This kind of humiliating action made Leo Bort’s heart more than annoyed, and a quick trace of malice crossed his lowered eyes, but he didn’t dare to show the slightest bit on his face.
He twisted his middle-aged, obese body, moved his chin away from Baird Lane’s toes, and said sardonically, “Chill … Baird, I can’t talk about betrayal, can I?”
“Yes?” Baird Lane adjusted his sitting position and looked down at him sarcastically, “During these years, The Bort Family’s company has been able to develop now because of my support, and The Bort Family’s partners are also willing to cooperate with you because of The Lane Family Group’s relationship, which means that in the shopping center The Bort Family is tied to The Lane Family, but you …”
At that point in the conversation, Baird Lane suddenly hmmm’d and frowned.
He craned his head toward the woman beside him, “What were you just doing?”
Christine White withdrew the hand that was pinching his waist without changing her color and said faintly, “Nothing, to punish you.”
Who let him help The Bort Family all these years.
“Punishment?” Baird Lane’s mouth twirled around those two words, and then, with a little thought, figured out what she meant by punishment.
“You’re being careful now.” He pinched her face.
Christine White slapped his hand down, “I’m not being careful, you can support any company you want, it’s none of my business, but the only one that can’t is The Bort Family, so I’m definitely not happy about it.”
Leo Bort on the floor heard this and raised his eyes to Christine White, a look that was indescribably complex, with anger, resentment, and a hint of unreadable emotion …
“Don’t worry, it won’t upset you.” Baird Lane assured Christine White as he squeezed her hand.
Christine White grunted and didn’t say anything more.
Baird Lane turned his gaze back to Leo Bort, the little bit of tenderness on his face dissipated and turned into expressionless indifference, “All these years, how much The Bort Family has sought to gain by turning their backs on The Lane Family, I think you should be clear about that, I don’t ask you The Bort Family to be able to help The Lane Family what, but what did you do, turned your head to rely on The Lane Family’s enemy, so to the person who betrayed me, why should I save?”
“…” Leo Bort was dumbfounded by Baird Lane’s words, a face with the vicissitudes of life was full of redness, and the whole man was short of breath.
“Molly Bort I’m not going to save, it’s none of my business if she lives or dies, so you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re looking for me.”
Baird Lane’s words doused all of Leo Bort’s hopes, and he completely panicked, “Baird, you can’t be like this, I know that our father and daughter did something wrong to you, but Molly, how to say, also had a relationship with you, so can’t you save her for the sake of the past? Do you really have the heart to let her die?”
“Yeah, do you really put up with that?” Christine White echoed Leo Bort’s words, her gaze fixed on the man.
She wanted to know the answer to that, too.
As Leo Bort said, Molly Bort had been with him, and how the two had a relationship, and often the hardest feelings for a man to get over are from an ex.
So, she wondered, could he really resist not saving Molly Bort.
Christine White opened her mouth in such a way that Leo Bort was surprised for a moment.
He doesn’t realize that this is Christine White testing Baird Lane’s attitude towards Molly Bort and thinks she’s helping him persuade Baird Lane to save Molly Bort.
So looking at her again there was more than a hint of satisfaction in addition to complexity.
“Yeah yeah Baird, you must not be able to stand it right.” Leo Bort moved to Baird Lane again, “I know you still have feelings for Molly, as long as you save Molly, I’ll do anything you want me to do, I promise, anything, I only have Molly as my daughter, I can’t lose her.”
He feigns a pitiful plea, hoping to succeed in impressing Baird Lane.
However Baird Lane didn’t impress, but rather upset Christine White.
She stood up and twisted her head to look at the man beside her, “Baird, can you get out?”
“What?” Baird Lane raised his eyes and met hers.
Christine White slowly turned her head back around and set her eyes on Leo Bort, “I have some things that I would like to talk to him about alone.”
Knowing what she wanted to talk about, Baird Lane stood up without objection, “Okay, call me when you’re done.”
With that, he stuck his hands in his pants pockets and lifted his long legs to go out.
Click!
The door to the room closed.
The only people left in the room were Christine White, who was standing, and Leo Bort, who was tied up on the floor and couldn’t get up.
Somehow Leo Bort felt a little uneasy as he stared at his toes and moved his body back, pulling away from Christine White, “What do you want to talk to me about?”
Christine White ignored his words, holding in her unreadable eyes as she circled around him and finally stood in front of him before softly quirking her somewhat pale lips, “You just said that Molly Bort was the only daughter you had left, didn’t you?”
Hearing this, Leo Bort’s pupils dilated, a hint of weakness swept across his face, and he stuttered a bit in his speech, “Yes … Yes …”
“Really?” Christine White wrapped her arms around him and looked down at him mockingly, “But how did I hear that Molly Bort has a sister?”
“Nonsense!” Leo Bort retorted as loudly as if he’d been irritated, “Where’s the sister? I don’t have an illegitimate daughter!”
“No?” As if she’d heard a great joke, Christine White held her tongue and laughed a sarcastic laugh,
Leo Bort was getting more and more upset inside as he glared at Christine White in annoyance, “What are you laughing at?”
“I laugh at your shamelessness!” Christine White returned.
Leo Bort gasps, “You …”
“Me? Am I wrong?” Christine White pointed at herself, “Aren’t you shameless? Cheating on your original wife during her pregnancy and banging a third party to get on top with the child in her womb, what is not shameless? Molly Bort is that third party’s child, isn’t she your illegitimate daughter?”
Leo Bort was furious and tried to retort, but the words came out of his mouth.
Christine White laughed again, “Nothing more to say right? It seems you know in your heart of hearts that Molly Bort is a bastard child, there’s only me!”
She patted herself on the back and brought her face up to Leo Bort, her eyes hateful, “I’m the only one who’s your daughter in name only!”
Leo Bort’s eyes widened with incredulity, “You … How do you know …”
“Huh?” Hearing this, Christine White narrowed her almond eyes skeptically, “What do you mean? You know I’m your daughter too?”
Leo Bort then reacted to the fact that he had just misspoke, and quickly turned his head over, not daring to meet her startled eyes, and stammered, “I … don’t understand what you’re saying, I don’t know anything!”
“No!” Christine White reached out her hand, cupped Leo Bort’s chin and turned his face forcefully around, “You know, you know I’m your daughter, don’t you try to lie to me, no wonder you looked at me with such complicated eyes before, so you knew I’m your daughter all along, tell me, when the hell did you know? ”
She questioned aloud.
Leo Bort kept his mouth shut and refused to answer.
Christine White got emotional and intensified her hand, squeezing Leo Bort painfully, “Say, when the hell did you know? Did you know from the moment you saw me, or …”
“I don’t know, I don’t have any other daughters, I only have one daughter, Molly!” Leo Bort jerked his head around and shook her hand away.
Christine White listened to his words as if they were an oath, her mind blanked out for a moment, and her whole body quieted down.
After a few seconds, she calmed down, and the enraged expression on her face eased into calm.
“Yeah well, there’s only one daughter, Molly Bort, it seems like you don’t recognize my existence, also, a man who can cheat on his wife while she’s pregnant means that he doesn’t love that wife at all, so how can he have feelings for the child in her womb, it’s that I overthought it, and I can’t believe that I ever expected anything from you!” Christine White laughed to herself, and as she laughed, tears flowed out of her eyes.
“Expect?” Leo Bort’s eyes flashed as he thought of something, a hint of calculation crossed his eyes, then he loved a loving face, “You really want to recognize me?”