She quietly walked to the sofa and sat down, looked at him and said, “If you ask me, you should listen to Grandpa and go on a blind date. As long as you succeed in the blind date, only then can I cancel the engagement with Raylan.”
Between the lines she has clearly revealed the idea to Harlee.
Harlee’s puzzled gaze fell on Adriana’s body, deep in thought for a moment, then bowed her head, half-heartedly silent.
“What, you and Raylan broke off the engagement? Are you two siblings trying to piss me off?”
Old Mr. Soto got angry again, “He must break off his relationship with that Eliza, and you must marry Raylan.”
“What if I don’t.”
Adriana is different from Harlee.
Harlee’s obedience would be expected from Old Mr. Soto, and if Adriana is now obedient to Old Mr. Soto, it would be an anomaly.
When things go wrong, there must be a demon.
“Humph, I am the head of the Soto family, not just a little girl like you!”
He got up sharply, pointed at them both and yelled, “Think clearly and go back to the Soto family tomorrow.”
Leaving a message, Old Mr. Soto left the office.
With a bang, the door flung heavily shut.
The sound of footsteps cluttering outside fades away.
Adrianalooked at Harlee, Harlee looked at Adriana, and the two looked at each other with a dark look on their faces.
It was a long time before Adriana pulled some paper towels from the table and handed them to him, “Wipe it off.”
Harlee stood up from the floor, looking at a floor of water and glass, a little annoyed, “You just …”
“I should have scolded you properly to wake you up just now!”
Adriana heard what Harlee wanted and immediately made a gesture of silence, followed by a deliberate remark that interrupted him.
Now Harlee was even more baffled.
Adriana got up, walked over to where Old Mr. Soto was sitting a moment ago and looked over and waved towards Harlee to come over.
“A head of blood, I’ll clean it up for you, you sit down.”
She said she would tell him to sit down and clean up his blood stains, but pointed her finger at the couch and motioned for him to come over and move it with her.
Spare the foolish at this point will not feel simple.
“Oh, okay.”
Harlee responded cooperatively and walked over as the two men lowered the couch.
Adriana looked at the bottom of the couch, pointed to a black object that appeared there, and gestured toward him.
The two men had a heart-to-heart, and no one said anything else.
Putting the couch back, the two sat on the couch while Adriana got the medical kit, helped Harlee clean the wound and put a band-aid on it.
“If you ask me, you should listen to Grandpa, or not to be with Eliza. I’ve heard about the Suarez family in Waverly, and their young lady is exceptionally good looking. Really, really good looking.”
Adriana deliberately plays with Harlee and the two of them to make a show for Old Mr. Soto.
“Hmph, whether it’s good or not, I don’t want to see it either.”
“Fuck off, you’re a man, marry the Suarez family’s first lady, and keep Eliza private. The best of both worlds. But I’m your sister, and if you don’t marry the Suarez family, Grandpa will force me to marry Raylan. I don’t want to marry him yet.”
…
The two rambled on and on for a while in the office.
Finally excusing that he was hungry, he left the office and went downstairs.
Downstairs in the garage, the old man listened to the conversation between the two men and found no clues. Put the headphones aside.
The subordinate immediately asked, “Did you hear anything?”
“Everything is fine.”
Old Mr. Soto sighed and added, “So, the people behind the investigation of the Soto family can’t be Adriana and Harlee. so, who could it be?”
“Ms. Hale and Mr. Soto have no real power, so how could they have the power to send so many people to investigate the Soto family?”
“All right, let’s talk about this later. Go back first.”
With a command from Old Mr. Soto, the car started and slowly left.
Adriana and Harlee both go to the garage, and in the car neither mentions anything more, getting defensive about Old Mr. Soto.
It wasn’t until she went inside the nearby cafe booth that Harlee asked patiently, “When did you notice Grandpa’s perverse behavior?”
Adriana sat across from her, clutching a clear glass in her hand, took a sip of water and inclined her head to look out the window, “Harlee, do you have any real power in THE Soto family?”
No answer, no question.
Harlee bristled, humiliated by Adriana’s question.
“Although I am not the executive president of any company, at least it carries some weight.”
He spoke with some heart.
As Adriana listened, she felt that he knew very well how Old Mr. Soto treated him.
“Ever wonder why you were treated differently?”
She puts down the glass in her hand and makes small talk with Harlee.
“Grandpa has always been very demanding of me and put me by his side, which I feel should be the greatest trust in me.”
Until then, Harlee thought so.
But now, he suddenly changed his mind.
I think I was too confident at first.
“Take my advice and send Eliza back to Preynia Mountain, don’t leave her in Waverly.”
Adriana has been through so much that she is now defensive of anyone and anything.
No one else believed it, but now the only person she trusts besides Raylan is Harlee.
After all, the two are related by blood and are true siblings.
“What do you mean?”
Harlee became more and more elusive to Adriana.
Today she is extraordinarily serious, very different from her usual aloofness.
“Trust me and send Eliza back. It will do you and her no harm, understand?”
She had made it very clear that if Harlee didn’t understand, it would be hopeless.
“Although Grandpa is very harsh on me, he shouldn’t do anything too much, right?”
“Huh.”
Harlee’s words made Adriana laugh straight away.
She shook her head, “I really don’t know where you get your confidence from.”
If she hadn’t known the truth before, perhaps she would have believed Harlee and not suspected.
Now I realize how naive Harlee was.
Knock Knock-
The waiter knocked on the door and brought in coffee and dessert.
Then it went back out.
Adriana looked down and contemplated for a while, thinking that she couldn’t hide it from him, “Harlee, do you think Old Mr. Soto is reliable?”
“Adriana, have you been stimulated by something today? It’s a bit perverse.”
Although in the office she was keenly aware of the anomaly, and really found the monitor under the sofa.
But even so, it doesn’t mean anything.
“Would you believe me if, for example, I said you were not related to the Soto family in any way?”
The only way now is to work with Harlee, and only if the two work together will they have a chance of turning the tide.
Otherwise, under the strong power of the Soto family, the two would be like birds with broken wings, unable to flutter.
Harlee brought his coffee to his mouth and before he could take a sip, he heard Adriana’s words, he changed his expression and put the coffee back on the table, “What did you say?”
“I knew you wouldn’t believe it.”
How could someone who raised Harlee as a child easily suspect those people?