Eliana spoke those words in a bitter rage, and that explained the turn of events pretty clearly.
It had been Robert's father all along.
Maybe he'd seen through Eliana's greed from the beginning, and knew that there wasn't a good way to repay the debt of saving someone's life, so he'd bought them out with one hundred million and forced Eliana to never tell the truth.
At least when it was last year, Robert's father had still been alive, so Eliana hadn't dared speak out.
After all, the Warner family's wealth and power was nothing in front of the Simpsons.
But now, with Robert's father dead, Eliana found the nerve to speak out about it.
"I think that if I hadn't gone missing a year ago, you would have told me about this sooner or later. With my father gone, nobody could have threatened you any longer, and you could have appeared in my life as the person who saved me, right?"
Robert mocked, while Eliana didn't answer.
Some things didn't need to be said, and she didn't want her disgrace to be even more exposed before Robert.
She'd saved that little boy all those years ago, and she'd paid attention to him afterwards. Seeing the boy was so nice and so handsome, she took pride in being his savior. And as the lady of the Warner family, they were a fitting match.
That was what Eliana had felt should have happened for twenty years.
But Robert's father just had to keep warning her not to say it.
If she'd said it earlier, maybe she would already have been married to Robert.
Robert's father was all to blame. Why couldn't he die earlier?
Eliana was solely resentful over that.
"What woman I like, what my wife's personality is, whether she deserves me or not – it's got nothing to do with you, Miss Warner. Please stay out of other people's business and try to point fingers at my wife in the guise of a savior. You saved me once and I'm grateful, but like my father said, he's already paid you enough. You were willing to sell your silence for this one hundred million. I owe you nothing.
"But you still saved my life. I'll let you go on this, but next time you try something with my wife and family? You'll get to experience what it's like living in the slums or working like one of those ladies in the red light district. Don't think it's beneath me. I can turn crazy when my family is hurt. That's my advice to you. I hope you take it seriously!"
Saying that, Robert stood and took Georgia's hand.
As the two stood and left, Georgia turned to Eliana and gave her a Parthian shot.
"Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill."
At that, Eliana's face turned purple.
She bit her lip and forced herself not to speak with tremendous willpower.
When Georgia and Robert left, Milton stood and turned to Eliana, his voice cold.
"Do you understand what Robert meant? He's letting you go because you saved his life once. If you do something this stupid again, even a miracle won't bail you out of it. You'd better nut up. Don't you dare bring anything down on the Warners! You'd better get out of the border now and settle down overseas instead of starting more trouble in the country. That way, your mother's stocks will still be in your name, and I'll cut you a share every year. If you stay in the country and start trouble, Robert won't have to do anything. I'll expel you from the family myself beforehand!"
"With me gone, you think you can just take your bastard children back and let them have their way? I'm telling you, don't even think about it!"
Eliana was furious, while Milton's voice turned dark.
"You think I want to take them back? You'd always been the Warner lady, and the heir to the family. When have I ever stepped on you and denied your status? Did I tell you to go up against Georgia Lane? You ticked off Robert Simpson on your own. Thankfully, you haven't affected the family business. If you had, you think you can still stand here and talk to me, Eliana? You're my daughter, Eliana, but you're not my only daughter. I need to feed and clothe my other children and I need to run the Warner Group. If you want to drag the family down with you in a fit of madness, I'll send you to hell first!
"I'll arrange your overseas trip right away. Stay at home for these few days and don't go anywhere. Set one foot out the door and I won't give you a fraction of the Warner stock. You can live or die on your own outside the country. I'll freeze all your cards, and you can see what it's like to live without a cent to your name!"
Saying that, Milton headed out the door.
Before Georgia and Robert got out the door, the two saw Milton headed their way.
"Do you have something else you need, Mr. Warner?"
Robert remained polite with him, and Milton turned to him, making a slick promise.
"Thank you for letting Eliana go today, Robert. I'll send her out the country after this and have her stay nice and low profile overseas. I won't let her get involved in the country's business from now on. If she doesn't obey, that means she's still resisting. By then, send people to watch her too. I'll report her goings-on to you. The child just hasn't been disciplined enough. You know how it is. Children grow up and leave the nest and they don't listen to their parents completely sometimes. I'll keep a good watch on her, though."
Milton was declaring his loyalty with that. He didn't want Robert to feel like he was in the same league as Eliana.
And Milton was afraid, too, that Eliana would start some other trouble in private, provoking revenge on the Warner family from Robert. So he wanted to set his boundaries here, and prove that he'd resolve this properly.
"I've got it. Since you've decided to send Eliana overseas, don't worry. This won't affect our families' business dealings."
With Robert's assurance, Milton relaxed and didn't take up more of their time.
Georgia and Robert sat in the car. As it rolled off, Georgia turned to Robert again.
"Do you think Eliana will just settle for this? That she won't start any further trouble?"