Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau-Chapter 463 - 251: Girl, Where’s Your Backbone from Just Now?
Then she pointed her finger backward at Ruby Sheldon beside her and calmly said to Aiden Sheldon, "I warn you, if you insist on doing this, all your karma will come back to your most precious daughter, Ruby Sheldon! — Even if you really kill me, I swear as a Great Heavenly Master, your daughter Ruby Sheldon will suffer misfortune for a lifetime!"
"When Lawrence Winters says something, he means it! If you don’t believe it, then gamble your daughter’s lifetime happiness against my life!"
She was really going all out.
With someone like Aiden Sheldon, reasoning and legalities were useless.
Only with the ones he cared about did she talk about retribution and karma.
"What did you say?! Do you dare to say that again!" Aiden Sheldon suddenly erupted in anger, unable to maintain even a semblance of composure.
He stood up swiftly and kicked over the desk in front of him.
The image on the phone suddenly shook, Aiden Sheldon’s avatar blurred for a moment but quickly became clear again.
Aiden Sheldon’s forehead veins popped, his face turned terrifyingly red, and he bared his teeth as if eager to leap out of the phone screen, grab Lawrence Winters, and bite her neck off!
Lucas Harlow hurriedly tugged at Lawrence Winters a few times, shaking his head at her.
Ruby Sheldon was also terrified, crying out, "Sister Lawrence, stop talking, my dad... my dad like this, it’s his illness acting up again... he’s really sick..."
Lawrence Winters ignored the two, maintaining an extraordinary calm, speaking to the visibly emotionally uncontrolled Aiden Sheldon on the other end of the phone, "Mr. Sheldon, you have people you care about, and so do I; everyone has someone they care about. You’re the Wealthiest; if you want someone dead tonight, that person probably won’t see the next day’s sunrise."
"And I’m sure you’d have them die legally."
"But would you really win that way?"
"No, you wouldn’t. Because there is still justice in this world, and there’s also the invisible hand of fate. If you harm someone, you’ve harmed them, and it will definitely come back to you, if not on you, then on the person you care about the most."
When Lawrence Winters said these words, she was inwardly filled with despair.
In her position against someone like Aiden Sheldon, what chance did she really have?
Absolutely none.
So she had to pin all her hopes on the intangible concept of ’retribution.’
Oh, the lament of seeking ghosts and gods instead of compassion in the dead of night.
People in the highest positions can disdain all social rules and laws, but they cannot disdain the unseen principles of fate, that is, retribution.
Those of this level Lawrence Winters had seen, though not as high as Aiden Sheldon, more or less, all had such considerations.
She bet that Aiden Sheldon would likewise have such considerations.
And since the people Aiden Sheldon cared about seemed quite special, he should probably at least, consider her ’intangible’ retribution warning?
Lucas Harlow also felt despair beside her.
He really didn’t expect that not only old Aiden Sheldon was stubborn to this extent, but even Lawrence Winters was someone who wouldn’t turn back until she hit a wall.
If at this moment, Lawrence Winters had acted more like an ordinary young girl, breaking down and crying, perhaps Aiden Sheldon might show mercy.
Yet Lawrence Winters chose the worst possible way, cursing Aiden Sheldon’s most beloved daughter so calmly and decisively...
For a moment, Lucas Harlow even considered a love-suicide pact with Lawrence Winters.
End it all.
Maybe only death could quell Aiden Sheldon’s anger.
Lawrence Winters showed no sign of retreat, her ink-black pupils, darker than most, fixed on the phone video where Aiden Sheldon was, calm and rational.
Her mind even began to use the heavenly stems and earthly branches to calculate the outcomes of this desperate gamble, making the impulsive, hotheaded Aiden Sheldon in the phone video appear even more brash.
Aiden Sheldon stared at her for a while, trembling, took a small bottle of pills from his pocket, took one, swallowed it, and then found a place to sit.
Lawrence Winters, Ruby Sheldon, and Lucas Harlow all watched him in the video.
Even Ryan Sheldon noticed something was wrong and wanted to come over and ask what was happening.
But several police officers stopped him, not allowing him close to Lawrence Winters.
A few minutes later, the unusual flush on Aiden Sheldon’s face slowly faded, and he stared at Lawrence Winters for a long time without speaking.
Lawrence Winters was internally anxious, unsure how far this matter would escalate.
The police station was also quiet; everyone seemed to be waiting for the Chief Justice to announce a verdict as they waited for Aiden Sheldon to speak.
Then Aiden Sheldon in the phone video suddenly moved, took out another phone, and started taking a call.
After that call, his expression became much milder.
The call ended quickly, and he put down the other phone, looked at the still defiant Lawrence Winters on the phone screen, and smiled.
The character of this girl, he really couldn’t bring himself to like.
But he couldn’t deny, there weren’t many who, in his rage, could still quickly organize a counterattack and strive to bear all the consequences alone.
Even though her family had involved heavyweight figures to plead for her, if she hadn’t hit him where it hurt, this matter wouldn’t have been so easily resolved.
Aiden Sheldon coldly looked at her, finally nodded, and said, "You have a point. I must accumulate good fortune for my Betty. If dealing with you causes a curse on my daughter, that would go against my original intention."
He leisurely took out a cigar, lit it, took a puff, and said leisurely, "So, you say you’re a Heavenly Master, so you understand karma and retribution without me telling."
"If you can publicly apologize to my daughter, admit you shouldn’t have taken advantage of her, and promise never to go near her again, while also withdrawing all accusations against my son, I’ll forgive you this time."
Lawrence Winters smiled slightly in her heart.
Just ten minutes ago, she was still thinking about how to heavily extort the Wealthiest...
Now it seems she was too naive.
Lawrence Winters steadied herself, immediately bowed to Ruby Sheldon with a sincere expression and said, "Miss Sheldon, I was wrong earlier, I shouldn’t have taken advantage of you, please forgive me. In the future, you can even be my elder!"
Aiden Sheldon: Damn! Is there a day when I, Aiden Sheldon, see things wrongly too! — Girl, where did that spine of yours go just now???
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