Delayed Regrets: He Regretted Only After Her Death-Chapter 96: Vivian Linden—A Lie Can’t Become the Truth

Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Vivian Linden—A Lie Can’t Become the Truth

Seeing Tiana Linden return alive.

Uncle Cameron was so overjoyed he could hardly speak.

But at the same time, he was a bit worried.

James Linden and Sharon Sullivan were about to have a wedding.

With Tiana back, what would she think?

Fearing James Linden and Daniel Linden didn’t hear clearly, he repeated:

"President Linden, Mr. Linden, Tiana and Lawyer Sutton have returned together."

"Tiana is still alive!"

In front of the tea station.

Daniel Linden frowned and responded, "Uncle Cameron, what nonsense are you spouting?"

At that moment.

At the entrance of the tea room.

A slender, tall figure stood beside Leo Sutton.

She stepped on high heels, accompanied by Leo Sutton, walked step by step into the tea room.

Step by step, she walked to Daniel Linden and James Linden in front of the tea station.

The father and son were already dumbfounded.

They stood up from the tea station without realizing it.

Daniel Linden’s blood rushed to his head.

Oh my God, is this Tiana alive?

Is it really his little sister, whom he had pampered since childhood, Tiana?

Afraid he’d been seeing things, he hurriedly went around the tea station and walked briskly to Tiana.

Tiana had her hair cut.

Short and to the shoulders.

The short hair highlighted her face, full and delicate.

Overlapping with the delicate doll-like face of her childhood.

It’s his sister Tiana, really it’s Tiana!

Tiana is truly still alive!

Daniel Linden was suddenly overwhelmed with tears, holding Tiana’s hand.

Her warm hand, gripped tighter by Daniel Linden.

Tightening so much that when he wanted to call out "sister," he was too emotional to speak.

Choking with emotion, he tightly embraced Tiana in his arms.

Just like when they were children.

"Sister, is it really you?"

"Are you truly alive?"

"I’m so happy."

Afraid of having an illusion, Daniel Linden looked up, glancing from head to toe at Tiana.

The warm hand in his palm, however, abruptly withdrew.

"I’m not your sister."

After drawing back her hand in disdain, Tiana’s face showed not a hint of a smile.

She thought of when she was near death, begging her own brother for a box of life-saving medicine.

Not only did he refuse, but he also insulted and slandered her.

He even shattered the crystal photo album that had treasured their memories from childhood.

What was shattered was not just the album.

It was also their sibling bond from all those years.

Blood ties could not be severed.

But this sibling bond, Tiana had long wanted to cut off, never to look at Daniel Linden again from afar.

Yet this man agreed to James Linden marrying the scheming old woman Sharon Sullivan.

He tacitly agreed James Linden would give eighty percent of his wealth to Sharon Sullivan and Vivian Linden.

How could mom rest in peace under her grave?

The withdrawn hand caused Daniel Linden a subconscious pang in the chest.

His sister blamed him.

Blamed him for not giving her anti-cancer medicine when she was critically ill.

All the guilt and self-blame turned into a sincere, "Tiana, brother is sorry to you!"

When Tiana entered Tranquil Villa, the Linden Family gathered around.

Each one stood at the tea room door.

The place was instantly packed tight.

Everyone was here, curious, surprised, or incredulous.

This daughter of the Linden Family, once thought dead, returned alive.

"Wasn’t she dead?"

"How did she come back alive?"

"Is she back to stop President Linden from marrying Ms. Sullivan?"

The bystanders, of course, included the incredulous Sharon Sullivan and Vivian Linden.

Their faces dark, minds in turmoil.

Tiana looked at everything in the Linden Family.

If it weren’t for her mother Wanda Townsend, who took her money to save the Linden Family from bankruptcy.

James Linden wouldn’t have his current prestige.

Without responding to Daniel Linden’s words.

She pointed at Sharon Sullivan, standing with the Linden Family servants at the tea room door, and coldly asked:

"Daniel Linden, do you also support James Linden marrying this scheming old woman?"

