"You think I'd lie to you about this?"
Eliana sneered.
"You could very well take me to the hospital to verify this. I donated the bone marrow to you, and the same blood is flowing inside us now. If you'd just test for it, you'd know if I was telling the truth!"
Eliana said that very confidently, and Robert frowned.
Milton couldn't resist speaking up.
"I didn't know about that. If you keep lying, Eliana, Robert won't need to deal with you. I'll take care of you myself!"
As Milton said that, Eliana cackled madly, her voice full of derision.
"When Robert was ten, Dad, you married my mother. Don't you remember? You abandoned your original wife for the one hundred million my mother had. Where do you think that money came from?"
Milton recalled it right away. Twenty years ago, the Warner family only ran a small-scale operation. They had some wealth, but their yearly profits were only about eight figures or so. They had several hundred millions put together in properties, but they still owed a lot to the banks.
That year, because they'd taken a large contract, the money had been cut off, and the other side had run off. Seeing that the company was about to go broke, Eliana's mother actively suggested that if he'd just marry her officially, she'd bring a dowry of one hundred million.
Milton had been curious then. Eliana's mother was just a bastard daughter, so where'd her money come from?
He still didn't understand when that one hundred million had come from, but since he was about to go broke, it didn't matter.
One hundred million was enough to expand his company. The loophole and the money lost from cutting off the chain didn't even matter.
So he booted the wife who'd started the business with him and married Eliana's mother. That one hundred million allowed the Warner family to shoot up the rungs. Now, they'd made it back several dozen times over.
Milton remained silent.
He was mostly thinking of how Eliana's mother had come in with one hundred million, and how now, he was being utterly merciless in chasing Eliana out of the Warner family.
But if he didn't, and Robert stopped cooperating with the Warner family, even with the billions that the Warners had now, so long as the companies aligned with them stopped cooperating, they'd still end up going broke and becoming worthless.
He couldn't take the risk, but he didn't want to go back on a favor, either.
Eliana scoffed and looked at a silent Robert, and Georgia standing at the side.
Eliana turned to Georgia and mocked her.
"All you had was luck. I saved Robert's life. I was supposed to end up with him. I made all those preparations but you just had to come in at the end. What gives you the right? You only ever got Robert hurt time and time again. Have you ever saved him? What have you ever done for him? You don't deserve to stand at his side!"
Georgia's face changed at that. She hadn't guessed that Eliana was the one who donated bone marrow to Robert. She really was his savior, then.
And she herself really hadn't done that much for Robert. In fact, he'd gotten hurt twice because of her before.
Georgia fell silent, while Robert squeezed her hand and turned to Eliana.
"This is all just what you're saying right now. If you really were my savior, why have you remained silent all these years? With your personality, why did you stay quiet for twenty years without speaking about about this?"
As Robert said that, Eliana's face changed. She bit her lip, looking at Robert coldly.
"There's a reason for that, of course. I don't want to say it now. If you don't believe me, wait until the hospital checkup results come out, and I'll tell you why that is."
Robert and Georgia finally brought Eliana to the hospital under the Simpson name to test for it.
It was simple enough. They just had to get blood from both Robert and Eliana.
The only problem was, Robert's blood might be a target by others.
So before heading to the hospital, the two gave Ivan a call and had him wait inside.
As they went to the hospital, Milton went with them too.
Once they reached the hospital, they went straight to the VIP lounge. Ivan came a little late, but only a quarter-hour or so later.
"I didn't get it over the phone. What's going on?"
Ivan came in and asked Robert and Georgia curiously.
Eliana was in another room, and only Robert and Georgia were in this one. Robert gave a summary of what had happened when they went to see Eliana.
"The way she's talking about it, she doesn't seem like she's lying, so I have to verify it."
As Robert said that, Georgia spoke at the side too.
"You know that Robert's blood can't get in the hands of someone else right now in case something happens, but this test has to go through. So I'm hoping you can stay in the hospital and keep an eye on the testers in case someone tries something. When the tests are done, you go ahead and delete all the data and all related information to Robert's body, in case those people behind the scenes try to copy and take that data away."
Robert and Georgia only trusted Ivan on this.
After all, Ivan was a doctor and was familiar with the running of the hospital and the test instruments.
So, according to Robert's plan, the two had a blood test.
Ivan stayed in the office where they checked the instruments.
The results were going to come out tomorrow, so he stayed inside the hospital to keep his eye on those people.
As for Georgia and Robert, the two had Eliana go through the test, and the few of them sat in the same room again.
"If you really are shown to be the person who donated bone marrow to me, Eliana, you don't need to get full of yourself. I won't do anything ungrateful, but that doesn't mean I'm going to let you off."
Robert spoke calmly to her, and Eliana turned to Robert and Georgia and started demanding.
"What's so good about Georgia? She was in prison and worked in nightclubs. This sort of woman doesn't deserve you, Robert. Wake up. You won't be happy with Georgia. See how your mother tried to kill herself by slitting her wrists. Haven't you realized it yet? If Georgia stays with you, she'll cause your family to collapse and your loved ones to die with you. Your father's already dead. Are you only going to regret things when you clear up your mother's corpse?"
"You think I'm a poor match for Robert, and so you had Barney get his ghostwriters to slander me on the internet, make rumors, and attack me every day? Miss Warner, whether or not I'm a good match for Robert and if we can live the rest of our lives together is between the two of us. It doesn't have anything to do with a stranger like you."
Georgia mocked Eliana straight away.
She suddenly recalled that one movie line about uphill ice-skating.
Some people really just felt too good about themselves and ended up taking a tumble in the end.
Really, Robert knew himself best, and it wasn't something Eliana could get involved in.
If Robert's mother had some opinions, Georgia could understand, since it was the person who'd raised him.
But what right did Eliana have to butt in? Just from the bone marrow she donated back then?
Seeing how Eliana was right now, there had to be more to the story.
Even if she had saved his life, did she get to point fingers?
Cut them a break.
As Georgia spoke, Eliana didn't even answer her. She just shot her a derisive look, and seemed not to deign to speak to her at all.
"Mr. Warner, before the results come out tomorrow, I don't want to hear about Eliana disappearing."
Robert stood and said that, then paid no further attention to Eliana and took Georgia's hand, leading her out.
Eliana couldn't help but stand, about to say something else to Robert, but Milton spoke up, cautioning her.