Chapter 148 Nothing Left to Say
Elsie shivered, but her terrified gaze slid past Yunice–locking instead on Wyatt standing behind her.
Yunice caught that small detail instantly.
Finished
She straightened up and spoke clearly, “You may have scraped together 4 million dollars, but as the victim, Mr. Quinton hasn’t agreed to settle.”
Owen, reminded of this, glanced at Quinton with growing unease.
4 million dollars could be raised. sure–but they couldn’t buy back a jade bracelet that rare. Whether or not to accept the settlement was still Quinton’s call,
Quinton took in the wrecked courtyard and the bruises on Yunice’s body.
He knew she wasn’t doing all this to make things hard for the Saunders family; she was waiting on his stance.
After all, the gifts had to be returned to him through Yunice.
Quinton said. “Then, for Ms. Saunders‘ sake, I’ll let it go.”
He said it skillfully–and slapped the Saunders family in the face even harder.
The one they’d always called the most useless had now become the only reason they were getting forgiven.
Owen’s pride was crushed. He stayed silent, seething, waiting to see what Yunice would throw at them next.
Yunice stood tall. “Since Mr. Quinton has spoken, then Mr. Owen, please take charge and deposit this money into the bank Transfer it to Mr. Quinton’s account so both parties have a record, yes?”
Paul glared at Yunice, fuming. So now we have to clean up this mess too?
Yunice threw him a mocking look, as if to say: Sure had fun throwing it, didn’t expect you’d be the one stuck picking it all up, huh!
She could guess Paul’s original plan: toss the money, then sit back and watch her crawl on the ground, picking up every single bill while begging for mercy.
Too bad for him–it didn’t go that way.
Yunice shifted her gaze and added, “Also, the coins Mr. Cooper lost on the Saunders property–please collect those and send them to the west wing courtyard.”
Owen snapped, “What gives-”
He was about to ask what gave her the right, but Yunice raised a finger to her lips. Owen turned red as a beet but bit his
tongue.
Yunice lowered her hand and smiled. T’m sure Mr. Owen wouldn’t want a reputation for keeping other people’s property”
No one said a word. Even if the coins had been dumped in the Saunders courtyard, as long as Wyatt hadn’t said they were a gift, they weren’t theirs to keep.
And even if the Saunders family technically had a case, Wyatt could make sure they lost anyway.
This defeat left no room for debate.
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