Vania looked at Hanson with feigned bewilderment. "Darling, isn't Troyce a foreign country? What does it have to do with Yvonne hiring someone to hurt me?"
Hanson went along with her. "I also don't quite understand it."
Thomas smiled in frank resignation. "Vania, it's no longer necessary to play the innocent now, don't you think?" he said, uttering Vania's name sarcastically.
"I'm not playing the innocent. I'm really injured," Vania said while pointing at the IV in her arm. "The IV has never stopped running since I got admitted here."
Thomas wasn't willing to play such a game with her, though. "I'm not talking about this."
"Didn't you say that you two are here to visit me? Could it be that you two are here for something else?"
Thomas was instantly stumped by her words. Indeed, he had said just now that he and Benjamin were here to visit her. By talking about something else at this moment, he had obviously contradicted himself. Unable to outspeak her, he had no choice but to turn to Hanson. "Let's end the matter here, okay?" I'll accept the loss of Troyce. It's worth it as long as Yvonne is safe and sound.
However, Hanson replied, "I've never done anything on my own. It's you guys who've been pressuring me all this while, so how could you ask me to let the matter rest?" Apparently, he was portraying himself as someone who had no choice but to fight back after being driven into a corner.
Ha ha, thought Thomas to himself. This husband and wife are so similarly capable of making counter-accusations. "Alright, everything is our fault. We'll agree to whatever you want as long as Yvonne is safe and sound." There's no way to save Yvonne without offering something in exchange.
Hanson turned to look at Vania. "What do you think? You're the victim."
Vania massaged her forehead with a frown. "I don't understand what you mean. Perhaps because I got hit in the head, I'm a bit slow on the uptake."
Thomas had no choice but to turn to look at Vania, saying, "Could you please not hold Yvonne accountable and write off what happened in the past?"
Vania tilted her head to one side. "You mean you want me to settle this in private?"
Thomas nodded. "That's right. We can agree to any conditions as long as you let Yvonne off."
"Ha ha." Vania chuckled. "You guys have been the ones who refuse to let me off and force me to break up with Hanson all this while," she said in a chilly voice. Then, she turned to look at Benjamin. "Don't you think that I'm right, Mr. Kepler?"
Benjamin only felt terribly upset while sitting in his chair. "What do you want?"
Benjamin only felt terribly upset while sitting in his chair. "What do you want?"
"What I want is the same as before," Vania replied calmly.
"Don't you think you have too big of an appetite? Even if I give it to you, I'm afraid you'll end up biting off more than you can chew." Benjamin's voice became frosty as he looked at Vania with scorn. It was evident from his voice that he was angry.
Thomas didn't know what kind of a demand Vania had made previously to make his father so angry. Still, seeing how Benjamin got emotional at this moment, he promptly advised, "Dad, don't get angry. We're here for Yvonne's sake."
"Hmph! What she asks for is simply too much! There's no way anyone could put up with that!" Benjamin replied while displaying his anger.
It's got to be an unacceptable demand that could make Dad say she's asking for too much, thought Thomas. At this moment, he was very curious about what Vania's demand was, so he looked at her inquiringly.
Vania threw up her hands; she didn't feel at all that she was asking for too much. She replied naturally, "All I want is just the Kepler Family's whole fortune. As long as you guys can give me that, I can even leave Hanson forever, not to mention letting Yvonne off."
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