Regret Came Too Late

Chapter 196

---- Chapter 196 When everyone heard Alice's voice coming through, they froze in shock. Carmen, who had been wallowing in misery, jerked her head up. She stared at the two people on the screen in disbelief. Quentin's fist clenched as they continued listening to the conversation . Brent asked, "Ms. Lambert, should I call your family and threaten them to come rescue you?" Alice nodded, her face showing absolute confidence. The Lamberts were already familiar with Brent by now.

Normally, they would definitely panic whenever they heard his voice. Asmug smile spread across her face, and every bit of it was captured perfectly by the camera. Carmen's phone started ringing. She stared at it numbly, unable to answer for a long while. Brent asked Alice, "What if nobody picks up?" Alice thought that Brent would soon be a dead man, so she didn't bother hiding anything. "Just keep calling. Everyone in my family cares about me. They won't leave me hanging.

for falling for it year after year. All that money ends up in your pocket, and

Lambert, it's me. It's been a while, hasn't it? I blew through that 30 million dollars pretty fast. "Now T've got your daughter. If you don't bring

daughter's quite the beauty, after all." In the past, Carmen would have scrambled to pay immediately. But this time, she said nothing and merely watched the live feed. Every word from the phone matched what was playing on the screen. This was happening live; there was no way to fake it.

roughed up? I'm telling you, I want money, or things will get ugly!" He thrust the phone toward Alice, signaling her to say something. Alice's voice instantly became pathetic and tearful.

was playing on the wall, so Carmen couldn't possibly defend her now. The maids at the Lambert residence started whispering among themselves. Alice heard the commotion through the phone but didn't understand what it