"Support James Linden gifting eighty percent of his wealth to these two women?"

The joy of family reunion was completely shattered by Tiana’s cold questions.

Daniel Linden’s face darkened, "Tiana, I’m so glad you came back alive. Truly."

From the bottom of his heart, he continued:

"Brother knows, there were many things I wronged you with before."

"That you’re alive, brother will care for you just like when you were little, protect you."

"But the matters of the Linden Family, you should not interfere with."

"Dad did not mind mom having an affair with men outside and having you, raised you as his own daughter, and that’s already quite good."

"You just..."

Slap!

Tiana’s palm struck Daniel Linden’s cheek forcefully.

Now healthy, her strength was formidable, the slap left Daniel’s cheek red and swollen.

Slap! Slap slap!

Followed by three more slaps.

Guilt-ridden, Daniel Linden silently endured the slaps.

His sister almost died by his hands.

This deserved a few slaps.

Even if she stabbed him, he should take it.

After being slapped, he silently clenched his fist.

His voice, however, was extremely gentle.

"Tiana, it wouldn’t be too much if you killed me."

"But you have no right to speak for mom, she was the one who..."

Slap!

Another slap.

Followed immediately by a powerful kick.

Daniel Linden was kicked in the lower abdomen by her.

He fell to the ground on the spot.

"Brother!"

Vivian Linden rushed forward, squatting down to support Daniel Linden.

Seeing Daniel’s swollen cheek, she cried in pain.

"Brother, are you alright?"

Vivian Linden turned around, tears streaming, glaring angrily at Tiana.

"Tiana, what madness is this?"

"You came back alive, we as a family welcome you."

"But if you came back to stir up trouble, then please roll out of our Linden Family."

Right now, Tiana Linden doesn’t have the time to deal with Vivian Linden.

She has to first deal with Daniel Linden, this heartless man.

Vivian Linden was grabbed by her and tossed aside. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Clearing the path, she grabbed Daniel Linden by the collar.

Suppressing her anger in her chest, she said with utter disappointment:

"Daniel Linden, who exactly is your real mother?"

"Do you not know that when mom gave birth to you, her womb prolapsed, and she was bedridden for a full six months?"

"Even after recovering, she experienced incontinence for a long time."

She heard these details from the former servants of the Linden Family.

"When mom was falsely accused, what were you doing?"

"Why didn’t you protect mom’s innocence?"

"And instead help this scheming woman take away everything from the Linden Family?"

Of course Daniel Linden knows that Wanda Townsend was his real mother.

But she has long been dead.

Before she died, she did something that brought him endless shame.

That was having an affair behind his father James Linden’s back.

Daniel Linden pushed Tiana away, "Tiana, you’re not dad’s biological daughter, so don’t meddle in dad’s marriage to Aunt Sullivan."

Smack!

Another slap.

"Enough!"

At this moment, James Linden slapped the tea table with a roar.

Seeing Tiana return alive made him incredibly happy.

But the happiness lasted less than half a minute.

The Linden Family was thrown into chaos by Tiana.

Suppressing his anger, he sidestepped the tea table and walked up to Tiana.

He had raised her from childhood, a precious daughter in whom he placed many memories of his late wife, and she was really alive and well.

James Linden looked over Tiana several times.

Seeing that she was thin but healthily so.

Her complexion was much better than before.

James Linden felt gratified.

"It’s good to have you back."

"Tiana, when you were gravely ill before, daddy didn’t trust you and failed to give you the life-saving medicine."

"That’s daddy’s fault."

"Daddy will make it up to you."

"But your brother is right, you have no right to interfere in my marriage to Aunt Sullivan."

"My willingness to continue treating you as my own daughter is my generosity."

"But this doesn’t mean you can meddle in my affairs."

James Linden began to speak earnestly:

"Yes, I promised your mom that I would only marry her in this life."

"But she betrayed me first."

"Being able to raise you to this age, I’ve already done right by her."

"Besides, Tiana, at my age, I need someone by my side."

"Aunt Sullivan takes care of me, attends to me, you and your brother should thank Aunt Sullivan."

