Chapter 256

Chapter 256

Diana shook her head, swaying unsteadily as she leaned into Michael's arms, "I didn't hear clearly just now. Who did they say sent this woman here?"

Michael narrowed his eyes slightly, "Her family."

He thought back to his first encounter with Diana.

Back then, she had been sold by someone too.

The truth of what happened had long been investigated, but since Diana never sought revenge afterward, he hadn't paid much attention to it.

Now they were using the same trick to sell their daughter again? This family really had no bottom line.

Diana took a moment to process this, then roared in anger, "You bastards! I don't care who sent her here. Now that I've seen this, let her go, or I'll make you regret it."

Michael wrapped his arm around her slender waist, looking at the woman in his arms, unable to stop the corners of his mouth from turning up, "You're too kind."

Back then, everyone in the Garcia family had participated in selling Diana.

Yet now, seeing Veda in trouble, she was stepping in to help.

Diana shook her head, "It's not kindness. It's women helping women."

No matter why Veda was sold by her family, why should it be the woman who gets sold? Why not sell the men?

The alcohol was hitting her, and her anger kept rising.

Diana gripped the mop and advanced step by step, "I'm taking this person with me today. If you have a problem with that, tell your boss to come find me."

With that, she grabbed Veda's arm to pull her out of the car.

The two bodyguards exchanged glances, looking troubled.

Michael spoke coldly, "I'm Michael. Tell your boss to come find me."

The car drove along the road.

Looking at the unconscious person in the passenger seat, Diana teased lazily while leaning against Michael, "Did you see that? The Garcia family are ambitious wolves, completely selfish. Before, when they had me as their common enemy, they could unite against the outside. Now they actually dare to sell their own daughter and sister."

Although she didn't know exactly what had happened, one thing was certain—Veda had become the Garcia family's sacrificial pawn.

Before long, she would definitely be sold again.

After all, if they failed to sell her once, they could try a second time.

Passing by a hotel, Michael said in a low voice, "Just dump her here. Are you planning to take her home?"

"Of course I am. I have a maid's room at home. When we get back, we'll just put her in that room."

No matter what, since she had already rescued someone, she should see it through. She couldn't just leave her at a hotel—what if someone took her away?

Michael's eyes showed his displeasure, clearly unhappy.

But he didn't say anything.

Back home.

Michael had the security guard from downstairs come up with them and put Veda in the maid's room.

The two of them then lay in bed and fell into a deep sleep.

While Diana slept soundly, not giving the matter another thought, chaos erupted on the other side.

After Veda was taken away, Layla was restless and anxious, like an ant on a hot pan.

Chase remained cold and heartless, his attitude firm, "Mom, please don't be like this, okay? We're at the end of our rope now. Besides, we're not really wronging Veda. If she can marry into that family in the future, it'll be her good fortune."

"You're too cruel."

Layla was frustrated and disappointed, but more than that, she was full of regret.

She couldn't understand how Chase and Veda had turned out this way.

The two were twins who had been inseparable since childhood, so they should have had a great relationship. Why had it become like this?

She couldn't imagine what Veda would be like when she came back.

Just as the two were looking at each other with complicated feelings, the phone suddenly rang.

Chase's eyes lit up, "What do you think? My sister's pretty, right?"

"Your sister was rescued by Diana and Michael, you bastard! Are you trying to get me killed? You made me offend the Johnson family. Just you wait—if I don't get retaliated against, fine, but if I do, you're dead."

The call ended.

Chase was stunned.

Layla quickly ran over, "What did they say? Who rescued Veda?"

Chase mentioned Michael and Diana's names.

Layla's feelings were extremely complicated.

She never expected that when Veda was in trouble, it would be Diana and her people who rescued her.

What did this mean? Was it karma?

Feeling defeated, she sat down and closed her eyes.

Chase was trembling with fear, "What do we do? Diana won't make a big deal out of this, will she? If she puts this online, how will we ever show our faces in public again?"

Some things could be done but couldn't be spoken of openly.

After all, selling your own sister to an old man wasn't exactly something to be proud of.

Layla looked at him coldly, "Now you're scared? You'd better watch yourself."

She turned sharply to leave, but then saw someone at the staircase and froze in fear.

"What are you two talking about? Who did you sell? Where's Veda?"

Finn had been sleeping groggily when he felt thirsty and came downstairs, never expecting to overhear such shocking news.

Suddenly realizing something, he rushed upstairs and saw Veda's room was messy but empty. He ran back downstairs.

He grabbed Chase's arm, "Tell me what's going on! You bastard, did you sell Veda?"

Seeing the situation spiraling out of control, Layla had no choice but to take responsibility, "Enough, don't give Chase a hard time. I did it..."

A crisp slapping sound rang out.

Finn looked utterly disappointed, "How dare you? That's our daughter! How could you treat Veda like this? Veda's life is already hard enough. What are you trying to do?"

Usually, he would threaten Veda with marrying an old man, but honestly, he never really meant it.

It was just to scare her.

Of course he hoped Veda could have a good life and marry into a wealthy family.

How could he actually let her marry an old man?

Yet this mother and son, in their ruthless ambition, had actually sold Veda for money.

One slap wasn't enough for Finn—he raised his hand high again.

Layla, tears streaming down her face, threw herself into his arms, "Do you think I wanted to? I had no choice! Look at what's become of the company. If Diana finds out about what happened back then, she'll definitely crush the company, and then we'll have nothing."

"Everything I did was for you, for us. But if we get crushed, we can still escape abroad and make a comeback. I couldn't bear to see you work so hard only to end up with nothing. I did this for you, all for you."