Nina smiled, "Then you can also refuse to eat. If you want to eat, let's sit down and talk."
"Talk? Do we need to have so many people talking? The more the merrier, though."
Demi took a bite from the cake. "What do you want to know? I will answer some simple questions. As for other questions, let me go and I'll tell you."
Even though Demi's head was spinning and her voice was frail, she managed to maintain a clear head and negotiated with Nina.
Nina was taken aback. 'Demi is so calm and composed.'
"Demi, you were a commercial spy around Count Nangong and leaked a lot of secret information to your boss. That's illegal, you know?" Nina said in a cold voice. "It's illegal for you to take my children away from me. Do you understand?"
Demi avoided Nina's gaze. She picked up her glass of hot milk and in a calculating tone, she said, "The law requires evidence. You have no proof that I revealed any secrets. I didn't mean to take away your children. I just needed to get some hair from your children to have a paternity test."
Demi sneered and looked at Cali. "It was Cali's fault. She took away your children and ran away. I didn't want that to happen; I wanted your children to get back to you."
Cali, who was taken aback by the accusation, gritted her teeth in anger. "Actually, you were the one who wanted to hurt the children. You even took off their bracelets."
"That's true. I did take off the bracelets. But I didn't take away the children; nor did I wanted to. All I was after was their hair. Why would I even take the children in the first place? What would I gain from that? I'm not an idiot," Demi said mockingly.
She took another bite and sipped some more milk. After a while, she regained her composure and spoke with more strength in her voice.
However, Demi's eyes were still gentle and the calm still persisted whenever she looked at people. Nina didn't detect any deception lurking beneath those eyes.
'So their plan was just to get the children's hair.'
"You said you never revealed any secrets, right?" Vicente doubted what Demi had said. "If that's the case, then why did Jett know my plans and whereabouts?"
"Why had you never suspected me?" Demi looked at Vicente and defended herself. "That's because you carried out an investigation and confirmed that I wasn't involved in any of those things.
I admit that I'm a spy but I've never leaked any secrets. Stop spreading lies against me."
Vicente was rendered speechless. 'That's right. Just like Demi said, I never suspected her because she had nothing to do with it.
If Demi is clean, it means I have a more dangerous enemy that's hiding somewhere near me. The worst part is, I don't know who it is.'
Vicente felt a chill down her spine. 'Just how many people are spying on me?'
Noticing Vicente's silence, Demi smiled. "First of all, I never leaked any secret. There's nothing you can do to me. Second, I never abducted any children. Their hair was all that I was after. If you charge me about this, it won't end well for you."
Demi shifted her eyes to Nina and cast a strange glance towards her. "You don't want to lose your reputation, do you? We all know the children are not Count Nangong's and yet he's still willing to raise them.
Or maybe not. Maybe he just wants to use your position. Ever since he married you, he and his businesses have been flourishing. His position as Count Nangong has become more and more stable."
Demi mocked them openly.
"You..." Vicente's face turned crimson with rage. She wanted to grab her and kick her in the stomach but Nina stopped her before she could.
Cali was frightened by what Demi had said. Her jaw dropped while her eyes were wide open.
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