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When Kingsley returned home, Reene was dressed in a satin night dress and sitting on the couch in a
daze. Thinking that she would need to surrender Neveah Department Store at noon the day after
tomorrow, she felt depressed.
“Reene.” The man sat beside her and spoke gently. “Don’t worry, there will definitely be investments
coming in when they see your capability.” He didn’t tell her about what happened earlier since she
didn’t want him to visit the Humming Group, so he could only wait until noon the day after tomorrow. By
then, he’d fix everything for her right off the bat.
Reene shook her head and said, “I’ve already asked everyone I could possibly ask for help, but none of
them are willing to go against the Jacob Family—” She flipped her long, wavy hair to one side of her
shoulder and lay down on his lap before lamenting, “My work all these years is about to fall into ruins
—”
When Kingsley heard that, he comforted her while patting her arm, “Everything’s going to be fine. Trust
me.”
At this moment, the doorbell destroyed their peaceful moment. Both Elijah and Ysabel’s screams
resonated from outside. “Reene! Open up! Open the f*cking door right now!”
When she heard her adoptive parents’ voices, she sat up sharply. “Why are they here?” She flitted to
the door and opened it.
Even before she could say anything, Ysabel pushed her and walked straight into the house, making
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtReene stumble. “Where is that b*stard?! Ask him to come out now!” Elijah followed behind Ysabel,
entering the house with a darkened face.
Once they were inside, they marched right up to Kingsley as he sat on the couch. “You murderer! Get
out of here now!” Elijah pointed at Kingsley and bellowed, “Do you know how much trouble you’ve
caused us after killing Gordon from the legal department?!”
Following that, Ysabel sat on the carpet and hit her thigh while crying, “How can we continue to live like
this? You’ve really made our lives miserable!”
As he looked at the chaos, Reene frowned and asked, “Mum, Dad, can you explain what’s going on?
What does Gordon’s death have anything to do with you?”
“His family came to us and asked for five million in compensation!” Elijah glared at her in fury. “Your
grandpa has already made a statement that we cannot let this matter affect the Wynn Family’s
reputation! We can either hand this prick over—it’s an eye for an eye, after all—or we’ll need to pay the
five million on our own!”
When Ysabel heard the words ‘five million’, she started to make a scene again while sitting on the
ground. “I’ve never earned this much money in my entire life! Asking five million from us is like asking
us to die!”
At this moment, Reene was feeling troubled too. If this happened in the past, borrowing five million
from the company was not a big deal, but now that Neveah Department Store was on the verge of
bankruptcy, wanting to borrow five million from the company had become an impossible task.
“Mom, Dad, I’ll figure out a way.” She bit her lower lip and continued, “I’ll see if I can borrow some
money from my friends. It may be enough after adding it together with my savings.”
Hearing that, Ysabel finally stopped her sobbing and got up from the ground. “Do it now! Immediately! I
need five million today!”
“Mom, it’s five million, not five thousand! How can I collect so much money in one night?” Her facial
expression revealed her distress. “How about this? Give me two days, and I will return the money to
you for sure.”
“No way!” Elijah stated categorically. “We don’t believe you! I already know that Neveah Department
Store is going down! What if you flee with this b*stard? Who am I going to get the money from?”
He glared at Reene furiously and said, “If I knew that you couldn’t even handle a department store, I
wouldn’t have sponsored or even adopted you in the first place! D*mn it! I thought I had adopted a
business prodigy, but you just ended up losing all of my f*cking money!”
“That’s right! You even said you’d return a hundred million to us!” Ysabel shouted bitterly. “Why can’t
you just take out five million now?!”
With her eyes reddened from their criticism, Reene clenched her fist and gnashed her teeth, saying,
“Don’t worry, for I’ve never owed anyone anything! I’ll definitely return the hundred million I promised
you! By that time, I’ll leave the Wynn Family in an instant, and I won’t stay even if you beg me to!”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmYsabel rolled her eyes and said, “Okay, okay. There’s no need for you to bluff. Just give us the five
million now. Otherwise, just let this b*stard pay for it with his life!”
“Fine! I’ll borrow it now!” Reene grabbed her phone from the couch, ready to call Cecilia.
Since Cecilia was the eldest daughter of the Larson Family, her personal savings should go up to one
or two million. However, even if they were best friends, Reene couldn’t just ask Cecilia to lend her all
her savings.
Just as Reene was struggling on the inside, Kingsley snatched her phone and said in a deep voice,
“Reene, I’m the one who killed Gordon. I’ll pay the compensation.”
“Where can you get so much money from?” She tried to take her phone back. “It’s okay. I can figure
this out.”
With a smile, he then explained, “I’ve been in the military for so many years. Naturally, I have five
million. It’s not that big of a sum, after all.”
Shocked, Reene’s mouth widened slightly as she asked, “You have five million in your savings?”
Before Kingsley could answer, Ysabel sneered and said, “Just five million? He’s obviously boasting!
I’ve never heard of anyone earning up to five million just by being in the military.”
“That’s right! Brandon Baxton is an old classmate of mine. His son is a platoon leader of the Solaris
Military District, and he only earns about two hundred thousand annually!” Elijah had contempt written
all over his face. “You don’t even have a rank, so how dare you claim to have earned five million?”
“Who says that I don’t have a rank?!”
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