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“Richard, we don’t have 3 million in liquid funds right now. Can we pay you in installments?” lan asked with utmost

sincerity.

Richard puffed out his chest. “Of course!”

“Then, can you stop harassing Rebecca during this time? Don’t come here to bother her or cause scenes at her company. Let her have some peace for a while,” lan pressed.

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Too drunk on his sudden advantage, Richard didn’t question how lan already knew about the threat, despite just arriving. Acting like he was granting a huge favor, Richard said, “Agreed.”

lan smiled. “Thanks, Richard.”

“When will the money hit my account?” Richard relaxed, relieved to avoid dishwashing duty. “I need it urgently.”

“Anytime.” lan finally showed his cards. “But I wonder how much you’ll ask for. Different amounts lead to different sentencing.”

Richard froze. “Sentencing?”

“For extortion,” lan said innocently, spreading his hands. “You threatened to harass Rebecca at home and work if we didn’t

pay up.”

“This is my daughter’s home!” Richard, who had just calmed down, flared up again. “I’ll do whatever I want. An outsider like you has no right to interfere.”

“This isn’t just Rebecca’s home.” lan lied smoothly. “We’re co–renting this place. Your disturbance affects all of us.”

Richard looked around the room. Aside from Rebecca and Samuel’s belongings, there was no sign of a third person.

“Want to see the rental agreement? I’ll have someone bring it over,” lan continued, bluffing without hesitation.

Richard turned and glared at Rebecca, his face red with anger.

Rebecca met his gaze squarely, not flinching or avoiding eye contact.

hissed through clenched teeth. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll

you had that kind of resolve,” Jessica’said coolly, “you

seek their own downfall,”

tantrums, but every at

thirty years of luxury had taught him one thing–one

energy drained. “Let’s not make

her and her mother kindly like before, she would’ve done

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and savings, and forced her into escort work, any

boiled over, and he asked, “Don’t you want to know why I abandoned you and your

answer seemed obvious–he

of me when the company went bankrupt or after the accident?”

at his

kept going, “Didn’t you wonder

said that there was no point wasting

why he was irrelevant since he was her father. Before she could get an

the family. But have you ever met your mother’s side? Her parents, uncles, or

quickly, “Mom said she

“Does your mother

Amelia seemed more like someone from an intellectual

tell you

“When Mom wakes up, she’ll tell me

promised to come home and tell her a story, but that journey stretched over

chest tightened with anger.

things to

lan’s earlier warning echoed in his

had made him cautious. Her mysteriously untraceable identity made him act

way.” lan gestured politely

at Rebecca one last time before leaving, already scheming new ways to get what

….

bodyguards, who had been trying to come up with excuses to go up, snapped to attention when they saw

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