In the Hillside Villa, Sadie changed into her own clothes and sat in the white leather chair in the study, talking on the phone.

She already knew all about the news regarding Nick. She understood how serious the situation was and that if public opinion continued to ferment, it could deal a fatal blow to the Clemens Group. So, she immediately called Tristan. The call was quickly connected.

"Hello."

"You're back home?" Tristan's voice was as cold as frost.

Sadie glanced at Annika. It seemed that Tristan knew she had been staying with the Clemens family these past few days.

He probably also knew everything she had gone through at the Clemens Villa.

It was likely because of this that Tristan took action to punish the Clemens family and stand up for her.

"Yes, I'm back home." Sadie felt the need to explain. "Mia was poisoned and is very sick. I was really worried about her, so..."

"If

f you worried about her, you could have brought her back for treatment," Tristan interrupted her coldly. "There are so many hospitals in the world; it's not like only the Clemens family has private doctors." "Yes." Sadie felt more admiration and reverence for Tristan than anything else. She was obedient and wouldn't argue or act spoiled like many siblings, nor would she talk back to him.

Moreover, he had already told her not to go, and she had gone anyway. Explaining too much now was pointless.

"Even if you need to take care of the child, you shouldn't have let yourself be bullied." Tristan was furious at the thought of Sadie being humiliated by Raymond.

"You were alone and had no one to rely on in the past, so being bullied was understandable. But now you bear the James name. You are my little sister. How could you let anyone humiliate you like that?" His words were filled with intense anger.

Sadie felt deeply moved. She now understood what it felt like to have family protection.

In the past, she had no one to rely on and could only endure and avoid being bullied.

But now, she had someone providing protection from behind.

At that time, Raymond had believed Ella and humiliated Sadie, having bodyguards hold her down and put handcuffs and shackles on her.

She had refrained from retaliating against Raymond for the sake of the children.

But Tristan wouldn't.

Everything the Clemens family was suffering now was a lesson for the Clemens family and Raymond! They had to pay for what they had done.

"Sadie, don't forget the unpleasant things of the past. Don't forget how the Clemens family hurt you; Don't forget how Amelia humiliated you on the streets of Country H; Don't forget how Brenda died; Don't forget how your blood stained the wedding dress. Think carefully about why you came back. You came back to avenge yourself and Brenda. Don't be deceived by Micah's sweet words. We, the James family, are not that spineless!"

After angrily saying these words, Tristan hung up the phone.

Listening to the beeps from the phone, Sadie's heart was turbulent and complicated.

Of course, she hadn't forgotten those hatreds. She was also seeking revenge on Nick and Amelia, but she couldn't bring herself to act against Raymond and Micah.

After all, they were the beloved relatives of her children.

Even the current situation was something she didn't want to see.

"Ms. James, I'm sorry," Annika apologized softly. "When I heard from Jessica and the others that you were being bullied by the Clemens family, I was really angry. And with your old illness recurring and not enough medicine, I was afraid something would happen to you, so I called Mr. James. I didn't expect things to escalate so much. Nor did I expect Mr. James to go to such lengths to stand up for you. I'm really sorry."

Annika felt very uneasy. If Andrew knew she had tattled and caused today's consequences, he would probably blame her too.

During the time she and Andrew were tracking Amelia, Andrew had told her a lot about Micah and Sadie, which had shaken her a bit.

Annika just hadn't expected to see Sadie be bullied upon her return. That was why she made a call to Tristan impulsively.

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