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.
Although Sonia’s grasp hurt Rina, the latter did not try to shake her off. Instead, Rina replied as she
looked at her, “Miss Reed, how I found that out is not what’s important. Anyhow, I know that you and
Dad have compatible kidneys, so please save him. I beg of you! He has been diagnosed with kidney
failure and needs a kidney transplant…”
“So it’s kidney failure.” Pretending to just know about this, Sonia smirked openly. “That’s good news. It’s
divine retribution, you know. That evil man finally gets what he deserves!”
“Miss Reed!” Rina shouted suddenly. “You can’t say that about him! After all, he is… He is…”
“He is?”
Biting her lip, Rina fell into a deep struggle once again.
Not wanting to wait for her, Sonia interrupted, “I don’t care who he is, but the fact that I know he has
kidney failure is a rather joyful piece of news. Taylor, I don’t know how you got the information about
our compatibility, and I also don’t know what you were thinking, wanting me to save Titus by donating
one of my kidneys to him. I can tell you outright that you can give up on this thought. He is my enemy
and I happen to want to see him die, so why on God’s green earth would I save him? You can go back
and tell him that I’m looking forward to hearing about the news of his death!”
“Y-You…” Sonia’s indifferent words made Rina’s face flush with anger.
Clenching her fists, Rina trembled with rage. “You’re a heartless person! Even if there’s bad blood
between you and Dad, this is a life we’re talking about here. Is there anything more important than a
person’s life? There isn’t, is there? A life is the most important thing of all, so you should set your
hatred aside and save him first. Not only do you not want to, you’re even spouting sarcastic nonsense
here. You heartless woman! You have the ability to save him, so why—”
“Must I save him just because I have the ability to do so?” Annoyed by all this, Sonia interrupted and
snapped, “Taylor, I’ll have you know that choosing to save somebody is down to the relations between
the two people, and choosing not to save somebody is down to one’s sense of duty. If I don’t want to,
nobody can make me save him. Also, your words on the importance of life, of wanting me to let go of
the hatred and save my enemy, is a load of bullsh*t. I’ve never heard anything so hypocritical in my life!
You don’t seem like much of a saint yourself, so I was wondering how you can even say all those
things?”
Rina opened her mouth, but she found herself unable to come up with a rebuke.
So how exactly did she say all that in the first place?
Of course, it was all under the heat of the moment, a convenient excuse that she came up with, to be
exact.
Rina did not want to tell Sonia her real identity but at the same time, she wanted the latter to save
Titus.
So, that was why she said to Sonia to forget about her hatred and save him first.
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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