Chapter 125 Declaring One's Allegiance
Isabella lowered her head and clenched her fists.
Could it be that Andrew's appearance here this time was...
As Isabella was thinking this, the footsteps of those men in black grew closer.
Sure enough.
The leader came to their table, his gaze sweeping over each of the girls, asking:
"Which one of you is Aurora Rivera?"
Isabella met the man's gaze, her brow furrowing.
She clutched her stomach and stood up, looking very uncomfortable.
Scarlett noticed something was wrong with her.
"Isabella? What's wrong?"
"My stomach hurts a bit, I need to go to the restroom." Isabella stood up.
Several men in black turned their eyes on her at the same time.
Isabella grabbed Aurora, "You come with me."
Isabella pulled Aurora and left.
"Do you need something from us?" After Isabella and Aurora left, Violet looked at these men in black with confusion.
Their appearance really didn't fit in with everything here, and if she heard correctly, they were just looking for Aurora.
Andrew said nothing and led his people straight toward the restroom.
Aurora helped Isabella into the restroom, but Isabella didn't actually go to the toilet. Instead, she pulled Aurora to the sink.
"Isabella, what's wrong? Does your stomach still hurt? Should we take you to the hospital?"
"I'm fine." Isabella shook her head. The stomach ache was just an excuse to get Aurora away.
She really hadn't expected the Anderson Family to find Aurora so quickly.
After what happened in her past life, she had uncovered the truth and hated the Anderson Family deeply.
But the Anderson Family was so powerful, what could she do? Sophia had said the Anderson Family's reach was vast, and their greatest asset was their underground organization—The Anderson Syndicate.
The Anderson Family was the dirtiest of the four major families, and they had always been arrogant, doing whatever they wanted, treating human lives like grass.
In their eyes, the death of an ordinary person was like the death of an ant.
At that time, she really wanted to help Aurora get revenge, to find evidence of the Anderson Family's crimes and hand it to the police, but she was afraid of the Anderson Family's power. Back then, what mattered most to her wasn't her friends, but the Taylor Family.
She didn't want to implicate the entire Taylor Family because of Aurora, bringing disaster upon them.
So she chose to hide the truth and burned all the evidence Sophia had helped her find.
She even watched as Aurora's parents were heartbroken over Aurora's tragic death without telling them the truth. She thought she was doing Aurora's parents a favor, since they couldn't possibly fight against the Anderson Family anyway.
But looking back now, that was all just her being selfish and weak.
Isabella regretted it deeply, especially after learning that Aurora's parents had both fallen seriously ill from grief and died. She regretted it even more. That poor couple died without ever knowing who had killed their daughter.
People shouldn't do things against their conscience. As a friend, she shouldn't have done nothing, and she definitely shouldn't have covered up the truth out of fear of the powerful.
"Aurora, let's go."
Isabella pulled herself back from her thoughts, thinking that Andrew and his people should have left by now, and put her arm around Aurora's shoulder to leave.
But as soon as they walked out, they ran into Andrew again.
Isabella clenched her fists.
So persistent?
Isabella thought, the Anderson Family was looking for Aurora to either threaten or bribe her, and if Aurora refused, they would just use force.
But no matter what, this time she wouldn't let the Anderson Family have their way.
Isabella walked up to Andrew with her arm around Aurora, stared at him, and said, "Who are you? Don't you know a good dog doesn't block the way?"
Andrew's brow furrowed slightly.
This girl...
What an aggressive tone.
A bodyguard stepped forward, glaring at Isabella viciously, "You're asking for it!"
Their eyes met, the man's full of anger, Isabella's calm and unruffled.
The next second, the man's collar was grabbed.
Then the man was slammed into the wall.
This scene made Andrew's eyes widen slightly.
The other bodyguards were also in disbelief.
This girl...
Pain shot through the man's back. He shouted, got up from the ground, and rushed at Isabella in a rage, swinging his fist at her face.
Isabella dodged, bent her knee and struck, kicking the man flying.
The man spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out.
Andrew's expression froze, panic flashing in his eyes for a moment.
The Anderson Family's bodyguards were always top-notch.
Yet this girl had beaten him like this in just a few moves.
"Who are you?"
He was certain the person in front of him was clearly just a student.
Isabella pointed at herself and asked, "Me?"
She identified herself, very arrogantly, "I'm the daughter of the Taylor Family. What? If you want to settle the score, go find my dad!"
Andrew stared at Isabella, and after a while, he suddenly smiled.
He handed over his business card, "Hello, I'm Andrew Anderson."
Isabella didn't even look at the card, didn't even bother to take it, "Do you need something?"
Andrew's gaze shifted to Aurora, "I'm looking for your classmate here. I want to talk to her alone."
"Is that okay, Aurora?"
Before Aurora could speak, Isabella said coldly, "No."
She turned to Aurora, "You leave here, go find Violet and Scarlett."
Aurora's wary gaze swept over these men in black, she pressed her lips together, "But..."
"Don't worry, I'm fine. You saw my skills—this whole group is no match for me."
Under Isabella's repeated urging looks, Aurora had no choice but to run off.
Andrew stared at Aurora's retreating figure, clenched his fists, his tone unfriendly, "What business is it of yours that I'm looking for your classmate? Do you know the consequences of letting her go?"
Isabella looked at him sideways, "I know what you want with her."
Andrew's expression changed, and he asked her, "The Taylor Family you mentioned... is your father Hayden Taylor?"
"That's right."
The Taylor Family was nothing—naturally not enough for the Anderson Family to fear.
Andrew sneered, "You're quite interesting. It's not convenient to talk here. Let's go to the coffee shop next door, there's no one there."
——
Ten minutes later, at the coffee shop.
Andrew sat lazily in his chair, legs crossed, looking at the young girl in front of him with great interest.
The entire coffee shop had no other customers except for the people he brought and Isabella.
"You just said you know why I'm looking for your classmate?"
"Your sister Xanthe needs a double kidney transplant." Isabella was brief and to the point.
Andrew's pupils contracted, "How do you know?"
He had only recently learned that a student at Stellar High School was a kidney match for Xanthe. After much effort, he had identified that student. Today was his first time coming to find that girl.
Apart from him and Xanthe, no one else even knew about this.
How did this girl know his purpose?
"Don't worry about how I know." Isabella said coldly.
"If you were looking for someone else, it would be none of my business, but you're looking for my friend. This thing you want to do—it's not happening."
Andrew laughed, "You've got quite the nerve. You're just from a small family. What makes you think there's anything in this world I can't do?"