Chapter 414 Outright Blackmail
The corner of Toby’s lips twitched in amusement as he replied, “He probably got so mad that he fainted.”
Oh, is that it? Sonia pouted. “He must be really weak if he collapsed just because I teased him.”
He nodded. “It’s a little lame.”
Incidentally, Julia and Rina were walking over to the lounge when they saw a motionless Titus on the ground. She stopped in her tracks as shock registered on her face before she hurried over as she shrieked, “Titus!”
“Dad!” Rina rushed down the hallway alongside Julia and they quickly hoisted him into a sitting position.
He hadn’t completely blacked out and Julia proceeded to give him first-aid, hastily carrying out CPR.
It took a while before Titus finally caught his breath and as oxygen flowed to his brain once more, the seizure-like twitches stopped. That being said, he still looked deathly pale.
Julia soothingly patted his chest as though to maintain his circulation and she asked worriedly, “Titus, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.” He flapped his hand dismissively. “My waist hurts, though.” It felt as though there were needles stabbing his midsection.
“Your waist?” She appraised the area and suggested frantically, “Did you sprain your waist when you fell?”
“Maybe,” he answered wearily, putting a hand on the dip in his waist.
A frazzled Julia opined, “Come on, I’ll bring you to the hospital.”
can let Sonia get away scot-free this time by not throwing her
was about to object to this when Toby beat her to it. “And has your daughter apologized to Sonia? I’m not just talking about Taylor here; Tina has never apologized for what she has done to Sonia in the past either. As things stand, what right do you have to ask Sonia
batting away a fly and scoffed. “Fine! I won’t try to argue with the lot of you, seeing as you’ll only
sneer tugged on his lips as his gaze lingered menacingly on Sonia. “You better keep President Fuller tightly wrapped around your pinky, Sonia. Who knows what might happen to you if he
and stormed out of the lounge with
Titus and Julia, she
vicinity of the lounge when their path was obstructed by two figures, namely Hal
I know all about the DNA test results after Mr. Coleman told us about them. Now,
right! We demand compensation!” Greta joined her husband
returned to Sonia’s side and informed her, “Apparently, Zane’s trying to use Hal
sounds
tests to prove it. Even as the plan she and Zane came up with had failed, it appeared that he was a sore loser who wanted to one-up
you after you helped Zane and the others cause so much trouble for us! How dare you demand compensation from
for over twenty years, so you could at least pay us for our deed, no? Besides, she was never even our biological daughter to begin with, but she mooched off
her husband’s ridiculous narrative, Greta began to sob mournfully, “Oh, our dear Taylor, who knows how much suffering you’d been through before you died? You were kidnapped because of some unknown little mongrel! I miss you so much,
sound as though they cared about their biological daughter, but ironically, they never once showed a trace of love when she lived with them. And now, they’re pretending as though they love and miss me just because they
just call my daughter a mongrel?” Julia hissed as her eyes
emboldened by this, they weren’t about to back down in front of the rich folks before them. They squared their shoulders and
she? Yet she stayed under my roof for over two decades!
eyes as she raised her hand,
provoked the other woman by patting her own cheek. “Bring it on; slap me right here on the cheek if you’d like! However, I’m warning you, if you hit me, I’m going to bankrupt
be riled up by the likes of her. If you do, she’ll only try
you to speak such things
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