Chapter 287
25 BONUS
“Noelle, I’m just an ordinary friend of his. I don’t have that kind of influence.” Sandra laughed, then added, Actually, if you want to meet Mr. Mueller, maybe you should have Dylan…”
Dylan, who had been sitting nearby, finally lifted his head when Sandra mentioned his name.
But Noelle didn’t pay him any attention, She grabbed Sandra’s hand and pulled her out of the room.
“What’s this about, Noelle? You’re hurting me!” Sandra still spoke in a sweet tone, but as soon as Noelle dragged her to an isolated spot, she immediately yanked Noelle’s hand away, her voice turning cold as she asked, “What do you want?”
“I should be asking you that,” Noelle replied. “You should know very well what’s going on with the family right now. If I could contact Javier myself, that’d be one thing, but the problem is now…
“Now what? Noelle, I never thought I’d see the day when you’d be the one asking me for help.” Sandra laughed, raising her chin and looking at her. “So, go ahead. Ask away. If it’s a reasonable request, maybe I’ll consider helping you.”
Noelle remained expressionless. “Didn’t you always claim that the Swanson family was important to you? If Elm Group goes bankrupt, what do you gain from it?”
Sandra laughed, her tone mocking as she continued, “How amusing. Are you lecturing me now? But even if Elm Group doesn’t fall apart, what does that have to do with me? You think I don’t know? Dad’s been planning to hand the company over to you, right?”
She sneered. “What about me? I’ve spent so many years humbling myself, flattering him, only to be kicked out in the end. Why should he treat me like that?
“I’m telling you, Noelle. Not only will I not help you, but I won’t let Javier help you, either! Weren’t you so proud In front of Hendrix last time? You saw me that day, didn’t you? So, you purposely made him carry you just to let me see, didn’t you?”
Sandra’s voice grew sharp with fury. “Did you ever think that one day, you’d need to come crawling to me like a dog?”
She let out all her words in one breath. Her voice was sharp and the sound echoed softly through the entire stairwell. But she didn’t care, staring at Noelle as if she wanted to tear a piece of flesh from her.
In fact, Noelle hadn’t really held out much hope. If Sandra truly cared about the Swanson family, she would have immediately asked Javier for help.
But the message Noelle had just received was that their accounts in Vinton City had already been frozen. It was clear who was behind this.
“Then, just leave,” Noelle said. “There’s no need for you to come again.”
With that, she pressed the stop button on the recording app “If you ever want to come back, I’ll play this recording for Craig to hear.”
Sandra’s face instantly changed, and her entire body trembled.
Noelle didn’t look at her again. She just continued walking forward.
Noelle! Just keep pretending! I’m telling you. Elm Group will go bankrupt in a couple of days, and you’ll be nothing but a stray dog!”
Noelle paused for a moment but didn’t turn back, continuing to walk ahead.
Chapter 27
It was at that moment that her phone rang. Someone from the company was calling.
“Ms. Swanson, Mr. Freeman from Amity Group is here. He says he wants to talk to you.”
