Chapter 34
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 investmentsing 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 andy down
on hisp beforementing, “My work all these years is about to fall into ruins—”When Kingsley heard
that, heforted 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 Reene stumble.
“Where is that b*stard?! Ask him toe 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 exin
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 inpensation!” Elijah red 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.Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.
“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 thepany was not a big deal, but now that Neveah Department Store was on the verge of
bankruptcy, wanting to borrow five million from thepany had be 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 red 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 ce! 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!”Ysabel 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 thepensation.”“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 exined, “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
ssmate of mine. His son is a toon leader of the Sris 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 im to have earned five million?”“Who says that I don’t have a rank?!”