Chapter 173

Chapter 173 After Jacob came home, he began to have a fever and experienced shortness of breath.

Seeing him return wet all over, Layla was worried for her son. She didn’t know what had happened to him. She thought he was concerned about Winder’s life abroad.

At dummer time, she went upstairs with hot oatmeal.

It was quiet in Jacob’s room, and even the lights were not switched on. It was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

“Jacob? Why don’t you get up and eat something” Layla turned on the light and saw Jacob lying on the bed. His face flushed.

She put down the oatmeal and rushed over. When she touched his forehead, she was startled by the high temperature. “Jacob, wake up quickly. Why do you have a high fever? What happened to you?”

Layla hurriedly called a doctor over to treat him After everything was done, it was already midnight.

Thomas and Layla sat by the bed, looking sad Thomas saw Jacob as the most promising son who would inherit the family business in the future. He couldn’t bear to see his son so dismayed.

“Cough “Jacob finally had some movement his eyes, but everything was blurry, He opened his He reached out his hands quickly and held onto a pair of warm hands. “Madeline, I’m sorry. It’s my fault. Please, don’t do this to me. Give me a chance Jacob’s voice was hoarse, and he spoke in a pleading tone with difficulty Layla was stunned. It’s me. Jacob. I’m your mom Jacob finally regained his senses. When he saw Layla, a tear rolled down his eyes. “Why do you treat Madeline like this? Why did you help Winslet to bully Madeline? Why did you say that Winslet cared for me when it was Madeline who did that?”

Jacob gritted his teeth, and the veins in his temples throbbed “Tell me why?”

Layla panicked. She didn’t expect Jacob to question her in such an agitated manner.

Thomas also looked at Layla. He shook his head, not knowing what to say, “I–I used to think that she came from the countryside. We would be the laughing stock if she joined any banquet with us” Layla said with tears in her eyes. “I know what I did was wrong, and I regret it.”

“I really hate you.” Jacob looked away. “Madeline will never forgive me again. We are all guilty.”

Layla la felt distressed when she saw Jacob was so upset.

Thomas sighed. “It’s all in the past. Are you going to torture yourself because of this?

Just then, Thomas‘ phone rang He saw it was a call from the bank, so he answered the phone in confusion.

The caller voiced. “Hello, is this Joel’s father? This is the loan department of Heywood Bank, Joel took a loan of 2 million dollars from us and failed to repay it on time. If no further action is taken from your end, we will take legal measures.”

Thomas hands trembled when he heard that Layla also heard it and immediately said, “Honey, it must be a scam call. Ignore it”

Thomas thought so too and hung up the phone, But soon, Layla and jacobs both received calls and messages from debt collectors on their phones.

Thomas could no longer stay calm and hurriedly called Joel over.

Chapter 173 Joel just woke up with a hangover. Before he knew what was going on, he was slapped by Thomas in the face.

“Don’t beat him up first. Ask about the situation” Layla stopped Thomas and asked, “Joel, did you take out a loan of 2 million dollars?”

Joel looked uncomfortable when he replied, “This is my own business. It’s n none of your concern.”

Hearing this, Thomas was pissed off. He thought, ‘None of our concern? Our phones have been bombarded with debt calls, and he wants us to stay out of af “Are you crazy? You bastard!” Thomas kicked Joel to the ground. They even called us. Why did you do such a thing!”

Joel came to his senses and took out his phone. He hurriedly looked at his bank account and noticed the repayment had failed.

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“How could this happen?” Joel panicked. He thought, Only Winslet knew the passcode of my supplementary card, but she knew that I needed to repay the loan. So, she wouldn’t do such a thing Joel hurriedly called Winslet, but he couldn’t get through at all.

Under Thomas‘ questioning. Joel explained everything in haste.

Thomas felt dizzy after listening to Joel. When Layla came to help him, he pushed her away.

for your own dau “You bitch! The ungrateful woman you raised is going to ruin us, Hack then, you didn’t care child as a treasure. Well, now we’ll all be in hell together!” Thomas roared as Layla froze in place.

Joel was still in a trance. He didn’t believe that Winslet had set him up own daughter. Instead, you treated the adopted In his heart. Winslet was so kind that she couldn’t have any bad intentions at all. He was sure that there must be some kind of misunderstanding. Joel untered, “Dad, don’t say that. It must be my fault. Winslet promised that she wouldn’t just lea leave.”

Seeing that Joel was still in denial, Thomas was tempted to slap him to death. Tm telling you, it’s a loan of 2 million dollars with compound interest. Do you know what will happen to you? What you owe is not a loan from licensed financial institutions but a loan shark! Go ahead if want to destroy yourself, but don’t drag the whole family down with you!”

f you Thomas was so angry that his chest heaved violently. Thinking of Winslet, he wished he could strangle her immediately.

He furned inwardly. “What an ingrate! The Larson family has provided for her for so many years. We carefully raised her and even abandoned our biological daughter for her. And this is how she repays us! Hmph!

With the phone in his hand, Thomas hurried out to find ways to search for Winslet and make her give back the money.

Layla couldn’t care less about anything else. All she had in mind was s that the debt would crush the family-

Only Jacob and Joel were left in the room “It’s impossible, Winslet is not a bad person, Joel muttered to himself. He looked up at Jacob. “Jacob, have you contacted Winslet recently? She won’t set me up, will ther Jacob watched Joel fall to the ground in pain.

Jacob replied indifferently. “It’s time for you to wake up. Winslet is not a good person at all. She was just pretending to be nice to us. She also took credit for some of Madeline’s work.”

Jacob’s eyes suddenly darkened, and he said weakly, “You know how we wronged Madeline before. It’s not pitiful for you to end up lik up like this.”

Joel’s eyes reddened. He couldn’t repay the loan of 2 million dollars at all. He trembled. “Why did Winslet do this to me? I was so good to her.”

“An ungratefull person will never appreciate another’s effort. Jacob’s tone was calm. He hated Winslet to the core since he learned that it was Maleline who took care of hirm and realized that Winslet was full of lies.