Chapter 687: I Can Kill You Even Without Evidence

Chapter 687: Chapter 687: I Can Kill You Even Without Evidence

Annabelle looked at her, somewhat amused. "Isn’t your life in my hands right now? Trying to negotiate with me... have you still not grasped your current situation, hmm? Mrs. Yates?"

Mrs. Yates thought for a moment, then gritted her teeth, walked over, and knelt before her. "Mrs. Grant," she pleaded, "it’s all my fault. Take all your anger out on me, just please, spare Vivian."

’A brainless person will always be brainless. Begging someone like this when you have absolutely no leverage only costs you your dignity.’

’Still, this works out well for me. A brainless person is exactly what I need.’

Annabelle looked down at her imperiously and said meaningfully, "Mrs. Yates, I seem to recall you slapping me in front of a large crowd..."

SLAP—

Mrs. Yates landed a solid slap on her own face.

’I have to endure this,’ she told herself. ’It’s the only way my daughter has a chance to live. I’m a dying woman anyway, so dignity doesn’t matter anymore.’

’Nothing is more important than staying alive.’

Head bowed, she said through gritted teeth, "I’m sorry, Mrs. Grant. I only ask that you spare my daughter."

Annabelle laughed, looking at her with apparent satisfaction. "Now that’s more like it. Tell me, why were you so determined to oppose me, hmm? But there’s one thing you need to remember, Mrs. Yates. You are my elder. If you hadn’t gone too far, I, Annabelle Linton, wouldn’t have the time, the contempt, or the interest to deal with you. Understand?"

’How could the things Mrs. Yates had done to me possibly be limited to just this?’

’Major incidents are always an accumulation of smaller ones. On the surface, they might have seemed to have nothing to do with Mrs. Yates, but every single event was inextricably linked to her.’

’In my past life, most of the suffering I later endured came directly from Vivian Yates and indirectly from Mrs. Yates.’

’Without Mrs. Yates’s strong support from behind the scenes, how could Vivian have ever made such big waves?’

At this thought, the expression on Annabelle’s face grew even colder, like a bottomless, icy pool. She looked at her impassively. "It’s not impossible for me to let your daughter go, but on one condition."

"Tell me! Tell me!" Mrs. Yates agreed excitedly.

Annabelle gave a faint smile and moved a recording pen closer to her. "Tell me everything that happened back then, without leaving out a single word."

"Don’t you already have evidence?"

Mrs. Yates’s head snapped up to look at her, a sharp glint in her eyes. She stood up and asked excitedly, "Or is it that you don’t have any evidence at all? I get it now, Annabelle Linton! You don’t actually have any proof, do you? Everything you’ve said is just to bait me into telling you the truth! The skin cancer you mentioned was a lie, and that video and recording from before were also faked to trick me, weren’t they? HAHAHA, I’m not falling for your trap!"

’Well, isn’t this something. A breakthrough in intelligence at such a critical moment.’

Annabelle was amused by her. "Is that the point?" she said lightly. "I can still destroy you without any evidence."

Mrs. Yates: "..."

’That... does sound like the truth.’

Annabelle looked at her and said with another amused laugh, "The Yates family has clearly fallen. Without the Yates family, would it be difficult to destroy Vivian Yates? Oh, wait. Even with the Yates family, I could still destroy her."

Mrs. Yates didn’t understand. "If you could destroy us at any time, why did you wait until now?" she asked, confused.

’Because at first, I hadn’t gotten my hands on the evidence of Mr. Yates putting drugs in the food products. By the time I found out, Vivian Yates had disappeared.’

’I was constantly searching for Vivian Yates. When she finally reappeared, she had become Annabelle Ainsworth, which I didn’t know, so I had to bide my time.’

’Now that everything is confirmed, it’s time to make my move.’