Chapter 489 Blackmail His Sister
Under Oscar’s instructions, Hugo soon found out it was Noah who provided the yogurt.
Oscar immediately asked Noah out for a meetup.
That day, Noah walked into the cafe dressed in simple black trousers and a white shirt. With his gold-framed glasses, he looked more like a professor than a businessman.
In fact, Noah looked like the perfect epitome of a gentleman.
“Oscar, I was surprised when I received your invitation!” Noah adjusted his glasses and said gently.
In response, Oscar pointed at the seat opposite him and ordered, “Take a seat.”
Oscar’s feelings toward Noah had always been neutral. He didn’t bother to be hospitable although the latter was Stephanie’s boyfriend.
Noah sat down and voiced, “Oscar, it’s such a pleasant surprise to see you. What can I do for you?”
“Did you give some yogurt to a boy a few days earlier?” Oscar didn’t bother to beat around the bush.
A flash of confusion appeared in Noah’s eyes. “What yogurt?”
“I’ve already gotten my men to look into this matter. I found out that you visited the Clinton residence along with your sister a few days ago, and you’ve given a servant’s son some yogurt. I didn’t know you were such an approachable person. I was very surprised when they told me that you’ve brought yogurt for the kids.” Oscar seemed to be insinuating something as he spoke.
Noah was confused. “Yogurt? Oscar, it seems like there’s some misunderstanding. It’s true that I did visit the Clinton residence with my sister a few days ago. However, I spent most of the time there with Stephanie. Then, at around half-past eight, I brought Stephanie out for a date in the city. I don’t remember anything about yogurt.”
Oscar narrowed his eyes and looked at him coldly. “You might not know about this, but we have surveillance cameras covering every angle in the Clinton residence. The reason being we wanted to keep an eye on Tony. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the surveillance cameras caught you giving the yogurt away. So, are you still going to deny it?”
Seeing that Oscar was getting mad, Noah changed his tone. After pondering for a while, he said, “Ah, I think I remember now. I did give a kid a few bottles of yogurt that day. I bought them because Isabella said she wanted some. However, she changed her mind when we got to the Clinton residence. Since I wasn’t going to drink it, I gave the yogurt to him because I found him cute. What’s wrong with that? I didn’t think it’d turn out to be such a big deal. I’m sorry if you’re annoyed at the fact that I’ve given the servants some drinks.”
Oscar gave him a hard stare and sneered, “I’ve tested the yogurt, Noah. Everything about it was normal except for the fact that it was spiked. Although the poisonous substance wouldn’t do much harm to adults, children could easily get food poisoning once ingested. I gave you the benefit of a doubt and tested all the yogurt from the same manufacturer. True enough, none of them had the substance found in the few bottles that you brought along. What do you have to say about that?”
A hint of coldness flashed across Noah’s eyes upon hearing that. However, he remained as soft-spoken as ever with a confused look on his face. “Oscar, are you saying that I’ve spiked the yogurt? How could you say that? I only gave the kid some yogurt out of the kindness of my heart. What’s the big deal? Did you really have to come at me this way?”
With a cold-looking grin on his face, Oscar sneered, “What’s the big deal? Did you know my son is hospitalized because of your yogurt? How dare you ask me what’s the big deal? If I find out that you’ve done that on purpose, I’ll make sure that you’ll never see the light of day again.”
Noah was stunned when he saw Oscar losing his temper.
He quickly concealed his emotions and said gently, “What’s going on, Oscar? Why is Tony hospitalized? Why didn’t Mr. Clinton and Mrs. Clinton mention a thing about it? Stephanie doesn’t seem to know about it as well. Did Tony really get hospitalized because of the yogurt I brought along? I had no idea.”
Instantly, a menacing look appeared in Oscar’s eyes. He glared at Noah and roared, “Noah, I don’t care if you had the intention to harm Tony or not. But I hope you’ll treat this as a warning. If such a thing happens to Tony again, I’ll show you what I’d do for my son. Both you and Stephanie had better stop testing my patience.”
What Oscar said this time around had really frightened Noah.
Panic flashed across his gaze before he regained his composure. After giving his sentence some careful thoughts, he said, “Oscar, what happened with the yogurt really is a misunderstanding. I wouldn’t be so careless if I ever wanted to harm Tony. Besides, I love Stephanie. Why would I even think of harming her beloved nephew? I’m sure this is all just a misunderstanding.”
Oscar stood up abruptly and looked down at him. After some time, he finally said, “Noah, I’ve asked you out today to warn you. Don’t test me.”
With that, he turned around and left.
Noah’s face clouded over as he took off his glasses and pinched his nose bridge. Where did my plan go wrong? How did this happen? Didn’t I already plan everything out?
He had only gotten close to Stephanie because he wanted to get on Oscar’s good side. His plan was to get the Clintons’ full support and rebuild the Walker family. I’ve carefully planned everything out since the beginning just to please Oscar. Why would I try to sabotage my plan by harming Tony? Something fishy is going on here. I bet the person who spiked the yogurt is trying to ruin my relationship with Oscar.
