True Love Waits

Chapter 1266 For The Twelve Billion

Fanya cut one of the medallions of foie gras on her plate elegantly without looking at her daughter. "Why wouldn't she be arrogant? Erica's one of the Li family, a renowned military family in A Country. She's always been a selfish bitch. Now that she got her claws into Matthew Huo, she's even worse," she sneered.

Her words made the food in Phoebe's mouth hard to swallow. Erica's connections made her impossible to touch. Her family was rich and powerful. "If you have any better ideas on how to bring her down, I'm all ears."

'They don't have any better ways of dealing with Erica, do they? Why does it always come down to me?' she thought to herself.

"I had good ideas, but you screwed up everything!" Camille spat. It was an accusatory tone, full of contempt and blame.

She had wanted to build a close relationship with the Huo family, but she was even further from her goal thanks to Tessie and Phoebe.

After a moment's silence, Phoebe gritted her teeth and said, "We could hire someone to..." She dragged her index finger across her throat. A gesture that indicated murder.

Bang! Fanya dropped her knife and fork. The knife and fork hit the plate and made a sharp sound. She stared at her daughter with an expression of astonishment. "Are you crazy, Phoebe Su? Are you seriously threatening a member of the Li family? Do you have a death wish? Are you out of your damn mind?"

Even if they succeeded, they probably wouldn't get away with it. And if Matthew weren't able to figure it out, Wesley and Gifford likely would.

"They'd find out. Matthew, Gifford, Wesley, it doesn't matter who. And they'd come after us. They might kill every last member of the Su family to get back at us."

Phoebe's body trembled, and her face became even paler, if possible. "Okay, okay. Point taken."

Then silence reigned in the dining room of the Su family. Only the sound of knives and forks colliding with the dishes could be heard.

They couldn't even take Erica down after sacrificing the baby in Phoebe's belly. The Su family needed to think this over more carefully.

Phoebe complained of being weak from the miscarriage, so after she was done with dinner, she went upstairs. Her mom and dad followed. Camille got a phone call, so she waited downstairs until she was done. Eventually, she started to climb the stairs herself.

However, as soon as Camille reached the second floor, she heard an earth-shattering scream. "Aaargh!"

Phoebe! Everyone in the house heard it, too. Then the door to her room opened, and she crawled

asked as she stood straight and

powerful, and she acts like this! She just literally crawled out of the room. Like a lizard! This would be really embarrassing if this got out,' she

the noise, and rushed out to the hall to find out what was up. He stared Phoebe huddled on the floor, trembling and stuttering. She'd been frightened half to death. But by what? Concern was evident in his gaze. She was his

it was her father, Phoebe rushed into his arms and sobbed uncontrollably. "S-s-snake! There's a-a snake in

is in a suburb. We're too close to the city for

there be

touch of fear flashed through her

Fanya. Panic contorted her normally calm face. She clapped her hands and summoned several maids who were all upstairs as well. "Go to Phoebe's room and see what's going on!" The maids weren't stupid. They weren't going any further, because they were also afraid of

people had a

from the bottom of her heart. She ordered

a braggart, but being singled out like this was not something she liked. She had no love for

she passed by Phoebe, she asked, "Miss Su, where's the snake? I've

"It's... on the bed."

their breath and waited a few seconds. Then

in the hallway, "She's right! There's a snake in there! A green one... It's coiled up on the bed. Boo...hoo..." In the end, the maid was scared to tears, and she saw the snake's long, thin tongue flickering in and out of

calmly ordered, "Quick! Close the door and

"Yes! Mrs. Su."

of the animal control came downstairs with a box containing the snake. He addressed Lyman first. "Mr. Su, we caught your snake. There was no need for all the fuss-it's just a king ratsnake. It's not poisonous or anything.

said Lyman

"You're welcome!"

there a snake in our villa? We've lived here more than ten years, and this has

balcony, but this is just conjecture

prevent urban sprawl. It was possible it could have come from there. But

see.