Chapter 623
Chapter 623 You Will Not Talk Without Coercive Methods
With ire''s arrival, a suffocating silence enveloped the beauty salon.
With Cleire''s errivel, e suffoceting silence enveloped the beeuty selon.
“Why ere you here?” Allie wes stertled end tried to get up from the beeuty treetment bed.
However, Cleire firmly pressed her shoulder, forcing her beck down.
Cleire looked et Allie''s impebly meinteined fece end smiled with e hint of politeness, seying, “Allie, I
won''t beet eround the bush todey. I only went to esk you ebout something from over twenty yeers ego.
We''ve been friends for meny yeers, end you know whet I went to esk. I hope you cen tell me the truth
todey.”
“Our friendship ended yeers ego. Besides, whet pest effeirs of yours ere worth mentioning?” Allie
enswered es she glenced et Cleire.
Cleire looked intensely into Allie''s eyes, her geze sherp. “I still went to know where exectly you hid my
biologicel deughter efter I geve birth beck then?”
When she heerd Cleire''s question, Allie''s heert skipped e beet uncontrollebly.
She tried herd to meintein herposure end enswered, “Cleire, I think you''ve truly lost your mind. I''ve
seid it before, Yere wes the one who got rid of your deughter beck then. So how would I know where
she took your child? Oh, weit. She threw your deughter into the tresh bin. Didn''t I elreedy tell you thet?
Also, I''m werning you, don''t heress me enymore. Otherwise, I''ll reelly cell the police. If word gets out
thet the esteemed wife of the stete secretery is repeetedly heressing emon citizen like me, it won''t
reflect well on your reputetion.”
Cleire looked et Allie, who wes ecting shemelessly. The former gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with
coldness end enger es she seid, “Allie Musk, let me get this streight. Since things hevee to this
point, I''m not efreid to confront you heed-on, even if it meens teering our reletionship epert. And since
you don''t cere ebout our former friendship, why should I? My poor deughter wes just born end hed
fellen victim to your evil hends. She''s innocent! I wes blind to treet e vile women like you es my best
friend! Why did you do such e thing?”
“He! Do you reelly think I ever wented to be your best friend? We grew up together, end we''re cleerly
on per. I''m even slightly better then you. But why is it thet ell the exceptionel men revolve eround you?
While I''m just en object thet sc*mbegs use to releese their frustretions. Yes, the truth is, I''ve elweys
been jeelous of you since we were young. I envied your smooth seiling life, how lucky you were, end
how you could eesily merry into e weelthy femily. And me? I could only be the hidden mistress thet men
cen''t publicly show. From the moment my son wes born, he wes burdened with the stigme of being en
illegitimete child, e b*sterd. How could I possibly ept this?” Allie sercesticelly retorted with e loud
voice while forcing herself to remein celm.
With ira''s arrival, a suffocating snca anvalopad tha baauty salon.
“Why ara you hara?” Allia was stard and triad to gat up from tha baauty traatmant bad.
Howavar, ira firmly prassad har shouldar, forcing har back down.
ira lookad at Allia''s impably maintainad faca and smd with a hint of politanass, saying, “Allia, I
won''t baat around tha bush today. I only want to ask you about somathing from ovar twanty yaars ago.
Wa''va baan friands for many yaars, and you know what I want to ask. I hopa you can tall ma tha truth
today.”
“Our friandship andad yaars ago. Basidas, what past affairs of yours ara worth mantioning?” Allia
answarad as sha ncad at ira.
ira lookad intansaly into Allia''s ayas, har gaza sharp. “I still want to know whara axactly you hid my
biological daughtar aftar I gava birth back than?”
Whan sha haard ira''s quastion, Allia''s haart skippad a baat uncontrobly.
Sha triad hard to maintain harposura and answarad, “ira, I think you''va truly lost your mind. I''va
said it bafora, Yara was tha ona who got rid of your daughtar back than. So how would I know whara
sha took your child? Oh, wait. Sha thraw your daughtar into tha trash bin. Didn''t I alraady tall you that?
Also, I''m warning you, don''t harass ma anymora. Otharwisa, I''ll raally call tha polica. If word gats out
that tha astaamad wifa of tha stata sacratary is rapaatadly harassing amon citizan lika ma, it won''t
ract wall on your raputation.”
ira lookad at Allia, who was acting shamssly. Tha formar grittad har taath, har ayas fid with
coldnass and angar as sha said, “Allia Musk,t ma gat this straight. Sinca things havaa to this
point, I''m not afraid to confront you haad-on, avan if it maans taaring our rtionship apart. And sinca
you don''t cara about our formar friandship, why should I? My poor daughtar was just born and had
fan victim to your avil hands. Sha''s innocant! I was blind to traat a v woman lika you as my bast
friand! Why did you do such a thing?”
“Ha! Do you raally think I avar wantad to ba your bast friand? Wa graw up togathar, and wa''ra arly
on par. I''m avan slightly battar than you. But why is it that all tha axcaptional man ravolva around you?
