Chapter 1099: Chapter 1039: The Real and the Fake Noah Phillips
"Are you making up stories? Sorry, I’m not interested in listening."
Noah Phillips wouldn’t believe these absurd claims.
"Noah, I’m not making this up; it’s your family’s scandal. Listen well, Ivan Phillips killed 108 young men and women here."
Noah completely doubted it, "Do you think the Orienta police are useless? Missing 108 people would’ve caused a societal uproar; how come I haven’t heard a thing about it?"
"In wartime, what does a death mean? Moreover, your family is powerful.
Ivan knew to hire servants who were orphans. Even if they died, no one would come looking for trouble."
"..."
"Ivan tied people to this bed, bound their limbs, their heads hung off the side, their throats slit, drained of all blood...
See that bathtub? He collected the fresh, warm blood in it, and Ivan bathed in it... praying the sinful blood could give him a healthy body...
Ha, how stupid!"
Night Owl lay on the bed, head hanging down, and in his eyes, Noah appeared upside down, as if the ghosts of the ones with slit throats were floating before Noah.
"If I had known Ivan earlier, I’d really want to meet this perverted fool!"
This place already had a lingering smell of blood, and Noah felt the stench growing stronger.
Noah wasn’t one to believe in ghosts, it was just psychological.
"Why are you telling me this?"
"I want to know more about Sienna Johnson, and I need you to tell me."
Noah refused to cooperate, coldly rejecting him, "Why should I tell you?"
"Because if you don’t, I’ll expose your family’s scandal... Isn’t the Phillips Family revered? If the public knew about your family’s scandal... Ha, it’ll be quite the show."
"So, all this chatter was for that?" Noah mocked with a smile, "What, did Sienna find your flaw?"
Night Owl confessed honestly, "I thought approaching her through your life, she wouldn’t resist me, but I was wrong.
I found out she’s been avoiding being alone with me.
Wasn’t the person she loved before you?
Why would things turn out this way?"
Noah replied, "Because she’s an upright, intelligent woman!"
"What do you mean?"
Noah closed his eyes and stopped talking to him.
Night Owl shouted, "I order you to speak!"
Even when imprisoned, facing possible mortal danger, the righteous Noah remained unmoved.
"Your fiancee is dead, next, whose life should I take in your place?"
Night Owl noticed Noah’s eyelid twitch, Night Owl laughed, kind people always have plenty of weaknesses.
"Your mother? ... She seems somewhat suspicious of me. What if I arrange a car accident for her? If she’s dead, my risk of exposure lessens."
Noah suddenly opened his eyes, warning, "Don’t hurt her!"
"If you knew what your mother did to Sienna back then, would you still protect her so fiercely?"
"What do you mean?"
"Back when you intended to pursue Sienna, your mother sought her out and said many unpleasant things, their central idea being that Sienna wasn’t worthy of you, urging her to leave you."
"..."
"That blue diamond you gifted Sienna, your mother took it back. You can surely imagine how embarrassed Sienna must’ve felt."
Noah knew nothing of this.
He gave it to Sienna personally. How could his mother reclaim it? What must Sienna have thought?
Noah felt immensely embarrassed.
"A woman like Sienna, proud and lofty, how could she endure such humiliation? Naturally, she distanced herself from you.
Back then, if your mother hadn’t gone to Sienna and split you up, Adrian Desmond might not have had much of a chance later."
Night Owl sowed discord, "See, because of your mother, you lost the woman you love. Do you hate her?"
"My mother wouldn’t..." Noah didn’t believe it.
Indeed, Sienna had suggested wanting to date him, and when he was joyful, envisioning a wonderful future together, Sienna suddenly changed her mind.
Could his mother really have done such a thing?
"Ha, why would I lie about something like this?"
"How do you know?"
"I planned to impersonate you, naturally I had to know everything about you. I bought off quite a few of your close servants, drivers, friends, they told me a lot about you."
Night Owl raised his hand, saying, "That’s how, impersonating you for so long, not a single person spotted a flaw."
"..."
"Do you hate your mother? I can help you kill her, as long as you’re willing to cooperate with me."
"She’s my mother, how could I hate her? Whatever she did, it was always for my good, only... using the wrong methods." Noah said softly.
Orientans respect filial piety. Filial duty reigns supreme.
There’s also a saying passed down: you only have one mother, but you can find another wife.
Noah couldn’t bring himself to hate his own mother.
"Such deep mother-son affection," Night Owl mocked.
Noah also smiled self-mockingly, "See, I’m a man full of flaws. Someone as smart as Sienna likely predicted the trouble of marrying me, so she distanced herself early."
"..."
"Adrian loves her very much, it’s good." Noah said softly, but his voice revealed sorrow, in this dark, blood-reeking basement, adding a touch of desolation.
"..."
"Please, have mercy on my family. I can give you all my wealth! But about Sienna, I won’t divulge anything!"
"I’ll kill your mother!" Night Owl threatened.
Noah looked at Night Owl, lips tightly pursed, as if making a tough decision.
Night Owl had heard an intriguing question since coming to Orienta: if your mother and wife fall into the water simultaneously, whom would you save first?
Night Owl eagerly awaited Noah’s answer, torn between choosing his mother and lover.
"Do you know what I would choose?" Night Owl asked.
Noah didn’t respond, and Night Owl continued, "Of course, I would choose the woman I love. Because my mother gave birth to me, she already fulfilled her mission, while my beloved can accompany me through the long journey of life and provide me with the strongest offspring."
"..."
Night Owl tossed him a phone, saying, "This phone can only call one number, three days!
If you won’t tell me the things only you and Sienna know, I’ll kill your mother!"
Noah clinged to the phone, head down, his long messy hair obscuring his eyes.
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