Chapter 277

Chapter 277
When Mr Baker walked in, he was attracted to the two ladies wearing masks. However, Mrs Baker immediately saw her daughter kneeling in the group, her face pale.
“Fiona,” she screamed as she rushed towards her.
“Mom,” Fiona said as tears that she had been trying so hard to make sure didn’t fall started flowing down.
At that time, Mr Baker also saw his daughter, but he was so angry when he thought that he had lost his company and would be going to jail cause of her.
“What did you do to my daughter?” Mrs Baker said when she saw the blood. Her eyes were still on the wound, and no one was making everyone just glance at each other, then stare at her.
When she didn’t receive any answer, she turned around and looked at everyone in the room one by one. When she saw both Ivanna and Isley, she was stunned and looked at them for a few minutes.
“Ivanna, you are present, and you still let them hurt your sister?” she asked sharply as she stood up, ready to beat up the other party. However, she really didn’t know who was Ivanna and who wasn’t, as they resembled each other so much. She had spoken to let the other party give herself away before she beat her up.
Nonetheless, how could Ivanna, who had lived with the woman, not know what she was thinking? She rolled her eyes and walked towards her mother as if she wasn’t the one she was being spoken to.
Fiona’s eyes had a glint as she was pleased that her mother would teach the latter a lesson. Though she wasn’t the one who had caused it, she had watched them being trampled. She still didn’t know that her mother didn’t know who Ivanna was, or else she would have told her.
“Shut up. Do you think any of the people here are easy to bully?” Mr Baker asked sharply, feeling like slapping him. He had now known who Fiona took after. He had a stupid woman as a wife who couldn’t use her brain when she was angry.
“Why are you shouting at me? Don’t you see that our daughter has been stabbed by them? Do they think that we won’t open charges against them?” she asked angrily, making Mr Baker speechless.
“Let me tell you. They have a lot of. If you can buy the police office in City F, then why can’t they buy the police officers here? Do you understand what I am saying? Also, I don’t have a useless daughter like her! Mr Baker said, making his wife look at him, dumbfounded.
“How can you speak like that to our daughter? Can’t you see that she is hurting? If you don’t have her as a daughter, then who is your daughter? Let me tell you, I will never accept that bastard back in our house. Don’t think I don’t know that you always wish that she was your daughter instead of Fiona,” Mrs Bakers said, making Mr Bakers' eyes darken.
“You are still arrogant, mmh? Do you know that we are already bankrupt? Our company has been taken over by the government the mansion, and they are also looking for me. All thanks to whom? I am not stupid, and she is the only one who must have done all these to befall us. Yes, Ivanna is a hundred times better than her! She never caused any trouble for us and was always obedient. Has she ever stayed in one place when she is told to?” Mr Baker said, causing Fiona and her mother to freeze. Ivanna, on the other side, had a mocking smile on her face upon hearing that. Yes, the man cared about her, but not deeply enough to protect her. Also, when faced with the benefits brought by Fiona, he sided with her.
“What did you say? Bankruptcy?” she asked in a low tone as she refused to believe it.
Fiona, on the other hand, looked at Ivanna. She had not believed her when she made that call and had continued being arrogant, but now, she was filled with fear. If Ivanna could order their bankruptcy with just a few words without the need of her family, didn’t it mean that the latter wasn’t on the same level as her? No, she was a level that she could only look up to.
She was filled with jealousy and hatred. She had thought that once she got her identity back, Ivanna could only envy her as she made her pay for everything she had taken from her, but now? She was turned into a joke. Ivanna’s family wasn’t the family that had always tortured. She didn’t even know that family’s daughter cause she really wished to make her pay. Ivanna had enjoyed riches in her childhood, and even after being chased away, she still had a feeling that was richer than the other and a lot of brothers to pamper her. How could the heavens be so unfair?
“Yes, we are now so poor. Even the investors had said that, even if it were true, no one would want to work with such a company. She lied about the investors. You love and pamper her endlessly, but she schemes against us. She is just selfish and filled with jealousy, so she always wants to compete with the others. She had also angered the Hayes' young miss the same way. When she was coming to the capital, I had called her in the study, told her what she could do and what she couldn’t, did she listen to me?” Mr Baker asked in a loud voice as he glared at Fiona.
“You keep asking why I always compare her with Ivanna, huh? When Ivanna was living with us, didn’t she ever cause any trouble for us? Did she ever make us lose collaborations? Instead, she tried her best to help us. What has your precious daughter done? The bullying, angering the Hayes young miss, and now this? Don’t you realise that it is because of her that we are now so poor and fugitives?” Mr Baker asked as tears filled his eyes, wanting to cry.
“Ivanna, I am sorry. I don’t know who Fiona crossed to cause such a misfortune to us, but I am begging you to help us,” Mr Baker said as he knelt in front of Ivanna.
Ivanna was quite surprised that he knew who she was and didn’t confuse her with her sister, unlike his wife. However, recalling how close she was with the man before her identity was revealed, she understood it.
“I am sorry, but I can’t help you. Mr Baker, maybe I should remind you that I have nothing to do with your family! We already cut ties!” Ivanna said coldly.
She remembered that in her past life, cause Fiona had become a brand ambassador for the Barnes product, he didn’t hesitate to side with Fiona, who at that time wanted her to get into the pool and search for a bracelet she had thrown there. She told her that while she was at it, she should also clean the pool; she shouldn’t get out if she wasn’t done.
How could the family not know that she didn’t know how to swim? Yet, they turned a blind eye to what was happening. She would never forget that.
Just as he had started feeling guilty, Fiona got another company to work with them, Mr Baker pretended that he didn’t hear her pleas when she begged for something to eat after the mother and daughter had refused her to eat. Did he expect her to soften cause he knelt? She had accepted the kneel calmly as she felt that they owed it to her!
“You bastard. You even dare your father to kneel in front of you? Also, don’t pretend to have nothing to do with us now that you have found some powerful backing. God knows what you did to get so many men to protect you,” Mrs Bakers said angrily.