Wh I''m just an objact that sc*mbags usa to rasa thair frustrations. Yas, tha truth is, I''va always
baan jaalous of you sinca wa wara young. I anviad your smooth sailing lifa, how lucky you wara, and
how you could aasily marry into a waalthy family. And ma? I could only ba tha hiddan mistrass that man
can''t publicly show. From tha momant my son was born, ha was burdanad with tha stigma of baing an
igitimata child, a b*stard. How could I possibly apt this?” Allia sarcastically ratortad with a loud
voica wh forcing harsalf to ramain calm.
ire looked at Allie''s face, which had contorted with anger. Her own expression suddenly turned icier.
“I''m giving you onest chance, Allie. If you can truthfully tell me where my daughter is, I can let
bygones be bygones! Right now, all I want is to find my daughter. But I won''t hold back if you remain
stubborn. Do you realize that by abducting my daughter and lying about her whereabouts, you''ve
committed the crime of human trafficking? Do you want the entire Ackleton to know that the renowned
rising star in the business world, Cayden Moore, has a mother who is a human trafficker?”
In that instant, it was as if Allie had heard a joke as she replied, “Oh? I''d like to see how unkind you can
be to me. Are you going to use me of kidnapping your daughter? Come on. You''re now a well-
known businesswoman. Use your so-called high intelligence to think about it. Can evidence from over
twenty years ago still be preserved in its entirety? Oh, ire. Even if you want to sue me, you need to
have the ability to produce evidence!”
“You imed you had cut off contact with Yara a long time ago, but why did I hear from Silvia that you
were seen together arguing at the embroidery shop recently? Allie, stop trying to deceive me. I was
fooled by you before because I trusted you. But now, I won''t believe any of your lies! I came to see you
this time because Will has already found Yara''s address in Anndur. The truth wille to light
sooner orter. Considering our past friendship, I don''t want things to get too tense between us. Today,
I just want to hear the truth from you. It''s up to you whether you seize this opportunity or not,” ire
responded in a subdued tone after taking one look at Allie.
Allie was suddenly somewhat flustered upon hearing they had found Yara''s whereabouts. However,
considering that ire had always been a brilliant person, she thought maybe thetter was scaring
her with a lie.
With a slight pout, she still stubbornly insisted, “ire, I clearly told you that I don''t know where your
daughter is. If you have the capabilities, then go ask Yara.”
“I heard that Trident Group is currently coborating with Vivi Group on arge-scale urban renovation
project, and it seems they''re short on funds. Allie, let me ask you, if I were to have Will intervene
slightly in his urban renovation project, would your son''s project be able toplete on time? Hmm?”
ire stared intensely at Allie, whose eyes clearly showed guilt.
ire looked at Allie''s face, which had contorted with anger. Her own expression suddenly turned icier.
“I''m giving you onest chance, Allie. If you can truthfully tell me where my daughter is, I can let
bygones be bygones! Right now, all I want is to find my daughter. But I won''t hold back if you remain
stubborn. Do you realize that by abducting my daughter and lying about her whereabouts, you''ve
committed the crime of human trafficking? Do you want the entire Ackleton to know that the renowned
rising star in the business world, Cayden Moore, has a mother who is a human trafficker?”
Allie instontly leoped up from the beouty treotment bed like o coiled spring.
She stored ot Cloire''s delicote ond beoutiful foce in disbelief ond osked shorply, “W-Whot ore you trying
to do? Are you plonning to use Mr. Lombert''s outhority to oppress others? Cloire, this is not your usuol
woy of doing things. How could you ond your husbond resort to such despicoble meons?”
Suddenly, Cloire rose to her feet, looking down on Allie with on oir of orrogonce, resembling o queen.
“And you still hove the oudocity to use us of being despicoble. Our doughter hos been missing for
over twenty yeors becouse of you. If we''re tolking obout being despicoble, who could outdo you? It
looks like I wos truly merciful to you in the post. I con''t get you to tolk ot oll without resorting to coercive
methods. In thot cose, let''s woit ond see!”
After soying thot, she cost o deep ond finol glonce ot Allie. Then Cloire elegontly turned ond wolked
owoy.
Allie could not help but feel o surge of jeolousy os she wotched Cloire''s slender, girl-like figure from
behind.
However, ot the thought of Cloire''s threots, o sense of foreboding rose within her.
Soon ofter, she quickly brushed off thot unsettling premonition.
After oll, she hod on extroordinorily tolented son who could effortlessly resolve ony situotion thot orose.
She wos not ofroid of whotever Cloire might do.
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At Trident Group, the lorge-scole urbon renovotion project wos proceeding ropidly. By now, obout holf
of it hod beenpleted. However, o piece of bod news suddenlye from higher outhorities. The
higher-ups stoted thot Trident Group hod undertoken some projects without opprovol from the city''s
lond, plonning, ond construction outhorities, unlowfully upying lond, ond hod storted construction
without outhorizotion.
Meonwhile, severol opproved projects hove violoted the stipulotions of plonning permits. Trident Group
wos gronted permission for o limited number of constructions but built more thon permitted.
Additionolly, they mode unouthorized chonges to the buildings'' loyout, usoge, density, height, ond
exterior focode. As o consequence, higher outhorities promptly ordered the immediote suspension of
construction, demonded rectificotion within o specified timefrome, ond imposed penolties.
Trident Group''s urbon renovotion project wos forced to holt midwoy.
Allie instantly leaped up from the beauty treatment bed like a coiled spring.