Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
Hadwin Stephenson gave his subordinate a look, and they picked up the remote control to turn on the TV in the living room. News regarding the Stephenson family immediately appeared.
The more Katherine Jackson watched it, the paler her face became. At the end of the news, her entire face had turned pale and her body was trembling faintly.
‘Has the Jackson family… been turned upside down in just a /few days?’
“Hadwin Stephenson, you’re really good!” Katherine Jackson turned her head resentfully and looked at the man in front of her. He put the Jackson family in such a predicament in just a few days. She could imagine just how much Hadwin Stephenson had prepared.
‘And when did he start planning all this?’
She did not notice it at all. This whole time, she thought she had this man under her control.
“If I’m not smart enough to go against the Jackson family, I’ll be the one getting eaten up instead,” Hadwin Stephenson said lightly.
Katherine Jackson pressed her red lips tightly. Moments later, she said through gritted teeth, “You didn’t come here just to let me watch the news about the Jackson family, did you?”
“You’ve seen the news. The most crucial problem the Jackson family is facing right now is that your capital chain is about to rupture. You know what consequences it’ll bring when that happens. I’m afraid that the Jackson family will be destroyed within a year. Forget about becoming an ordinary person, you’ll be worse off than an average person. You’ll be burdened with debts you’ll never be able to pay off!”
Katherine Jackson naturally knew Hadwin Stephenson was not trying to scare her. Besides, this man… would make sure the Jackson family had a horrible end!
After all, the Jackson family was the true mastermind behind the incident five years ago!
They thought he was easier to control just because he was a bastard child, but now… Katherine Jackson greatly regretted her decision!
This man was not a tameable dog but a vengeful wolf!
“If the Jackson family’s capital chain ruptures, won’t you just be able to swallow our properties?!” Katherine Jackson said sarcastically.
There would be an enormous gap between the Jackson and Stephenson families then!
Hadwin Stephenson said, “Yes, but I can also lend you money and give you a way out.”
“What?” Katherine Jackson asked in disbelief.
‘Didn’t Hadwin Stephenson take so long to plan this just to destroy the Jackson family? But now he said he’s willing to give us a way out?’
“I can lend the Jackson family a sum of money. At least, you can keep the Sunshine City project after this crisis,” said Hadwin Stephenson.
Katherine Jackson’s heart shuddered. ‘Does Hadwin Stephenson mean the Jackson family can’t keep anything but the Sunshine City project after this crisis?
‘In that case, the Jackson family will be kicked out of high society! The rest of our a**ets will also be stripped!
‘But… maybe we’ll have a chance to turn things around with Sunshine City!’
“Why will you lend money to the Jackson family? What are you up to?” Katherine Jackson asked sternly. Hadwin Stephenson must have a greater plot if he was willing to offer such conditions!
“I want to break off our engagement,” said Hadwin Stephenson.
Katherine Jackson suddenly sneered. “Break off our engagement? Are you worried you can’t break off the engagement now that the Jackson family is in such a predicament?”
“I want you to tell the media that we’ve reached an agreement to break off the engagement. Besides, you let Lina bear such a label. You ought to clear her name, don’t you think so?” Hadwin Stephenson said coldly.
“You…” Katherine Jackson shuddered suddenly. A thought flashed through her mind, and her eyes slowly widened. “Are… Are you using Sunshine City to negotiate with me just for Lina?”
“What else? Why would I give the Jackson family a way out otherwise?” asked Hadwin Stephenson.
Katherine Jackson’s eyes are full of shock. ‘Just because of Lina, Hadwin Stephenson… is giving away billions of dollars!”
He had devised such a scheme to bring down the Jackson family, but… he would rather sacrifice that money and even leave unfinished business just for a woman?
Katherine Jackson felt that she did not understand this man at all.
“Are you going to give up easy money for a woman?”
‘For a woman… Hadwin Stephenson looked at Katherine Jackson coldly but did not answer her. He was not just doing it for a woman. It was for his everything!
In his opinion, Lina was his everything!
He could give the Jackson family a way out just for Lina, but… The Jackson family’s plot had caused Lina to suffer serious injuries, so they would still have to pay the price!
He was only letting them off the hook for now… He would make the Jackson family suffer more in the future!
Hadwin Stephenson said, “Just do whatever you have to do. There’ll be a good show tomorrow, and I need you to cooperate.”
Katherine Jackson’s face turned ghastly pale. She was once proud and confident, but she had become a pawn to be manipulated by others now!
Even though Hadwin Stephenson did not answer her, she knew what the answer was.
‘Hadwin Stephenson is… actually giving up so much money for Lina and letting the Jackson family off the hook for her sake! What’s so good about Lina that he’s willing to make such a huge sacrifice?’
At this moment, Katherine Jackson thought of how the man had pleaded with her as he knelt in front of her five years ago. “Please, save Lina. Save her! I’ll give anything if you’re willing to save her!”
Hadwin Stephenson was so humble back then!
At that time, she thought little of Hadwin Stephenson. He was only a bastard child who managed to gain power over the Stephenson family. He was still a loser in that internal fight.
‘Back then, Hadwin Stephenson could only rely on the Jackson family and me. I, Katherine Jackson, was the superior one. Hadwin Stephenson could only have a future because I chose him!’
She had promised Hadwin Stephenson to save Lina but she also asked Hadwin Stephenson to break up with Lina to be with her instead.
Maybe because he was not attracted to her, she wanted to conquer this man even more.
For the first time, she felt jealous of Lina.
She was jealous that the woman could occupy Hadwin Stephenson’s heart.
When she saw that Hadwin Stephenson was turning to leave, Katherine Jackson suddenly raised her voice and said, “Hadwin Stephenson, do you think you can still be with Lina? You lost your shot to be with her five years ago!”
Hadwin Stephenson’s footsteps never paused. It was as if what she said did not affect him.
Katherine Jackson collapsed to the floor once the figure disappeared out of her sight.
Even if the Jackson family… could survive this, it would never be the same as before. What she could do was only slow down. the Jackson family’s downfall and leave them enough cushion to fall back on. She would find a way to turn things around in the future!
However, tomorrow… Tomorrow would be the day she got humiliated!
Katherine Jackson was furious at the thought of putting on a show to clear Lina’s name! However, she could not escape this!
Hadwin Stephenson’s car slowly drove away from the mansion.
The driver in the front row asked, “Mr. Stephenson, do you want to go back to your residence first?”
However, Hadwin Stephenson asked the driver to drive to the neighborhood Lina was staying temporarily in.
The driver responded, and the car drove toward the direction.
Hadwin Stephenson closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, feeling weary.
He had always been weary. When he was a child, he had wearily learned everything he could just to win his father’s favor and rea**ure his mother.
As he was a bastard child, he needed to seize all the opportunities he could and hide his temper, joy, anger, and ambition…
When he got a little wiser, he started walking on eggshells, thinking thrice before every step he took.
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