Chapter 940 Why Is It You?
At the thought that Clara could not even figure a man out, Rylantha wanted to crack her skull open to see if she had a brain or not. “Don’t worry. It was just an accident last time. Have you seen any man refuse a freebie? Besides, with the two of us this time, nothing will go wrong.” Clara was highly confident in herself.
“That’s true. Those ugly men like your type,” Rylantha spoke without any filter. “Deal with Ariel’s man first. Then, I’ll enter when he has his guard down. It’ll be like taking candy from a baby. In the end, one can only trust their people.”
“Since you’re worried about Ariel fighting the inheritance with you, why not just end her?” Clara’s slender finger swiped across her neck, solidifying her words into literal meaning.
“Do you think that has never crossed my mind? With that old fool protecting her, it’s not that easy to kill her. Since I have to accept this fact sooner or later, I should put my people around her earlier. If so, then I won’t have to worry about controlling the Abbott Family in the future.” Rylantha’s eyes narrowed as her ambition was expressed.
“That is a brilliant plan.” Clara gave her a thumbs up. Yet, she could not hold back and asked, “Say, how can you make sure that they won’t betray you and side with her after dealing with Ariel?”
This made the smile on Rylantha’s face vanish. “That is none of your business. If you still want to leech off the family, just fulfill your orders as stated.”
“Okay, okay. Pretend I never asked this, then. I’ll go ahead with the preparation now.”
Clara alighted from the car gleefully before turning stoic the moment she turned around, mumbling to herself, Hmph. Who does she think she is?! If I wasn’t interested in Danny, who would want to get themselves entangled with you? You’re just some woman struggling through menopause! You deserve your daddy issues!
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The moment Ariel and Danny appeared in the fancy private room, Rylantha welcomed them proactively. “Oh my, Ariel and Danny, it’s so good that you guys came. I was afraid you two were still angry at me. I can finally rest easy after seeing you guys!” she greeted them enthusiastically upon switching her arrogant attitude.
This made Ariel exchange a confused gaze with her husband. Just before, we were at each other’s throats. Now, she’s acting so friendly. What is she playing at?
“Well, don’t just stand there. Have a seat!” Rylantha said happily.
Since they dared to come, they were not afraid of anything bad happening to them, so Ariel and Danny sat down.
Before their seats were even warmed up, Rylantha had returned with wine. “I’ll dedicate this toast to you, Ariel. I didn’t think things through in the past and said a lot of hurtful things. I hope that you don’t mind what I said and be magnanimous enough to forgive me. In the end, we are still sisters by blood. In this world, besides Dad, we are the closest in terms of blood. We still need each other in the future, so I’ll be downing this glass. You can choose to drink or not to drink. Just treat this as my apology!”
After what seemed like sincere words, she tilted her head back and drank the glass of red wine all at once.
Since Ariel grew up with her mother, she had no other siblings to speak of. Also, her mother’s cold and distant attitude led her to long for familial love since young, so she fell hook, line, and sinker.
Standing up as well, she used her glass to toast with Rylantha’s. “Let bygones be bygones. We’ll only seize the future from now on.” She also drank the wine all at once.
“You sure can drink, sis!” Rylantha proceeded to flatter her even more. “You’re right. We need to seize the future. With you here, I’ll have someone to depend on.” Then, tears fell from her face before she wiped them away while putting on a strong facade. “This is a happy day. Let’s have a toast again!”
Ariel was all but too willing to do so.
Meanwhile, Danny did not drink since he had to drive.
After some time, Rylantha seemed to recall something as she slapped her forehead. “Oh my, I forgot to give you the gift I prepared. Danny, if you don’t mind, could you get it for me from the parking lot?”
“Sure.” Not on his guard, he took the car key and went outside.
He entered the elevator and headed to the basement before locating a black van as per Rylantha’s instructions.
Unlocking the van with the electronic car key, he walked over and opened the side door before entering the back. Yet, the moment he stepped in, an extremely odious scent attacked his nose.
He frowned and went outside to take a few deep breaths before pinching his nose and stepping back into the van. “The heck. What kind of smell is this? Surely, Rylantha can’t be this disgusting?”
Yet, he had no choice, for he had promised her, so he could only search around in the backseat. Although she did state the gift was in the back, she did not specify where exactly, so he had to fumble through the car while pinching his nose.
Not even thirty seconds had passed before he felt dizzy and stumbled onto the leather seat. Oh, no! It’s a trap!
It was then Danny noticed that something was wrong, but it was all too late.
He started to see double before losing control of his limbs and his body temperature shooting up.
After an unknown time had passed, the van door opened again, and he saw ‘Ariel’.
“It’s great that you’re here, honey.” He sat up with difficulty. “I seemed to have been poisoned. I don’t feel so good…” While he said that, he started to undo his tie.
Clara, who was looking at him, became all giddy at the sight of this. I did not make the wrong choice by putting all this effort into dressing like Ariel. I even used the same brand of perfume.
After a few hours, he opened his eyes only to see that the woman in his arms was not Ariel. He was so shocked that he instantly fell to the floor.
“Why is it you?!”
