"How can you be so cold-blooded, child? This is your uncle and aunt, Isla is your cousin. It takes so little effort from you, why are you refusing in every possible way? How can your heart be so ruthless?"
Bella Green stopped in her tracks, turned her head, and looked at Francesca Willis, her gaze chillingly cold.
"Ruthless? Isn’t that hereditary? No matter how ruthless I am, can I be more ruthless than you?"
The girl’s words were full of sarcasm, making Francesca Willis’s face flush with anger. She pointed at her, unable to speak for a long while.
Seeing the mother and daughter about to start arguing, Caelum Willis quickly intervened.
"Sis, Bella is grown-up now. You need to talk nicely."
Right now, he was counting on Bella Green to help Ivy Willis, so he couldn’t let Francesca Willis drive her away in anger.
After speaking, he looked at Bella Green.
"Bella, your uncle knows that life has not been easy for you since you returned home, but Anna Green is just an adoptive daughter. You are the true eldest daughter of the Green Family, and Isla is your legitimate cousin. We are the real family. Why cause discord over outsiders? Your mom cares for you, you shouldn’t treat us like enemies."
Bella Green looked at Caelum Willis, a faint smile playing on her lips. She had to admit, his words were truly manipulative, shifting all the blame onto Anna Green and dragging familial ties into it.
"I heard Mr. Willis used to be in sales?" Bella Green suddenly spoke.
The term "Mr. Willis" made everyone present look displeased.
Just as Francesca Willis was about to speak, Caelum Willis stopped her, smiling broadly and nodding.
"Yes, in the early years, when business wasn’t doing well, I had to run around myself. It was tough then."
Looking at Caelum Willis’s demeanor, Bella Green nodded and continued, "Perhaps back then, if you had gone into multi-level marketing instead of sales, your business would be bigger now."
Caelum Willis’s smile froze at these words, caught in a grimace, comical like a clown.
He never expected a young girl to be so difficult, showing no respect for anyone...
"Ha, you can see it now, right? Bella Green is a wolf, an ungrateful wolf. I said she harmed me, now do you believe it? She’s just waiting to chew us all to death."
In the eerie silence, Ivy Willis suddenly burst into laughter, her voice twisted and maniacal, mocking the sobbing and pleading people in the room.
"Bella Green, you want to kill me? Let me tell you, before you manage to kill me, I’ll kill you first!"
Listening to Ivy Willis’s words, Bella Green didn’t feel angry at all, instead admiring her deranged state.
Watching Bella Green stand on a few steps, gazing at them with a mocking and derisive expression, even the usually composed Caelum Willis couldn’t suppress his anger anymore.
"Bella Green, let me tell you, there will be a press conference tomorrow. Whether you want to go or not, you must go. If you can’t prove Isla’s innocence, I will make sure all the grievances Isla suffered will be inflicted on you a thousandfold."
"So now that begging has failed, it’s changed to threats?" Bella Green replied with a smile, then turned to Francesca Willis: "What do you think?"
Francesca Willis, hearing Caelum Willis’s words, furrowed her brows with displeasure, but seeing Bella Green’s demeanor, she felt uneasy as well.
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Bella Green looked at her, smiling brightly, then opened her mouth and uttered four words, enunciating clearly: "Not – my – problem!"
That arrogant attitude, showing no regard for others, instantly infuriated Caelum Willis, who rushed towards Bella Green...
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