Chapter 87: Chapter 87

Chapter 87 See You in Court Beck and Jane slept in separate rooms after a messy fight.

Early the next morning, Beck was sleeping on the big bed in the guest room when his phone suddenly rang with an ear-piercing ringtone.

He fumbled for the phone in a daze and heard a panicked voice as soon as he picked it up. “Sir, the lawyers of the Smith Group came over with a default notice and asked us to pay the default today. We don’t have 200 million! Please come over right now. If we can’t pay them today, they’ll sue us.”

Beck was instantly wide awake. He didn’t expect Alston to come at him early in the morning, and he wasn’t even prepared.

His heart was beating violently, and he almost had a heart attack. “Wait for me. I’ll be there soon.”

“Hurry up! I can’t hold them any longer!”

Then, he hung up the phone immediately.

Beck hurriedly got up from the bed and wanted to put on a suit, only to realize that he and Jane were still fighting, so Jane didn’t ask the servant to prepare his clothes.

Beck was furious, but he could only put on the suit of last night. It was wrinkled after the fighting, but he had no time to deal with it. It took 20 minutes to arrive at the company, so he put on the suit and rushed downstairs without even washing up.

Jane only saw him rushing past her like a gust of wind. She was stunned for a moment, then thought about last night, and she suddenly lost her appetite.

Although she hated Beck, she didn’t want the Miller family to go bankrupt. Otherwise, her life would be ruined. She wouldn’t even want to live anymore if all the good stuff in her life disappeared.

Thinking of this, she quickly picked up her phone and called her family, trying to borrow some money.

However, everyone already knew what had happened last night. The Green family and the Smith Group had become enemies of the Miller Group. Now, everyone was avoiding the Miller family.

Jane knew nothing about this. She got on the phone, but her family only said a few words and hung up instantly before she could react.

“Jane, don’t come back to our family or contact us again, for the old time’s sake.”

Jane held the phone blankly and listened to the beeping sound from the other side. It took her a long time to realize that her family had abandoned her, and she gritted her teeth in sorrow.

“Mom, what’s the matter?” Cherry asked. She rubbed her eyes and went downstairs, vaguely seeing Jane’s dazed expression.

Jane looked up at her blankly with a desperate expression. “Cherry, we’re doomed.”

Cherry froze, and she grasped the wooden railing firmly.

Beck finally made it to the Miller Group within thirty minutes.

Lawyers of the Smith Group sat together. All of them were dressed in suits, each at the top of their career. They looked at Beck with sharp eyes and an imposing manner.

Beck wiped his sweat and looked at the manager of the Miller Group opposite them. The manager almost cried out in despair and shouted instantly when he saw Beck, “Sir, you are here.”

The head of the lawyers coughed lightly and said, “Since you’ve arrived, let’s deal with this matter quickly. Your previous action of terminating the contract privately was a breach of contract. It is clearly stated in the contract you have to pay the default of 180 million within three to four working days, and you have personally agreed to this.”

Beck almost collapsed when he heard the 180 million. He kept wiping his cold sweat and nodded. “Yes.”

The lawyer continued, “Mr. Smith gave you plenty of time to prepare the default for the sake of the relationship between your families. However, you were ungrateful and even dared to jeer at him. As a result, Mr. Smith decided that you should pay us as scheduled. Today is the last day, and I hope you can get the money prepared before 6 pm. Otherwise, we have the right to sue you, and we’ll see you in court.”

The lawyer was smiling, but his words made every one of the Miller Group shudder.

The managers looked at Beck with resentment. They could’ve had enough time to prepare the default, but Beck ruined everything. Now, they had no other choices.

Beck couldn’t regret it anymore. He was dazzled by the victory last night and forgot how merciless and cruel Alston was.

The Miller Group only had 90 million as working capital, which wasn’t enough to pay the default at all. And even if they paid it, there wouldn’t be enough money if the Miller Group ran into more trouble. They could easily go bankrupt without money.

Beck panicked. He found an excuse to go out and called Clare. However, he made several calls, but Clare answered none of it.

*D*mn you, Clare! You did it on purpose to take revenge on me for what happened last night!” Beck thought.

Beck was furious, yet Clare still didn’t answer. He could only call some friends to borrow money, but none of his so-called friends were willing to answer his calls.

He only borrowed a few million after contacting almost everyone, and it was not even close to 180 million. He squatted on the ground dejectedly and rubbed his face in despair.

In the end, he called Jane tremblingly, wanting her to borrow some money from her family. But he didn’t expect to hear Jane scolding and crying on the phone.

“Beck, it’s all your fault. My family has abandoned me. Why am I so unlucky? How could I marry such a useless wreck like you...”

Beck hung up the phone in a daze when Jane was still scolding furiously. Now his last hope was gone. He looked aside and saw the lawyers sitting in the conference room, and his heart became a mess.

He was extremely confused when a manager suddenly rushed out excitedly and asked him to come in.

Beak looked a little dazed and followed him into the meeting room.

“What... what’s wrong?”

The stern-looking lawyer on the opposite showed him a gentle smile, and Beck subconsciously shuddered warily.

The lawyer smiled and turned on the speaker. “Mr. Smith wants to speak with you.”

Beck walked over, and Alston’s deep voice came out of the speaker.

“Mr. Miller, I know your situation quite well. It is tough for you to pool 180 million in one day.”

Beck sneered. Alston knew it was hardly possible, yet still forced him to do it. And now he was being too pretentious.

Alston seemed to know what Beck was thinking and continued, “I know you resent me. After all, I promised to give you time to prepare. But a contract is a contract, and everything is written clearly. I don’t think this is too much. However, I don’t want to push you too hard, so I’ll make an offer. If you accept it, you don’t need to pay the default.”

Beck cheered up instantly. His eyes lit up, and he was even a little excited because he would be sued if he couldn’t pay that 180 million.

“What... what’s the offer? Tell me.”

He tried his best to control his emotions, forcing himself not to be too excited. He didn’t want to be tricked by Alston.

“You know I always love Cynthia. But, as your daughter, she only has 15% of the shares while Cherry has 20%. I can’t accept it.

Well, you give another 10% to Cynthia, and I’ll wipe off your debt right now. What do you think?”

Beck’s face turned livid.

How could Alston even come up with that offer? Beck couldn’t believe what he had heard.

The value of 10% of the Miller Group’s shares was worth far more than 180 million, and Beck couldn’t afford such a great loss.

“No!” Beck refused without hesitation.

Alston sneered. “Then I’ll see you in court.”