Journey Of Me And My Seven Sisters

Chapter 126 Bet

Jacqueline furrowed her brows slightly but didn’t say anything.

However, at that moment, a woman’s voice suddenly rang out on the second floor. “Let him do it.”

The woman who spoke had a curvy figure. She was in her early thirties and was obviously still young but insisted on dressing up like a mature wealthy lady. Her hair was tied into a high bun, and she accessorized herself with various gold and silver jewelry.

Her eyeshadow was heavily applied, and all her fingers were painted with nail polish, giving her an ostentatious vibe.

Hearing the woman permitting Emrys to treat Roger, Sebastian asked in bafflement, “Hannah, why are you doing this?”

The woman sneered, “Your dad is in such a miserable state now. I doubt he can live much longer. Even if we’re scammed, his condition won’t get any worse. At most, we won’t pay the scammer.”

Her words were harsh, but that was the truth.

Jacqueline glanced at that woman with a disdainful expression.

That woman’s name was Hannah Stark. Roger married her after his first wife passed away. She was Jacqueline’s stepmother, but the two didn’t get along well.

to addressing her as Hannah due

the stairs, pointed at Emrys with her dark red nail–polished finger, and said, “I’ll allow you to treat my husband’s illness, but I want to clarify in advance that if you can’t cure him,

Emrys sized her up in silence and curled his lips into a smirk. “Do you think I’ll treat him just

froze. After a few seconds, she snorted. “It seems like you really are a scammer. The moment you hear about not being able to receive any payment if you fail to treat him, you chickened out. Say, you’re still so young. You could do so many things, yet you chose to deceive and swindle money off others.” Hannah stared at

just like that, but a better idea suddenly popped into his mind, prompting him to chirp, “I can give it a try, but if I

assets?” All the members of

and roared, “Who gave you the guts to say something like that, wanting half of the

ignored him. Instead, he riveted his eyes on Hannah

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Hannah’s countenance changed as she racked her brain to figure out Emrys‘ source

could speak, Jacqueline, standing at one side, piped up, “Sure. If you can cure my dad’s condition, I’ll willingly gift you half of the Balford family’s

“Jacqueline-”

you want to stand by and watch as our dad dies from

say something, but after getting admonished by

silent.

his gaze back onto Hannah and mocked, “As the eldest one here, you’re not even as courageous as this

agree to your request, but if you fail to cure Roger,