have no other choice, but you do. If you don’t want to be locked up here, you can just tell me the truth. Didn’t you say that you’ve never hurt me? Didn’t you say that you treat me well? But you told Melanie Taylor my secret. Why don’t you tell me what exactly you told her?”
These words caused Linda James to falter slightly. She was weighing the pros and cons of revealing the truth.?‘What will happen to me once I tell them about it? What will Finn Taylor do to me?’
Eventually, she decided to spill the beans.?‘They can do whatever they want to me, but I’m sure he won’t kill me since Yvette is here. Anything is better than death.’
“Actually, I didn’t say much. That day, I heard you say that you were going to buy the Nile Street neighborhood and resell it to Melanie Taylor from your call to Yvette. At that time, I already knew that you weren’t any match for the Taylor family from South-East Asia. If I managed to tell Melanie Taylor about your plan, I thought that our family wouldn’t be implicated. Hence, I went to look for Melanie Taylor, but she refused to meet me. Eventually, I came up with a plan to get her attention.”
“But before I could even say anything, she slapped me in the face and insulted me! She said I wasn’t even worthy of stepping into her office, and she even said that I couldn’t compare to her receptionist! In the end, I was humiliated and chased out of the building. I lost all dignity! I sold my soul, wanting to tell her my greatest secret and beg her to spare our lives, yet she didn’t even give me that chance. She trampled on me as though I was nothing but a puny ant!”
“This was why I didn’t want to tell you about it. It wasn’t because I was afraid of being punished but because I feel embarrassed every time I think about it. I feel so worthless. Alright, I’ve told you everything. You can do whatever you want to me—even kill me.. It doesn’t matter to me anymore.”