After recalling the incident that day, Noah couldn’t help but think about what Isabella told him when he gave the yogurt to the kid. Suddenly, his expression darkened and a frightening look of rage was soon etched on his face.
Noah immediately rang Isabella and said assertively, “Isabella, I don’t care where you are or what you’re doing. Come over to Forest Cafe this instant! Otherwise, I’ll expose your secrets to Oscar.”
As soon as he was done talking, he switched off his phone.
When Isabella arrived at the cafe, a waiter led her to a private room.
She was holding her purse in her hand when she saw Noah standing in the room with his back facing her. Annoyed, she grumbled, “What is it, Noah? You weren’t being clear on the phone earlier. Did you know your phone has been switched off? I couldn’t get hold of you so I had to run a few red lights just to rush here.”
Noah turned around and walked toward her. Without saying a word, he raised his hand and gave Isabella a tight slap across her face.
Covering her face, Isabella was stumped. The heck? What’s going on? What did I do?
“Have you gone mad, Noah? Why the hell did you slap me for no reason?” Isabella thundered.
“You’d better come clean right now. Did you spike the yogurt I bought for you? The ones I gave to the kid,” Noah asked coldly.
Isabella was confused, and she barked, “What are you on about, Noah? What yogurt? And what do you mean I spiked it? I don’t know anything about that! Besides, why would I do such a thing? What could I possibly gain from doing that? Did you even investigate thoroughly before you asked me over and slapped me? Are you insane?”
Noah looked at his sister intently and asked, “It really wasn’t you?”
“I don’t even know what you are talking about! What did I do to deserve this wrath of yours?” Isabella refuted.
“Something happened to Tony. Oscar told me he’s been hospitalized because of the poisoned yogurt.” Noah sounded very concerned when he said that.
“Really?” Isabella’s eyes lit up.
“You’d better wipe that smile off your face. If something bad happens to Tony, we’ll be the prime suspects for this. If Oscar loses his temper because of this, the Walker family is doomed, you know? Don’t you forget the fact that Walker Group has been making a loss all these years! If it wasn’t for the Clintons’ financial support, we’d be long broke.” Noah was frustrated.
Upon hearing that, Isabella shot her brother a disdainful look. What a useless man! He only knows how to take advantage of women. If he’s more business-minded, the Walker Group wouldn’t be in so much trouble in the first place. What a loser!
“Noah, instead of relying on the Clintons, why don’t you focus on bettering our family’s company? I think it’s a safer bet if we just rely on bringing profits toward Walker Group on our own,” Isabella shamelessly suggested.
“Oh, shut up, you.” Noah lowered his voice and continued, “You know nothing. Walker Group has been around for centuries. When Grandpa was in charge, there were already problems arising. By the time Dad took over, the company was already having financial issues. If it wasn’t for my hard work over the past two years, the company would’ve been wiped out by now. I had to suck up to Mrs. Clinton and Stephanie all this while just to make ends meet. So don’t you dare lecture me on how to go about running the business when all you do is spend money, you ignorant fool!”
Isabella went silent, but disdain was written all over her face.
Noah rubbed his forehead in frustration before he instructed, “Anyway, I don’t care if it was you who spiked the yogurt or not. I just want you to admit to it, and apologize to Oscar. I can’t afford for this incident to cause any problems in my relationship with Stephanie.”
“Are you crazy, Noah? I’m not going to admit to something I didn’t do! How dare you ask me to take the blame when this is all your fault?” Isabella refused straight away.
“I don’t care what you want. Don’t you forget, I have proof of your adventures overseas. Do you think you can marry into the Clintons if I were to show Mrs. Clinton the proof?”
“Are you threatening me?” Isabella’s expression darkened.
“Yes, I am. If my relationship with Stephanie goes south, I’ll make sure you get nowhere near the Clintons. In other words, if things turn out badly for me, I’ll drag you down with me,” Noah threatened emotionlessly.
Isabella shot him an indignant glare.
At that moment, the sibling’s hatred toward each other was through the roof.
“Noah, you’re unbelievable! How dare you blackmail your own sister?” Isabella gritted her teeth in anger.
“Isabella, don’t you know we live in a dog-eat-dog world? Besides, I’m doing this for the good of the Walker family, and for your own good as well. After all, if the Walker family falls, do you really think Mrs. Clinton would still want you as her daughter-in-law?”
Isabella was rendered speechless at that.
“Anyway, stop throwing your childish tantrums. You are to go to the hospital with me later and apologize while you still have the chance.”
Isabella was still in disbelief.
“Come on then. I’ll try to get Oscar to forgive you.”
“Noah, you’re a freaking lunatic! How could you do this to your own sister? Aren’t you worried that I might hate you for life?”
“I don’t care.”
Isabella chuckled coldly in disbelief. She hated Noah from then onward.
