Chapter 185
Concerned about the threat to their lives, the journalists decided to switch sides.
“Mrs. Yancey paid us to target you, Ms. Yancey. Please forgive us.”
“If you would show us mercy, Ms. Yancey, we will ruin Mr. and Mrs. Yancey’s reputations.”
“It will be their fault that the Yancey family falls apart. Being a victim, Ms. Yancey, you will not be to blame.”
“Exactly. Publicizing the crimes of the Yancey family is an act of responsibility toward the victims.”
“You’re the bigger person, Ms. Yancey!”
As the suggestions became more ludicrous, Cecilia regarded the scared reporters coldly.
Her gaze, which was cold and sharp, seemed to morph into invisible hands that gripped the throats of the reporters, effectively shutting them.
However, their trembling bodies betrayed their fear.
“I will remember all of you,” said Cecilia.
Hearing this, the reporters were so frightened that some of them fell to their knees.
“I have a family to care for, Ms. Yancey. Please spare me. Besides, what just happened earlier has not aired, so you lost nothing.”
As soon as the words were out of his mouth, a bodyguard punched the reporter in the mouth so hard that his teeth fell out.
“If you can say things like that, then you have no use for your mouth!” the bodyguard thought viciously. “How dare he bully the lady of Emerald Mansion? Does he not see us bodyguards standing here?”
When the bodyguard raised his fist a second time, Cecilia reminded him, “Don’t kill him. It’s not worth it.”
“Don’t worry, Ms. Yancey. We know what to do.”
The pointed way he emphasized the word “we” served as a reminder to the other bodyguards.
Then, they pounced on the journalists.
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The sound of fists raining down upon flesh went on and on, with the occasional crunch of something being broken.
Cecilia had no sympathy for the unscrupulous journalists.
It was precisely because they distorted the facts for drama that the Internet was awash with untruths.
Gordon and Sophia became nervous at the sight of Cecilia’s haughty recklessness.
They did not even dare turn around to witness the misery of the
reporters.
Initially scheming to discredit Cecilia, they ultimately found their prolonged effort to have been completely in vain.
The thought of kneeling before Cecilia made them shake with furious. indignity.
Suddenly, the crackle of a bodyguard’s knuckles sounded menacingly beside them. Sophia screamed in horror, shook Gordon off, and covered her head with her arms.
The bodyguard was rendered speechless.
“I haven’t even begun yet,” he thought. “Is the old woman putting on at show already?”
Already on edge, Gordon was so startled by Sophia’s jump and scream that he almost bolted.
In fact, if the bodyguard had not stood in his way, he would have run for his life.
“What are you doing, Sophie?”
His words brought Sophia back to reality, and she found that the bodyguard did not even touch her. She had merely overreacted.
A flush of embarrassment tinged her bloody face. She lowered her arms. awkwardly.
Cecilia came over at that moment.
Gordon and Sophia listened to the approaching footsteps with their hearts in their throats.
“With the failure of our scheme against Cecilia, she would undoubtedly avenge herself mercilessly!” they thought. “What should we do?”
After they steadied themselves, Cecilia ordered, “Turn around!”
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Gordon and Sophia did not want to obey, but their resolve failed them when the bodyguard clenched his fists threateningly.
Turning around, they scowled at Cecilia.
“What the hell do you want?” Sophia shrieked. “Isn’t ruining the Yancey family enough for you?”
Though there were no casualties, the Yancey family was destroyed, and it pained her worse than death.
Cecilia scoffed at Sophia, who remained ignorant of her mistakes and instead only looked at Cecilia for the reason.
“It was enough, but you didn’t recognize reality. Instead, you insisted on making trouble for me and tried to use public opinion to destroy me.”
Initially, she did not wish to hurt the Yancey family anymore after making the criminal evidence Juliana collected public.
At most, she wanted to teach them a lesson, like letting Jayden go to the cinema, allowing Jeremiah to sing in a bar, shutting down Gordon’s gallery, and bankrupting Sophia’s record label.
Those consequences did not constitute punishment for the Yancey family, which they deserved anyway after their wrongdoings.
However, the two simpletons standing before her remained unconvinced and tried to hurt her.
“I would be disappointing them for coming all the way to Emerald Mansion and seeking death if I let them off easy!” she thought viciously. “What do you want?” Gordon asked angrily.
Cecilia smiled. “I want you to regret what you did tonight, of course.”
Sophia glared at Cecilia bitterly. “We’ve lost everything. Do you want to take our lives, too?”
“Death will be a relief for you. I will keep you alive in despair!” Cecilia replied.
“From frugality to luxury, and from extravagance to thrift. I want to see how the Yancey family, which has nothing, live under disdain and oppression,” she thought.
Sophia ignored Cecilia’s threat. “If you won’t kill us, let us go!”
“You want to go? Of course, you may, but you may not walk on your feet. You will shuffle on your knees out of here.”
Gordon’s and Sophia’s eyes widened when they heard this. They gaped at
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