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Chapter 102 The Leverage

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“I didn’t. I just want the Summers family to rise again–what’s wrong with that? If you won’t help us, can’t I find another way out?”

“A way out? I’m your daughter. As long as I’m Mrs. Luke, the Summers family will never fall. So what if we’re temporarily bankrupt now? Didn’t you hear what Jensen said just now? As long as I’m Mrs. Luke, the Summers family will be safe.”

Sharon’s words left Mrs. Summers speechless.

Jensen had treated both the family and Sharon so harshly before–it wasn’t unreasonable for her to worry. But now, if Jensen could be persuaded to spare the Summers family for Sharon’s sake, she no longer wanted to risk exposing her daughter.

Mrs. Summers swallowed hard. “I was just anxious, that’s all. Didn’t you see how your father’s hair turned white overnight? If the Summers family collapses, even as Mrs. Luke, will anyone still respect you? How long do you think you can keep up the act of being terminally ill? Once the truth comes out, what then? Jensen could crush you with a single finger!”

“And if the Summers family survives, what real help can you give me? Didn’t Jensen already drive you to bankruptcy once?”

Sharon’s words cut deep, nearly taking Mrs. Summers’s breath away.

a rising foreign company. We’re planning to work with them.

words cooled Sharon’s murderous

She was right.

the truth about her fake cancer came out, Sharon couldn’t be sure she could control

had its uses. After

Sharon frowned slightly.

“Is that

company reliable?”

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so we couldn’t act. Now that Jensen wants to make it up to you, get some money from him for us. Once the Summers family rises again, we’ll be your

course I want you to live well. But the Summers family is your foundation. You can’t lose it, and you can’t let it fall. Help us stand again, and I swear no one will ever be able to

child. Natalie was gone now–this was the only daughter she had left. If

wasn’t stupid; she knew where her

a way to get the money. But before that, you’re not allowed to go to Jensen again. And Mom, are you really planning to give him Natalie’s swaddles? Aren’t you afraid he’ll use

face drained of

Sharon narrowed her eyes.

peasant woman’s child. But the DNA test proved otherwise. Her identity has never been investigated. For five years, she was blinded by love, thinking Jensen was all she needed. Why

Mrs. Summers’s eyes flickered with panic,