Chapter 840


    Upon hearing the amount of the money, Lorenzo blinked in shock with a hint of excitement. "One


    million? Really?"


    "Yes! Why would I lie to you?"


    Mrs. Jacob was so excited that she blushed gleefully. "Maybe we can extort more money from him.


    If he refuses, he can''t take ine with him!


    It was obvious that the man had feelings for ine.


    Nodding in acknowledgement, Lorenzo patted his wife''s hand and called for Zoe. "Take your mom


    to the sofa."


    Zoe came over and helped her mother up. "Let''s sit over there."


    Sitting not far away from them, Mrs. Jacob ordered, "Zoe, go and buy some food and ask ine to


    stay for dinner. We will be a family soon!" Pouting in dismay, Zoe whined, "Why should I? I don''t


    want to! Let ine go! She''s always the one to go to the market and then cook for us."


    Her mother red at her and chided, "Shut up! Just do what I tell you to do!"


    Lorenzo added, "Your mom''s right. Just go, hurry!" Usually, ine was in charge of all the house


    chores and Zoe had never done anything at home. Now that she was forced to do it, it annoyed her.


    However, she did not dare to confront ine now like she always did as ine had a strong


    support.


    As her parents red at her with a hint of warning, Zoe reluctantly went to the stairs and even


    red at ine when she passed by her.


    ine just pretended that she didn''t see it.


    On the other hand, Vincent looked at Zoe with his frigid and intimidating gaze.


    However, Zoe failed to sense the emotions behind those gaze but only noticed that he was looking


    her way, so she blushed and hurried downstairs.


    As soon as she went downstairs, she was shocked to see the peopleing to her house and


    quickly rushed up the stairs. "Dad, Mom!"


    As soon as she entered the house, the people behind her caught up. "B*tch, shut up!"


    The same group of gangsters came again.


    In a blink of an eye, two men caught Zoe, and one of them muffled her mouth and asked fiercely, "Is


    Lorenzo home?"


    Frightened, she nodded profusely.


    "He''s upstairs?"


    "Hmm..."


    Zoe continued to nod.


    Bob spat in disdain and urged, "Boys, keep your voice down! We don''t want that old fart to run away


    this time!"


    "Okay!"


    Then, they tiptoed up the stairs.


    Scared, Zoe wanted to scream but she couldn''t make a sound.


    Meanwhile, her parents were hatching a secret n in their mind.


    The man seemed to be a wealthy man, so they wanted to extort as much money as they could from


    him!


    "Ahem!"


    Clearing his throat, Lorenzo started, "ine, you haven''t introduced him to us yet. What''s his


    name?"


    Before she could say anything, a few people suddenly rushed up to the second floor.


    Sensing themotion, Vincent''s first reaction was to pull ine to his side and frowned.


    Astounded at first, ine looked down and found that he was holding her hand.


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    She struggled and tried to pull her hand out of his, only to find that he was holding her very tightly.


    Persevering, she tried again and Vincent red at her fiercely. "Stay still! You''ll hurt yourself!"


    It was the first time that she had seen him like this. She moved her mouth and wanted to say


    something, but in the end, she held it back.


    Looking up at the group of people who came up the stairs, she recognized them as the same


    gangster from yesterday.


    Seeing them, Lorenzo''s first reaction was to run, but he suddenly thought as something crossed his


    mind, and he turned to them with a smile. "Hey, Bob! Come, sit down!"


    Donning a cunning smile, Bob wrapped his arm around Zoe''s shoulder and smirked at Lorenzo.


    "Don''t you want to run just now? Run! What''s stopping you?"


    Zoe was so scared that she didn''t dare to move a muscle.


    Lorenzo froze for a second, then blurted, "You''re here, so why should I run..."


    Bob nced at him. "Where is the money?"


    Lorenzo pursed his lips silently.


    Panicked, Mrs. Jacob stood up and cried, "Calm down. Zoe''s innocent and scared. Please let her


    go."


    "I need a leverage to get my payment, and she''s perfect as my hostage." Bob smiled sinisterly. "Pay


    me, and I''ll leave, but if you don''t pay me today, haha! Your daughter is quite young and pretty; I''m


    sure she''s worth a good price. Consider it as your interest!"


    "You can''t do that to my girl!" Jumping up from the sofa, Mrs. Jacob wanted to rush to them but she


    was afraid. "We''ll pay you, but please let her go."


    Bob''s smile turned into a grimace. "B*tch, don''t you understand what I just f*cking said? Pay me,


    and I''ll let her go!"


    Lorenzo broke out in a cold sweat. He wanted to pay his debt but he didn''t have a penny on him.


    Hence, he simply pointed at ine and blurted, "Take the money from her! She will pay my debt!


    She found herself a rich man. The car you saw outside our house? It''s his, and it''s worth a few


    million dors. He can pay for the three hundred grand debt that I owe you!"


    Listening to Lorenzo''s ridiculous remark, ineughed instead for she didn''t expect there was


    such a shameless person.


    Bob turned to look at them.


    Since Vincent and ine stood in a dark corner, he couldn''t see them clearly.


    Before he came in, he did see the luxurious car parking outside the house. The informant he


    assigned near the house told him that a rich man came to their house. Hence, he was convinced


    that he could get his money today!


    "Are you the owner of the car outside?" Bob pushed Zoe away and asked with a smile.


    Vincent looked over and said, "Yes."


    With a giggle, Bob asked, "What''s your rtionship with her?"


    He said, pointing at ine.


    Squinting his eyes, Vincent asked, "What do you think?"


    Shocked by his bizarre attitude, Bob was taken aback for a moment before rebuking, "I''m asking


    you questions! Answer me!"


    As Vincent came out of the darkness with a smile on his face, he asked, "Do you really want an


    answer from me?"


    When Frankie saw him, he was so frightened that his legs went limp. "B-Bob, it''s him! He beat us up


    yesterday!"


    After ine fainted yesterday, Vincent came over and wanted to take her with him, but the punks


    refused to, so he beat them up and took her away.


    When the punks told Bob about it, he doubted them because he didn''t believe that one man could


    hurt so many of his men.


    He thought of it as a lousy excuse since they couldn''t get the money from Lorenzo.


    But he didn''t expect that there was such a person.


    Eyeing Vincent carefully, he noticed that he was tall but not sturdy. He didn''t look like he was good


    at beating people.


    How could a scrawny man like him hurt so many of his men?


    It was impossible!


    Skeptically, Bob pushed Frankie aside and red at Vincent. "Enough with the b*llsh*t. Lorenzo


    said that you''re his daughter''s man. If he can''t pay me today, you, his future son-inw, will


    responsible for it!"


    Vincent nodded slightly. "Okay, I can give you the money..."


    With that, ine tugged his arm hurriedly. "No! You can''t!"


    She would be so ashamed and guilty if he paid her father''s debt.


    "Shut up, b*stard!"


    Panicked, Mrs. Jacob rushed forward, wanting to pinch ine, but a single cold re from Vincent


    was enough to make her froze in fright while cursing ine in her mind.


    She should just be quiet since the man had agreed to pay those gangsters!


    Lorenzo hissed anxiously, "ine, we''re your parents. You can''t do this to us! Or we''ll have to pay


    the price today!"


    "Cut the crap!" Bob growled impatiently. "Give me the money!"


    "The money is not meant to pay their debt," Vincent uttered, expressionless.