I was at a loss for words.
Naomi refused to give up. She stared at me and said, "Arianna, the Roberts family is so successful now, that box doesn't really serve you any good. There's no point in you hiding it, so why can't you just hand over the box to Sebastian and help him for once? "
"After the Milton family gets over this obstacle, I believe that Sebastian and Hendrix won't go against each other again in the future. We were once friends, we still are, and we will continue being good friends. Sebastian had hurt you in the past but look at you now. You are still living with ease. So why must you hold a grudge against him? Can't you help him out just this one time, and when all of this is over, we will repay you. We will do whatever you want. Arianna, can you do that, please?"
Naomi looked at me with tears brimming in her eyes. It seemed that she was about to break into sobs at any moment.
I pursed my lips and turned my gaze away from her. I looked back at Tobias and saw him staring at me. His eyes indicated that this was none of his business.
Out of the blue, Naomi started tugging at me and pleaded, "Arianna, I beg you, please help Sebastian. Just this once, as long as you help him, I am willing to do whatever you want me to. I will persuade Grandpa to hand over the Attwood family business in Asherton over to you all. Whatever you want, we can fulfill it. Just help Sebastian out!"
I frowned and felt my head starting to hurt. I stared at her. "Naomi, do you have any idea what you are doing? You are kneeling on the ground and begging, for a man who doesn't even care about you. Where is your dignity?"
Her eyes were red, and tears were about to flow down her face. "Arianna, I know you've misjudged Sebastian. There's a misunderstanding between the two of you. Listen to me, he's not that evil. You're the ones who misunderstood him. I can call him and he can explain everything to you."
She was giving me a headache. I stared at her and frowned. "Naomi, why should I forgive him? Do you really know the entire truth? Do you know that he caused Hendrix to get into a car accident, and then locked him up in a freezer, all because he wanted to get his hands on the Hayes family's port trading rights? Hendrix nearly died from being trapped inside that warehouse. Naomi, do you know all of this? If Hendrix did the same to Sebastian, could you forgive him? How dare you ask me to forgive him? Have you ever thought of my feelings? Have you ever tried seeing everything from my point of view?"
"You keep saying that you treat me as your best friend, but look at what you've done! When we were at the Emperor Club, you called me and took advantage of the fact that you were drunk. You caused me to have a miscarriage! Do you know how important that child was to me? Hendrix and I were blessed with a child, yet I am no longer able to get pregnant ever again because of that incident. I can't have children anymore, simply because of that one phone call from you. Naomi, why are you so selfish? Are everyone else's lives not important to you? Can you trample everyone else underfoot as much as you want, as long as it's not you or Sebastian?"
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