His unwanted wife, the world’s coveted genius by Derk Blaylock

Chapter 1105:

After pausing to take a deep breath, Baker spoke with a grave tone. “This man must be in some kind of trouble right now, or perhaps he’s short on cash, which is why he has approached you. Given his situation, he won’t be content with just one payment. If you give him five hundred thousand now, it won’t be long before he returns, possibly asking you for a million, or even two million!”

“That’s exactly what I’m afraid of.” Holley bit her lip, her expression fraught with concern. “But under the current circumstances, we can’t just refuse him! If we do, he’ll turn to Belinda! What other options do we have?”

Baker’s expression darkened.

Before he could reply, Holley suddenly recalled something and quickly added, “Oh, Baker! When I saw Lamont recently, he looked completely different! At first, I didn’t even recognize him. He mentioned that he ran into some trouble years ago and had plastic surgery to alter his appearance.”

Baker’s eyes narrowed thoughtfully.

Trouble?

That might be something they could use.

you for money. However, Mr. Clark’s team is currently investigating matters that happened in Belinda’s childhood. Lamont is certainly on their radar, so I can’t look

you were also investigating matters that happened in Belinda’s childhood. After all, you’re Belinda’s father—it’s perfectly reasonable for you to look

realized

𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: g⸮𝗮𝗅⸮𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⸮ⅽ⸮𝗈𝗆

I’ll arrange for someone to dig into Lamont’s past tomorrow. For now, let’s handle Lamont cautiously.

resolve. “Okay, I’ll do

didn’t add

In Carola’s room.

threw her arms around her, and burst into tears. “Mom! It’s over! My life is

initially startled by Kylee’s actions. Then, she gently patted Kylee’s

and handed over the blood test report she had received. “This… This is my

caused Carola’s heart to skip

expression transformed as she read its

crumpled in