The waiter served the dishes and wine. Mia poured a full cup of wine for him, and said in a trembling tone, "As I know, my sister lives a miserable life. Do you know Carlos? He has married seven times, and would hurt my sister once he is not happy. What a cruel man! And his family does not treat my sister as a human being, they let her eat their leftovers, and use her as a servant. She is never allowed to use the cars of the family, even there is several brand-name cars, so she has to take the bus to and from work every day... I cannot bear to say more, my sister is so poor, living in that environment like a ghost."
Ramon drank wildly as he heard what Mia said. He never knew his niece would have such a miserable life. No wonder she yelled at him last time, asking him to leave her alone and stop making troubles for her as her life was already a mess.
"That crazy man can't torture her for long."
"Why?"
Mia took advantage of the situation and tried to get Alicia's secret out.
"She'll get a divorce soon and marry Felix."
"No way, Felix is a retarded fool."
"A retarded man is still better than that madman, a retarded man at least knows to love her. Alicia doesn’t intend to live with that madman Carlos for long, she will return to the Lee family as soon as she is done using him, the agreement between them has been set for a long time, not to mention, the Lees have long treated Alicia as their own daughter."
Ramon was obviously drunk, and his anger caused him to start saying somethings he shouldn't.
"Use him? Use him for what?"
"Use his money, his power, and then... to revenge her mother on your parents!!!"
Mia’s face sank. This woman was as venomous as snakes and scorpions, she really had a plan from the beginning, even wanted to confront with our Joliot-Curie family? I would let you see who was the winner!
Mia finished her work and went out from the school where she saw Mia was leaning on the side of her sports car, waving at her proudly, she walked over and asked, "What do you want again?"
"Let's talk."
"Okay, I am listening."
"We should find a place first, this is not the right place to talk about that retarded Felix."
Alicia frowned, "If you are trying to pick a fight, please forgive me for not having time to accompany you."
She turned around and walked towards the road, Mia shouted in triumph, "If you don't have time, then can I find my brother-in-law to talk?"
When she heard that she was looking for Carlos, Alicia stopped her pace.
"Okay, let's go."
She wanted to see what trouble this loser, who had nothing to do all day long, was trying to find for her this time.
Mia drove the car to the cafe where the two met last time, as soon as they sat down, she said directly, "Just leave Carlos."
Alicia smiled contemptuously, "Are you nut? Why should I leave him?"
"If you don't want him to know the dirty deal of you, then be a smart girl and leave him, otherwise you will be in a very big trouble."
"Do you think this is the first time that you are threatening me?"
"Last time I had no evidence, but this time is different, I have enough evidence to expose your lies."
"Do you? Then show it to me."
Mia snorted and then took out the recording pen. It was Ramon’s sound. The recordings could better reflect how impure Alicia's initial purpose for marrying Carlos was.
Her face sank and Alicia smiled in satisfaction.
"How about it, would it be interesting if I take this to brother-in-law and your loving parents in-laws to listen?"
"Vile."
Alicia gritted her teeth and cursed Mia.
"I learned to be mean from you. Last time, you tricked me and my father, causing our family to lose so much money for nothing, I'm just returning the favor."
"With only a recording pen, dare you want to threaten me? Foolish!"
"Then we'll see, I'll give you a week to think about it, next week of today if you have not left him voluntarily, all the truth will be revealed to the world."
"Whatever you want, I don’t care."
Alicia got up and went away on an elegant pace, but when she went out of the cafe, she could no longer disguise herself. The sun shone on her face, which made her more paler.
She came to her uncle's house, her aunt was lying in bed. Ramon seemed a bit guilty and asked tentatively, "Alicia, what brings you here?"
She put the nourishment on the table and asked indifferently, "Is aunt getting better?"
"Quite well, it is discovered early and her condition has been controlled now."
"You come out with me for a moment."
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