Chapter 756 No One Can Blackmail Me
“I’m sure Mr. Fuller will agree to it. I’ve only just mentioned how much he loves Sonia, so there’s no way he would risk letting her know the truth and have her breakdown over it. Instead, he would continue to keep her in the dark. Am I right, Mr. Fuller?” Jessica’s gaze was burning hot as she stared at Toby meaningfully.
It was precisely because she knew of his feelings for Sonia that she became emboldened to make such a request. Otherwise, she never would have said anything in the first place.
She could have not seen him altogether and demanded to see Sonia, thereafter telling her about her real identity and having her lose her mind over it as well. However, now that there was a chance for Jessica to be together with this man, torturing Sonia seemed secondary. If I get my hands on this man, Sonia would be equally tortured, too.
Besides, Jessica could always get even with Sonia after she was released. More importantly, she was already excited at the prospect of showing up in front of Sonia while holding Toby’s arm. I can just imagine the look on Sonia’s face when that happens!
The anticipation that came with these thoughts made Jessica tremble in an almost maniacal way.
Toby, on the other hand, couldn’t care less about what she thought, and he eyed her like he would a dead man as he bit out icily, “You’re right to say that I won’t breathe a word to Sonia about her being Titus’ biological daughter.”
“In that case, Mr. Fuller, you’re left with no other choice but to break me out of here and be together with me,” Jessica declared arrogantly, tilting her chin up at a haughty angle.
To the side, Tom rolled his eyes in exasperation as he barked, “Well, aren’t you just a little too full of yourself, Jessica? Do you honestly believe our President Fuller to be the type to accede to your threats just because you have something on him? Let me make one thing clear: you are way in over your head, and there is no way President Fuller will agree to break you out of here, much less be together with you, so give up!”
Jessica’s face twisted into an ugly grimace. “What do you know, you lapdog? I, for one, know about Sonia’s true identity. If Mr. Fuller here doesn’t want her to lose her mind after she learns the truth, then he’ll have no choice but to agree to my terms, unless he cares so little for Sonia that he would rather see her die!”
Tom was not at all riled up despite having been called a lapdog. This wasn’t the first time he had been called names, and being Toby’s assistant for all these years had fortified him against such abuse. As such, he remained level-headed as he thought dryly, There are plenty of people in this world who would kill to be President Fuller’s lapdog.
Maintaining a cool front, he raised his brow and said apathetically, “Of course, President Fuller loves Sonia and would do everything in his power to keep her from dying in a fit of hysterics. That being said, he would never agree to your outlandish terms and bow before your threats. Do you truly think so highly of yourself that you believe you have what it takes to blackmail President Fuller? Please. Ever since he has taken control of the Fuller Family and Fuller Group, he’s been threatened countless times, and none has made him surrender yet, so your confidence is beyond comprehension. If the likes of you could bring him to his knees, then those who threatened him in the past ought to jump off a building in disbelief; we’re talking about big shots which have the money and power to squash you under their thumbs and whatever weakness they thought they had found on President Fuller far exceeded the one you have now.”
Upon hearing such mockery, Jessica choked on her own confidence, and she felt her heart plunge to her stomach as doubt crept over her. “And what do you have to say, Mr. Fuller?” With her thoughts racing frantically, she stared at Toby as her voice rose in pitch and quivered dangerously. “Do you or do you not agree?!”
She had a feeling that everything was slipping out of her hands and that she could no longer be sure of his answer.
Whatever Tom had said had truly shaken her, and a bad premonition dawned upon her as she became slowly convinced that she would not win this game of chess.
No, don’t think that, she thought wildly, shaking her head as though to discard the bad premonition. Of course, this will work. I know about Sonia’s identity, and if Toby truly loves her so much, then he would agree to do what I asked of him—he will, and he must!
She started chanting under her breath, as if that was the key to her success.
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