Chapter 230 – Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family

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“Okay, I trust you; I’ll rest easy.” Grace said with a laugh, showing great trust in Mirabella’s medical skills, “By the way, when I get out of the hospital, I want to move to that house in the suburbs.”

She no longer wanted to see Demetrius and the others.

“Alright, I’ll have it cleaned up.”

“After I’ve recovered a bit, arrange a meeting with your parents. I want to talk to them face–to–face.”

“Sure, no problem.”

“You carry on; I need to rest.”

“Okay, bye, Granny.”

After hanging up, Mirabella looked at Jack and said, “Check if Demetrius went to the hospital today.”

“Did something happen to the old lady?”

“No.” Mirabella just thought her voice sounded a bit down and, wasn’t sure if it had anything to do with Demetrius. “Also, have Caden check on her to see if she’s feeling unwell.”

“Alright.” After completing the task, Jack reported back, “Boss, Demetrius did go to the hospital today with Olga and Yolanda. I guess they were there to visit a patient!”

“What did Caden say?”

“He said the old lady’s mood has been a bit up and down, but there’s nothing majorly wrong with her. Probably pissed off by those three numbskulls.”

“Do we still have those miniature surveillance devices we used before?”

“Boss, are you planning to install surveillance in the hospital room?” Jack immediately caught on, saying, “We should have done this ages ago.”

“I’m on it!”

After a while, Jack found the last miniature surveillance device. It was developed by Mirabella a long time ago and looked like a grain of rice, so it’s virtually invisible no matter where they stuck it.

“Boss, this is the last one. Here you go.”

“I’m headed to the hospital tomorrow. Keep your eyes peeled here.”

“You got it.”

Meanwhile.

Olga, waiting in the hallway, saw Demetrius and Yolanda coming out of the room and couldn’t help but ask, “What happened? You’re out already? What did the old lady say? How much is she giving us?”

“Drop it.” Demetrius looked like he had lost all his mojo.

“So, the old hag still won’t cough up a dime, huh?” Olga asked, then noticed a wound on his forehead: “What happened to your head?”

“Mom, you wouldn’t believe it. Grandma threw a massive fit and hit Dad in the head. Even when we were on our knees begging, she still wouldn’t change her will.”

“That old bag!” Olga cursed in her mind, “I’ll go talk to her.”

“Don’t.” Demetrius grabbed her hand and was about to say something when his phone rang.

“Hello? What? The Collins family again? Why do they keep targeting us?”

After hanging up, Demetrius couldn’t figure out why the Collins family kept coming at them.”

The Melton family wasn’t even a threat to the Collins! Why were they so hell–bent on messing with them?

“What happened?” Olga couldn’t help asking, “What did the Collins do this time?”

“Ever since the Collins sent us a warning, almost all of our material suppliers have refused to work with us. We haven’t had new stock in ages!”

“Though we still have some inventory and some old orders in production, a bunch of manufacturers called today saying they won’t work with us anymore and to stop production. It took us a while to find out that it’s the Collins pulling the strings.”

“Also, many of the malls that our brick–and–mortar stores are located in are forcing us out, even offering compensation for breaking the lease. And for our leases that are about to expire, they’re not planning on renewing unless we’re willing to pay ten times the rent.”

“Ten times? Why don’t they just rob us?” Olga couldn’t believe it.

“Also, all our loyal customers are gone.”

“And our employees. The word is that if they go to any of the Collins‘ subsidiaries, they get double the salary and even double the vacation days. Now a lot of them are suddenly quitting.”

“Could it be because of what happened last time?” Olga suddenly remembered how they had blocked Kenneth and Louisa at the Dawn Restaurant, and Louisa didn’t look happy.

Could that be why the Collins have intensified their attacks on the Melton family?

“Now we’re under multiple pressures, and we heard that there’s an insider leaking our secrets,” Demetrius said, anxious and at a loss. “Now our capital chain is broken again, and if we don’t fix it, the Melton family is really going to go belly up.”

Yolanda went pale the moment she heard the news.

No, the Melton family can’t go bankrupt, at least not now!

Her engagement party with Zachary was just around the corner, and if they went bankrupt now, she wouldn’t even be able to marry a regular rich kid like Zachary!

Her future would be just like any other ordinary person’s. No, she couldn’t let that happen!

“I’ll go talk to her,” Olga said, getting ready to walk into the sick room in her high heels.

“Right now, we should start selling off my shares. The more we can stall, the better. Don’t bother with her; she won’t help, Demetrius sighed, seemingly having foreseen the outcome.

Olga wanted to say something, but Demetrius cut her off. “You know her temperament; the more we want her help, the less likely she is to give it. Let’s wait a few days before we approach her.”

“What’s she doing with all those shares and cash? She can’t take it with her, and she won’t help us solve our problems!” Olga was more resentful of the old woman after saying this.

So was Yolanda. She wished the old woman would just kick the bucket already. After all, she hadn’t contributed anything to their descendants and always favored Mirabella!

At least if she were dead, she wouldn’t be in the way or waste medical expenses!

“That’s her property! Now, help me spread the word and see if anyone we know is willing to buy our shares at a high price. Remember, this needs to be hush–hush.”

Yolanda’s engagement party was about to begin. If people found out that the head of the Melton family was selling off shares, they would definitely think the Melton family was going under. Once the stock price dropped, the company’s crisis would worsen, and it would be even harder to recover!

“I got it!” Olga was very pissed off. She hadn’t expected to end up having to sell her shares without gaining anything.

Meanwhile, Jack got the news not long after Olga spread the word.

“Boss, the Collins family’s attack on the Melton family has intensified. Demetrius can’t hold out any longer; he’s started selling off his shares,”

Mirabella was surprised that her parents would attack the Melton family for no reason. Was it because of her?

With that thought in mind, she tapped her fingers lightly on the table and started planning. “Spread the word that the Melton family is going bankrupt. Create some negative news to add pressure and make the stock price plummet. Then have Dylan step in and buy up all the shares from Demetrius.”

“Alright, no problem!”

Jack knew that once Mirabella took action, no one else mattered!

They had been too lenient with the Melton family in the past.

“Besides the shares, what other assets do they have?” Mirabella asked, lifting her head.

“If we don’t count what the old lady has, Demetrius only has some real estate and a Maybach left. But Olga also has some shares, plus houses, cars, etc.”

This time, they were selling Demetrius’s shares, but Olga’s were still retained and not up for sale.

“We need to find a way to make them give up everything at once.”

Since they kept harassing the old lady and making her angry, they deserved a lesson.

After all, they would never learn their lesson in their lifetime.

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