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Andrew noticed something was off with fiona and walked over to her. He asked, “What’s wrong? Can’t we even come up with 30 thousand dollars?”
“Of course, we have it. How could we not?” Fiona said, searching for her wallet, but it was obvious she was just stalling
Andrew kept his eyes on her.
Just then, Fiona’s phone rang. She looked as if she had found the savior. She seired the chance and started walking out while saying, “Tneed to take this
call. I’ll go pay later.”
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Andrew realized something was up and told her to stay put, but Fiona left like a shot.
Anna quickly stepped in to stop Andrew. “Dad, don’t worry. Mom will take care of it. Let’s figure out another way, I can sell my jewelry. I’ll go do it right
now.
Andrew’s face darkened. “No. This is our family’s issue. I can’t let you sell your stuff for this, Stella is the one who turns her back on us. If there’s anyone to blame, it’s her, not you. You shouldn’t have to pay for her mistakes.”
Asly smile curled on Anna’s lips. In her eyes, Stella was an idiot. Stella butt heads with their parents, while Anna could make them be on her side with a few words
Stella might have everything now, but Anna was sure all of it would end up back in her hands sooner or later.
Not wanting to just sit around and do nothing, Anna hurried off to see Lionel
Anna arrived at his office, knocked on the door, and called out sweetly, “Lionel, are you busy?”
“No. Did you get Max’s surgery paid for? Lionel asked.
Anna brought Emily into the office with her and said, “Here’s the thing. You’ve seen what’s going on with my family. I hate to ask, but I’m honestly out of options. Could you lend me some money!”
Lionel looked at her. “Anna, don’t say that. We’re engaged. There’s no need to talk about borrowing between us.”
“Yeah, but we’re not married yet. We’ve already put in so much money ourselves, and we really can’t come up with any more. You know how bad Max’s situation is. We can’t just stand by and watch him lying there, can we?” Anna said.
Lionel paused for a moment and then said, “You’re right. I should help you, but things are a bit tight for me right now. I have 15 thousand dollars on hand, I’ll go pay it at the inpatient department for you in a bit.”
Anna was shocked.
Back when Hayes Group had asked for hundreds of millions, the Quinn family didn’t help. Now, Max’s hospital bill was just 300 thousand dollars, but Lionel was only offering 15 thousand dollars, even less than the cost of any purse Anna bought.
Emily was just as shocked. She was even starting to look down on Lionel.
The Quinn family was a big shot clan, which was worth billions of dollars at their peak. However, all Lionel could cough up for Max was 15 thousand dollars. Emily felt it was unbelievable.
Emily thought, ‘Seriously? Anna could get way more than 15 thousand dollars by selling one of her purses
“Sorry, I don’t have that much at hand, Anna. This is all I can do to help,” Lionel said.
Lionel know 15 thousand dollars was barely anything, but that was all he had. He really had no other way.
Lately, his parents had been pressuring him to break up with Anna. With the Hayes Group taken over by Stella, Lionel’s parents liked Stella even more. If
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Stella hadn’t married, they would have tried to set him up with her.
However, the Hayes family was in bad shape now. Linnel’s parents figured Lionel should marry someone better than Anna, with all his potential
If Lionel insisted on staying with Anria, not only would the Hayes family be unable to help, but the Quinn family would have to help the Hayes family
Levelfelt a pang of guilt. He had already let Stella down. He couldn’t do the same to Anna, He was willing to give Anna every last cent he had.
“No, thanks, Lianel, You save that money. I’ll try to find another way,” Anna said,
With that, Anna walked out of the office.
Emily muttered, “What does Mr. Quinn mean? 15 thousand dollars? is he trying to humiliate you? I gave you 30 thousand dollars, but he only comes up with 157 See what I mean-
“Enough. Are you done yet?” Anna snapped, not wanting to hear another word.
Emily was surprised by Anna’s reaction. She wondered, ‘Anna has always seemed so delicate and sweet. When did she get so harsh?”
Realizing she had let her real self slip out, Anna quickly put on her usual smile and said, “Sorry, I was just feeling upset. I didn’t mean to take it out on you. Please don’t be mad.”
Emily thought maybe she had seen it wrong and shook her head.
Anna glanced at Emily, and her gaze instantly turned icy.
Meanwhile, Silas came to Fiona, complaining about how slow Fiona was. He grumbled, “How many times did I call you? What took you so long?”
“It’s because Mar is in the hospital,” Fiona shot back.
“I know. He got hit by a truck. Don’t worry, I talked to the driver. He’s just a worker. There’s a boss behind him. I go talk to his boss and make sure we got the money back for you,” Silas assured her.
Fiona finally felt relieved after hearing that. She said, “Don’t just show up for no reason. I told you that we’re really out of money these days.”
Silas said, “Fiona, don’t fool me. You said you were broke back then, too, but you still managed to come up with cash, didn’t you? Hurry up. If you don’t give me the money, they’re going to chop off my balls.
still haven’t had a son. Don’t you sympathize with me!”
Fiona had a splitting headache. “It’s not that I don’t want to. I’m really out of cash. Do you know how much I’ve given you behind Andrew’s back? Why can’t you hold onto your money for once instead of blowing it all on gambling!
“Andrew is getting suspicious. If he finds out about this, he’ll get mad
Silas stared at her in disbelief. “Walt, you never told him? Why the hell not?”
“How am I supposed to tell him? If he ever found out you blew all that money on gambling back then and now, do you think he would stick around wit
? Fiona shot back.
“What about Max? He can’t just leave me hanging, can he?” Silas said.
“I can’t even scrape together 30 thousand dollars right now. Max is still unconsciously lying in a hospital bed. How am I supposed to care about you at
ame?” Fiona shot back.
“I don’t care. You have to give me the money. I’ve been racking my brains trying to help you these days. By the way, didn’t you say you had some jewelry? Hand it all over Silas demanded.
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Fiona was at her wits end “beady gave you all my jewelry. There’s nothing leh
“What about Anna’s? I’m her uncle, too. Anna wouldn’t turn a blind eye and let me suffer,” Silas insisted
Fiona was instantly imitated. “How could you even think about going after Anna’s belongings? Listen, you can try your luck with anyone else, but don’t you dare lay a finger on my daughter’s stuff.
“Those pieces have their usage. You know how delicate her health is, if anything happened to her, could you afford it?”
Silas was really anxious now. Just then, his phone started ringing. It was a debt collector again. Without thinking, Silas tried to grab Fiona’s purse
