Chapter 648 Moral Coercion
“Yes, it’s your responsibility to do so!” With a determined expression, Rina insisted that the responsibility of saving Titus fell on Sonia, and that the latter had to take on this liability.
Drawing in a deep breath, Sonia barely managed to keep her anger at bay as she asked bluntly, “Oh really? Pray tell, why is this my responsibility?”
“Because you are…”
Before finishing her sentence, Rina fell silent once again. Her expression kept changing and all kinds of emotions manifested themselves as doubt, hesitation and struggle flitted across her face.
Peering at her, Sonia questioned, “Why are you not telling me about why all of this is my responsibility?”
Biting down hard on her lower lip, Rina still stayed mum as she clenched her fists.
She nearly said out loud that Sonia was Titus’ biological daughter.
But midway through her sentence, Rina discovered that if she did let slip this information, then she would have exposed herself as the impostor of Rina Gray.
If so, then she would have been chased out from the Gray Family, not to mention from the lavish lifestyle.
So, she can never say it!
At that thought, Rina tightly shut her eyes. When she reopened them again, she found her mind a lot clearer and calmer.
Looking at Sonia, she finally spoke. “That’s because you have a compatible kidney with my dad, so you can’t just let him die like that, Sonia.”
At this point, Rina truly treated the Gray’s as her real parents.
The time spent with them made her understand what parental love was, so she did not want Titus to pass just like that.
More importantly, once Titus died, the Gray Family would die alongside him. When that happened, she could also say goodbye to her current decadent life.
Hence, no matter what, she had to save Titus.
Back then, Rina found Sonia’s body checkup report by chance in the trash, which she then took to cross check with Titus’ bloodwork. It was only then she knew that Sonia’s kidney was compatible with his.
That was why when Rina saw Sonia right now, the former was so adamant in wanting the latter to save him.
Sonia’s eyes narrowed and her expression changed.
Her kidney was actually compatible with Titus’?
How can that be?
“How do you know that we have compatible kidneys, Taylor?” Walking up to her, Sonia grabbed the woman’s wrist and pulled her over to interrogate her fiercely. “What did you do?”
Taylor would have never been able to do the compatibility test without Sonia’s own DNA.
However, Taylor knew Sonia was compatible with Titus, which was why Sonia realized that Taylor would have done the test earlier.
The thing Sonia was curious about was how Taylor managed to get her DNA.
Even in Rina’s own heart, she knew how hypocritical she was being as she said that.
If it were her, she also would not save an enemy if she knew that that person was dying.
However, she had no other choice, and the only person who could save her father was Sonia. Hence, Rina could only utter those words under the pretense of not letting her real identity slip.
Clenching her fists, she plucked her courage up and tried to persuade Sonia again. “Miss Reed, I know that I’m making it hard on you by asking you to save Dad, but think about this for a second—if you do save my father, that means that you’ll be his literal lifesaver. When that happens, Dad might even resolve his animosity toward the Reed Family!”
Her words made Sonia sneer in response. “Resolve his animosity against my family? I think you’re mistaken, Taylor. The animosity between our families was started by the Grays, so it should be the Reeds that resolve this chain of hatred between the two families, not Titus.”
With that, Sonia waved her hand, motioning that she had had enough of this. “Taylor, you can save your breath. The issue here is even if the person you wanted me to save was not Titus and it was some complete stranger, I would still reject you. This is my kidney you’re talking about, so why should I give it up just to save someone else? I’m sorry, but I’m simply not that noble. I don’t really care about other people’s life or death. If you were in my position, I don’t think you would want to lose one of your kidneys, would you?”
If a person really required help, Sonia was willing to donate money and goods. But donating a kidney? That was out of the question.
It made no sense to torture herself just to save someone else.
Again, Rina was struck silent by Sonia’s words, and her expression switched back and forth from anger to panic, making it look quite humorous.
Smirking, Sonia continued, “See—even you can’t answer that, so what right do you have in wanting me to save your father? I have to remind you that he is my enemy. Aren’t kidney transplants supposed to be from one’s flesh and blood, or someone they share blood with? That makes the rejection from the body the lowest, so if you are Titus’ daughter, you should be the one donating your kidney to save him.”
“M-My kidney is not compatible!” Lowering her gaze, Rina answered as she tried to hide the truth from her eyes.
Not knowing that Rina was telling the truth, Sonia only thought that the former was lying out of sheer guilt due to her lowered head. And so, Sonia ridiculed, “Even you as Titus’ daughter don’t want to donate your kidney to your own father. Instead, you came here to coerce me morally. Aren’t you something else?”
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