Chapter 713


    Patrick was dumbfounded when he heard that. "400 million dors? What is that bastard Dale trying to do?"


    Vivian was filled with regret. ''If I had known things would turn out like this, I would have acted differently. Did Dale really see us as some kind of a cash machine? Now, he was demanding an enormous sum of money, or he threatened to sell Katherine. What am I going to do about my daughter? What can I do?''


    Vivian looked at Patrick, panic in her voice. "What are we going to do? How can thepany possiblye up with that much money right now?" "My jewelry! Yes, the jewelry! Quickly contact someone to sell all of my jewelry and your antiques! Hurry, Leon!"


    Patrick grabbed her hand tightly, his face stern. "400 million dors? Even if webine all our assets, we wouldn''t be able to gather more than 42 million dors!"


    "Even if we sold everything, it wouldn''t be enough to reach 2.8 billion!"


    Vivian burst into tears. "Then what are we going to do? If Katherine doesn''te back, we''ll lose everything. Dale said he has so much dirt on us, and if we don''t pay, he''ll expose it all! Thepany will be ruined!"


    Patrick staggered, feeling lightheaded. It took him a long moment to steady himself.


    "No, thepany cannot copse! It''s my life''s work; I won''t let anything happen to it!"


    Vivian looked at him intently, and then it became clear to her as well. She understood that thepany could not afford to copse; it was theirst line of defense for survival.


    "But what about Katherine?" She asked.


    Patrick fell silent. He knew that his daughter was very important, but it was absolutely impossible to sell everything and even risk thepany''s foundation.


    Suddenly, the door was pushed open with a bang, startling them.


    Vivian turned to see who had arrived, and a trace of grief crossed her face.


    "Louis!"


    "Mom, what''s going on?"


    "That bastard Dale is demanding 400 million dors. Otherwise, your sister will... We can''t possiblye up with that amount!" Vivian clutched her chest, overwhelmed with tears. "My Katherine, that monster!"


    Louis'' eyes were red as he gritted his teeth. After a long pause, he said, "That bastard! I''ll sell all the assets under my name. There''s no time to waste. We need to act immediately. And as for thepany-if ites to that, we''ll have to mortgage it!"


    He was about to go upstairs to gather the materials when Patrick called out, "Stop!"


    Louis halted and turned to look at his father.


    Patrick said in a deep voice, "You don''t need to think about selling thepany. No matter how desperate the situation bes, Santos Group is still the result of our hard work."


    "Dad, can you even borrow money?


    The banks aren''t willing to lend us anything!" Louis reasoned. "The most urgent thing is to save Katherine. She''s in Dale''s hands, and that monster is capable of anything, especially since he''s overseas. We''re Katherine''s only hope!"


    "Even if Dale tries to threaten us after we sell thepany, it won''t cause us any threat," he added.


    Patrick and Vivian were immediately shocked. "If that''s the case, we''ll have nothing left. You too-after all the effort we''ve put into thepany, are you really willing to sell it now?"


    Louis looked at his parents in disbelief. "Mom, Dad, we''re already at this point. What does thepany matter now? Katherine is the most important."


    "But after all these years, we''ve


    finally achieved something. If you sell thepany, we''ll be left with nothing!" Patrick responded. "Louis, you''re not married, and without thepany, you''ll have nothing."


    "What about Katherine?" Louis felt a sharp pain in his heart.


    Patrick and Vivian were silent, which made him a bit incredulous. "You guys..."


    "Anyway, Louis, as long as you don''t sell thepany, I''ll figure out a way!" Vivian turned around and left. Louis was stunned. At this point, other than selling thepany, what else could they do?


    400 million dors-that was an astronomical amount.


    Vivian hesitated for a long time before asking the driver to take her to the Grant family. Aside from her, no one else could help.


    Meanwhile, Valerie received a call from Louis and learned that Dale was actually extorting 400 million dors before releasing Katherine. Valerie was astonished. "Let me think about it carefully. We''ll definitely do our best with the financial aspect."


    "Thank you, Valerie. If it doesn''t work out, I''ll mortgage thepany. Don''t listen to my parents for now. I''ll do everything I can."


    After hanging up, Valerie frowned deeply. It seemed that the Santos family still had people who genuinely cared about Katherine. Julian was also extremely anxious. Upon learning everything, his heart sank.


    "I can''t believe this bastard would dare to do this."


    He mmed his fist on the table, clearly furious.


    Katherine was such a good girl. No one could believe that Dale was so ruthless.


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    Valerie frowned. "Dale is going all in. He knows he can''t fight us anymore, so he went overseas. But his actions are quite swift!"


    Julian said in a deep voice, "Given Katherine''s situation, it''s impossible to gather 400 million dors. I''ll go back and raise the money first.. Meanwhile, you need to find out


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    where Dale is. Once we know we''ll


    capture him all at once!"


    Valerie nodded, and Julian hurriedly drove off. At that moment, he didn''t notice that Vivian''s car was parked at the entrance.