From Heartbreak to Happily Ever After

Chapter 521

“This is the old double–entry bookkeeping system. It looks complicated,” said Debra, squinting at the thick ledgers laid out in front of her.

“You can understand it?” Marion asked, surprised.

“Sort of,” she replied, eyes still fixed on the pages. “I haven’t seen this in a long time, so I’ll need to refamiliarize myself.”

Debra examined the books closely. Beside her, Marion couldn’t help but watch her serious expression.

“I didn’t realize you were so skilled. You even know how to handle this kind of bookkeeping.”

Debra smiled but gave him a playful eye roll.

“Did you forget what I studied? I majored in finance. If I can’t read these books, how could I ever manage a company?”

Despite her light tone, Debra couldn’t help but feel a wave of gratitude toward Juan.

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In her past life, she had loved him deeply and had worked tirelessly to learn everything about finance just to help him. She’d absorbed knowledge quickly back then. If not for the foundation she built in that life, she wouldn’t have understood any of this now.

she studied the ledgers, her brow furrowed deeper. Something’s

concern coloring his voice. “What do

They don’t add up.” she explained, flipping to a specific

Houston family’s foreign goods business shows an annual income of 300 thousand dollars. But the expenditures? 600 thousand. Where

business was cosmetics. Our income for the year was 100 thousand dollars, but the expenditures are

continued to scan the pages, her fingers tracing the columns of numbers. “Osborne family? Agricultural business. Yearly income: 200 thousand dollars. Expenditures, 400 thousand. Again, double.” Finally, Debra reached the ledger for the Potter family. Now, look at this one. Their total annual income

understood her implication. “You mean all the money from the other families eventually ended up

the first year, all four families reported a loss, double their actual income. And in the end, every penny landed

four families had all made

Potter family’s total annual income to realize that they suddenly gained 1.2 million

equivalent to more then 1.2 billion dollars

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of money would have been an astronomical

chill run through the

money be the treasure the four families were rumored

aloud.

admitted. “But money loses its value over time. Could they really have been fixated on 1.2 million dollars for all these years, dismantling the four great families over such