Chapter 194 The Fall of the Rivers Family
Naomi couldn’t even begin to imagine what her life would look like now.
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Eliza stood tall, coldly watching the two women groveling on the floor. She wasn’t some self–sacrificing saint, willing to swallow pain in silence. Not after everything they’d done to her.
She actually laughed. “Ma’am, Naomi–you brought this on yourselves by offending the Sue family. What do you expect me to do?”
Naomi grew frantic. “You’re the Sue family’s daughter! His sister! He’ll listen to you!”
“Eliza, I was your sister for so many years. You used to love me the most–please, you have to help us!”
“Oh? So now you remember I used to care about you?” Eliza’s expression twisted, voice sharp. “You mean back when you were always threatening to take everything I loved away? The people I liked, the things I cared about? Wasn’t it you who said you’d steal them all just because you could?”
She tilted her head. “Now that you can’t steal anything anymore, you want me to throw you a rope? Sorry, I’m not that pathetic.”
“You-”
“And besides,” Eliza cut her off, “didn’t you insist you were the real Sue family heiress? That you were his sister? So why don’t you go beg your dear brother for mercy?”
Naomi went completely pale.
She had thought that backing down might earn Eliza’s forgiveness.
But she hadn’t expected Eliza to be this ruthless.
“Eliza… I really know I was wrong.”
Naomi turned to Christian, desperately pleading. “Mr. Christian, please–I was your sister for two whole days! I’ll return everything you gave me. Just… please, spare my family!”
Christian let out a scoff. “What are you talking about? Everything I gave you was meant for my real sister. Since you’re not her, of course you’re giving it all back. Or do you still think I’d just hand things over to you?”
Naomi’s face twisted again. “Then what’s going to happen to our family?”
“I already pulled every cent of investment we gave to the Rivers family. You can ask your father,” Christian said with a pleasant smile. “Starting today, not only are you not my sister, you’re also no longer the heiress of the Rivers family.”
He smiled wider. “Because as of this moment, the Rivers family no longer exists in Westbrook.”
Nathan understood–this wasn’t just a threat. Christian had already acted.
His body collapsed to the floor.
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Chapter 194 The Fall of the Rivers Family
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Their business had just started to recover. And now? With the Sue family withdrawing their support, it would all come crashing down like a house of cards.
“No need to worry,” Christian said casually. “I’ll have you sent back soon. After all, the Rivers family has a lot of messes to clean up.”
He began ticking things off on his fingers: “First, the company’s collapse. Then you’ll have to sell all your properties. Houses, cars, liquid assets–they’re all frozen. And from what I’ve gathered, you’re deeply in debt.”
He smiled wider. “By my estimates, you’ll need to work another five hundred years to pay it all off.”
At that, the three members of the Rivers family froze in place.
Christian waved a hand. “Take them away.”
“Yes, Mr. Christian.”
“No–no! Please, Mr. Christian! I’m begging you!” Naomi dropped to her knees in front of him. “We can’t go bankrupt–please, have mercy! Please!”
She was hysterical.
The Rivers family had ruled Westbrook for decades. Nathan had built it all from scratch.
Even Evelyn tried to plead. “Mr. Christian, even if you don’t care about us, think about Emilia! She was part of the Rivers family! For her sake, please—”
“You dare bring up Emilia?”
Christian’s gaze turned sharp as a blade.
Evelyn flinched.
“I haven’t even settled the score for what happened to her.”
Eliza’s eyes narrowed. She stepped forward. “You… you knew my mother?”
Hearing that, Christian looked over at Nathan. “Why don’t you ask him what happened to her?”
Nathan couldn’t even look up. His face was as pale as ash.
Eliza’s resemblance to Emilia–especially her eyes–made his stomach twist,
“Emilia died from postpartum bleeding!” Evelyn cried, panicked. “You can investigate if you don’t believe us–it had nothing to do with us!”
“Is that so?” Eliza’s voice was cold and cutting.
She knew exactly what kind of person Evelyn was.
And she wasn’t buying a single word.
