Chapter 037 Flora's Desperate Gamble
Flora sat on the sofa, staring at the mobile phone on the coffee table. The conversation she had just had with her parents and brother flashed through her mind again, sentence by sentence.
She realized that this call was unusual. She felt something was wrong from the middle of it.
All along, her contact with her mother has been strictly controlled. Why would her father suddenly give them a mobile phone number?
Was the phone really given to her by her father? Would he risk being scolded by his father and secretly buy a phone for his mother?
In Flora's memory, that cowardly man would never disobey the orders of his father and brother. He was useless. The only thing he did for Milo and his mother was to kneel in front of the old man and beg the Osborn family to take them in.
Other than that, the man only spoke useless words of comfort to them, which were of no use.
Flora dared to conclude that her father would never dare to disobey the family's orders, and this mobile phone was definitely handed over to her mother with the family's permission.
So…why did those people suddenly change their minds and relax their control over her?
Flora closed her eyes and thought quietly in the dark living room. The cool night breeze blowing in from the open window made her mind calmer.
She had to stay calm.
She couldn't keep wearing that collar.
If you want Milo to survive and your mother to live a good life, you have to have power.
Flora, oh Flora, think carefully, what should you do next?
The family's intentions are already clear. They want you to marry Lance and become the bond of the alliance between the Mitchell family and the Osborn family.
It’s not enough for these people to lock you in this natural “cage”; they also don’t want you to gain power of your own.
They hope that Lance will become her husband, and the Osborn family will surely slowly tighten the "collar" around her neck through the "chain" of Lance Mitchell.
She couldn't let them succeed, she had to be free. Now she couldn't get out, only by gaining complete freedom on Dongyang Island could she exchange it for equal bargaining chips with the Osborn family. If she wanted Milo to survive, she had to do this.
The way my mother and brother spoke just now was very strange. They usually didn't talk about noble matters, but this time they specifically mentioned Lance and emphasized happiness.
Someone in the family must have told them to say that...Those people in the family have now begun to hint to her through her mother and brother.
She doesn't have much time left. It will probably not be long before the family will tear off the last mask and order her to marry Lance.
She had thought that the Osborns would at least give her some free time to do what she wanted. If she could build up connections on the island that would be beneficial to the Osborns, the family would relax their control over her.
But now it seems that she overestimated the conscience of the Osborn family.
This group of people had never given her the slightest trust, and Lance's entry into Dongyang Island was the opportunity for them to launch an attack.
If Lance had not entered the island, they would have given her some time, but now, the family no longer intended to indulge her.
Flora now has no choice but to seize the time and find a backer in a short time.
She must be free, and must find someone stronger and more reliable than Lance. That person must be strong enough to make the family re-evaluate her value.
Flora has been looking for such a person. Although there are many targets that meet the requirements, powerful and wealthy people will not simply be attracted by her as a person. Those who can ignore the Osborn family behind her often do not have enough capital.
Perhaps it was fate that made her meet Su Ming. When Su Ming walked out of the subway, she realized that she had met an extraordinary person. She believed that it was not a coincidence.
Su Ming himself possesses the terrifying power that is enough to kill the Subway Hunter, and now he has joined the Seventh Investigation Bureau, the most powerful bureau on Dongyang Island.
Although he has just joined the Investigation Bureau and his position is not high, his record is there.
Flora dared to conclude that no noble in Dongyang Island would reject him because of his low position. Instead, they would try their best to curry favor with him.
Those old nobles are all shrewd people. They all know that it is better to help someone in need than to add icing on the cake. To make friends with a strong person before he grows up is to pay the least but gain the most.
Dongyang Island is a forbidden island. It was just liberated ten years ago. The nobles from the outside world have no influence here at all, but the local area has an extremely rare specialty, spiritual salt, which is coveted by the outside world.
The Osborn family must also be coveting the spiritual salt of Dongyang Island. For them, becoming "friends" with the Investigation Bureau of Dongyang Island is more important than consolidating the relationship with the Mitchell family.
And Su Ming will definitely have a place in the Investigation Bureau 7 in the future, and both the old and new nobles of Dongyang Island will try to win him over.
Flora's mind had always been clear. The only thing that was not clear was that she proposed to Su Ming in a fit of anger.
"Oh - why would I do that?" Flora sighed and held her forehead.
Looking back on her actions at that time, it was extremely stupid. She actually thought that she could seduce Su Ming with her beauty.
The result was as it should be... She lost miserably, and now Su Ming is probably very wary of her.
But she can't give up now. If she gives up now, the family will terminate Milo's treatment. With Milo's current physical condition, he will definitely not survive.
"Flora...you can't give up yet...you haven't reached the point of despair yet, you still have a chance." Flora said to herself.