These absurd arguments made Tiana burst into laughter.

She said:

"James Linden, it’s not just about you marrying Sharon Sullivan."

"You could marry ten or a hundred women, I wouldn’t mind."

"But you have no right to gift the assets to this scheming old woman."

"Those are the joint assets of you and my mom."

The word "assets" made James Linden suddenly realize, "In the end, you’re after the assets, aren’t you?"

Just then, Sharon Sullivan stepped forward from among the Linden Family servants.

She came in front of the father and daughter.

"Tiana, don’t argue with your dad."

"He’s been unwell recently."

"I don’t want the assets. I really just want to stay by your dad’s side and take care of him."

The time to deal with Sharon Sullivan and Vivian Linden has yet to come.

But that doesn’t mean Tiana will let Sharon Sullivan off the hook.

Pointing at Sharon Sullivan’s old face, she said firmly:

"Listen, Sharon Sullivan."

"For the past thirty years, every meal you ate, every penny you spent in the Linden Family, all came from my mom Wanda Townsend and James Linden’s marital assets."

"I have the right to make you give it all back."

But the evidence in her hand isn’t entirely convincing to James Linden yet.

For now, let Sharon Sullivan and her daughter have a few more comfortable days.

Seeing Sharon Sullivan weep with grievance.

James Linden quickly took her hand, holding it tightly in his.

Tiana found it ridiculously amusing.

When she first returned to the Linden Family, she saw the family’s servants cleaning her mom’s portrait.

Yet here are this old man and old woman holding hands tightly.

Wanda Townsend, mom, it’s just not worth it.

James Linden warned, "Tiana, I won’t allow you to disrespect my woman like this."

Sharon Sullivan sniffled, "Mr. Linden, Tiana just got back, talk to her nicely. Over time, she’ll come around, we..."

Tiana firmly declared, "Congratulations, James Linden, on your upcoming marriage. I’m here today to tell you that on your wedding day, I’ll present you with a grand gift."

She knows, without undeniable evidence, James Linden will always side with Vivian Linden and Sharon Sullivan.

Returning to the Linden Family today is just the first step.

At this moment, Tiana turned her gaze to Vivian Linden again.

This glance left Vivian under great anxiety, "Sister... you’re, you’re really alive, I, I’m so glad."

The anger was suppressed in Tiana’s chest.

She regained her composure and calmly and firmly said:

"Vivian Linden, here’s a phrase for you. The fake can’t be made real, and the real can’t be faked."

The fake can’t be made real!

This sentence nearly made Vivian lose her balance.

She doesn’t understand how Tiana has come back from the dead.

What does Tiana mean by saying this?

Has she already obtained evidence that she’s a false heir of the Linden Family?

It’s over, it’s over, Vivian has never been more scared than at this moment.

At this moment, Tiana called Leo Sutton by name.

Leo Sutton nodded, then handed out copies of a lawsuit notice to Vivian Linden, Sharon Sullivan, and James Linden.

Each of them received one.

They took a look at it.

Tiana said:

"James Linden, half of the assets you currently own all come from my mother, Wanda Townsend."

"As one of Wanda Townsend’s children, I have a fifty percent inheritance share."

"Now, on behalf of my mother, I am formally suing you in court for infidelity inside marriage and demanding a division of assets."

She was straightforward and didn’t hem and haw, then said to Vivian Linden and Sharon Sullivan:

"The list in your hands is what you’ve taken from my mother all these years."

"I also, on behalf of my mother, am formally suing you in court, demanding that you return everything."

Previously, she had been tied up with jail time and serious illness.

She had neither the energy nor the capacity to deal with Vivian and Sharon Sullivan.

Now, she has ample energy, physical strength, and time.

"If you want my mother’s assets, we’ll see you in court."

Leaving this sentence behind, Tiana called out to Leo Sutton, leaving together.

The Linden Family’s servants gathered at the tea room door made way promptly.

Allowing them to leave.

At this time, it was the silhouette of a tall and commanding figure that blocked the path at the doorway.