Chapter 174
The Remorseful Brothers
Chapter 174 Thomas only figured out what had happened after asking around.
Winslet was so bent on going abroad that she took all the money she could. Before she left, the destroyed Joel too.
Layla asked cautiously. âHoney, can we go look for her? Can we get our money back!â
âWake up.â Thomasâ gaze was cold. âIf sheâs capable of framing Madeline so many times before, she wonât show us mercy now.
We need to sell our family property to secure things for Joel. Otherwise, weâll only be dragged into bankruptcy and have the court auction our propertyâ
Then, someone called. Annoyed, Thomas put them on speakerphone. The person on the phone announced, âHello, this is Flight Unit 362. As we canât contact Joel, please tell him he has been dismissed from the army due to debt charges and to complete the cancellation procedures immediately. Otherwise, weâll issue legal notice Thomas hung up and shut his eyes in agony.
He said, âBecause of Winslet, Harley lost his college professorship, and Henry decided to leave the family. Also, Jarob hates us and has been hurting. himself. Then, Joel gets expelled from his flight unit because he owes 2 million dollars. Now, Lucas is missing too. Heâs even changed his numberâ
Thomas looked at Layla. âIs it really worth it for the family to break up like thi Feeling heartache, Layla apologized. âItâs all my fault, I shouldnât have been biased toward Winslet and helped her. I hurt Madeline, so I got my karmaâWinslet hurt me too.â
There was no way Layla didnât regret it. She regretted it so much she was kicking herself.
Recently, she tried contacting Madeline daily to no avail. She only chose Madeline now because Winslet proved herself to be bad. Madeline was never her first choice.
Thomas sighed. âLetâs divorce.â
you divorcing me just because of the debt!
Layla trembled. âWhat did you say?
y? Are you Thomas had made up his mind. While waving, he promised, âYou donât have to bear any debts. Iâll compensate everything. Thats at least better than you becoming penniless. Iâve been thinking about mending my ways and returning to the capital, but it hasnât worked outâ
When he opened his eyes again, he suddenly seemed to have aged. âPerhaps I really should accept my fate.â Itâs a shame, Iâve been scheming for half of my life, but all I did was hurt my biological daughter. Whatâs worse is that I let outsiders get what they want, he thought.
âWait. Didnât you get a check for 2 million dollars from Winsler? Canât we use that to pay our debis Layla questioned.
The principal is 2 million dollars, and the interest is 3 million dollars. If Thomas continued, he knew heâd be more pissed off, so he ceased speaking entirely. After selling the family property, there will only be a little bit of money left. Weâll see what to do then, he thought For days on end, it was overcast at the Larson residence.
Madeline was surprised to see the Larson family selling their property while being on set with the film crew for the last day of filming Lucas served Madeline coffee and water. He was so attentive in caring for her that he seemed more devoted and loyal to her than her actual assistant was.
People who didnât know better wouldâve thought Lucas was Madelineâs assistaim.
Luisa couldnât help but taunt, âLaicas, youâre an actor and a pleasant character in the movie. Why are you trying to please Maddie! Do you owe her money!â
Lucas wa was wasting for the takeout to arrive and answered, âIf only I owed her money, things would be easier. Although I donât have any money, at least I can pay it off. It has a limit Lucas then sighed and trigned seriousness. âTove her a favor and canât pay it offTM Luisa was gossipy. Did Lusas once betray Madeline? she wondered, rubbing her chin. âNo wonder Madeline ignored you as if you were her meny and you tried appeasing her even more spiritedly once she did When the deliveryman arrived. Lucas took the takeout and hurried into the brea the break room, looking for Madeline âMadeline bunch is here: Asher and that grilled chicken bread. They re from that restaurant on campus I usually see you go tur was opened the lunchbox âLook, Londerest grape lemon sods for you. I also got you this sle the plane before she gi ril at hom. Tes conventionally but heâs so dumb she Chapter 174 away. I wonât eat the food you bought.â
âPlease, donât mind it. Just think of it as the food you bought yourself. Iâm just an errand boyâ Lucas pleaded.
Lucas joined this Élm crew just to appease Madeline and make her pay attention to him.
However, Madeline didnât come here often, so Lucas could only seize every bit of time to wait on her. He only hoped she would see him o Madeline pushed the food aside. âI donât want to repeat myself.â
left in embarrassment...
âItâs okay. You can eat it when you want to.â Seeing Madeline angry, Lucas quickly got up and le He stood at the door and rubbed his hands abashedly. If Madeline didnât eat, it meant he wasnât doing hard. Unlike Jacob, Lucas had a good mentality and didnât feel aggrieved at all.
eye to eye.
his job well and needed to keep working To him, he was only doing what Madeline had done for him. âMadeline was a girl who once put in effort for me without complaint, so why canât I do that for her as a man? If I can repair our bond, it doesnât matter if it takes one year, ten years, or even 100 yearsâEd still try, he thought Annoyed, the assistant director glared at Lucas. âWhat are you waiting for? I asked you to remake the scene! If you keep wandering around like this every day, you can get the fuck out of the crew!â
Lucas was powerless. There was no assistant in the film crew, so the assistant director had always ordered him around.
Thus, he hurried to work. Despite starving, he didnât have time to drink any water.
He clenched his fists and thought, âWhen Madeline was a background actor, she mustâve been far more aggrieved. I can persevere through this. Madeline wouldnât have ever anticipated that her hatred and disgust for Lucas would deepen his fighting spirit. It was ludicrous.
Sitting in the break room. Madeline listened to her subordinates discuss the Larson family.
âIs that so? Winslet finally got to them,â one said.
âI know, right? Itâs so satisfying,â another chimed in.
Madeline rubbed her palms together. âAsk the loan shark to hurry. Donât give the Larson family a breakâespecially not Joel. Feel free to scare him from time to time, too.â
Her subordinates agreed.
Then, Madeline switched on the locating software on her phone and saw Winsletâs location. She smirked. âPut on your wings and fly away Otherwise, Iâll catch you.â Then, she propped her chin up, wearing a genuine and malicious smile.
Madeline had taken to great pains to arrange for Winslet to be caught and hoped Winslet would like her special gift. However, she didnât know Wesley had long since arranged for Winsletâs kidneys to be harvested in Manchernius.