When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 139

Chapter 139

Hearing this, Allen’s face went through a rapid palette of emotions, ending up with a shade that screamed trouble. “Well, well… we’re all family here, right?” he stammered, “No need to keep tabs like this.”

Bryant, cool as a cucumber, laid on the charm thick, “Oh, but there is, Uncle. Gratitude is owed where gratitude is due. Don’t be shy about asking for it. Setting aside the financial help she’s given over the years, raising her must have cost a pretty penny, at least ten grand, right? So, I figure I owe you a hundred million.”

“The thing is… the thing is…”

Allen’s face was a live show of colors, finally settling on a dee, red. “Seriously, after all these years, how could I possibly keep track of all this?”

“No trouble at all. Which bank are you with? I’ll make a call, and we’ll have it sorted in minutes,” Bryant said, pretending to reach for his phone.

Allen, terrified, practically lunged at Bryant, pleading. “Mr. Ferguson, no need to check, really!”

He was petrified Bryant would uncover the truth about how he had almost maltreated me and cause him trouble. His guilt was written all over his face.

“What’s wrong?”

Jane was being ungrateful? Now that we want

enough to say, “Who needs a hundred million? If you really want to give something,

Bryant let out a scoff, “Uncle, I’ve been around the block a few times in the business world, and

are you saying, you’ve just

“How could that be…?”

to raise his

“Why couldn’t she?”

supported by a nurse, entered, “Did you ever spend money on Jane? She went to public school, came home to chores, and started part-time jobs in middle school! And

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sympathy

away, telling myself

“I raised her,

with It? Haven’t forgotten, have you?” Allen, after a moment’s thought, retorted angrily, “Why bring up something from so long

shame and remorse, “Your parents must have foreseen the company’s crisis and let that half a million with me, in case something happened, to take care of you. But he g nbled it all away… I’ve been