Chapter 540
Night of Destiny
âMrs. Garner, itâs near the end of the month. From next month onward, you donât have to come anymore,
Erica said to Mrs. Garner.
Mrs. Garner nodded. âYes, Miss Erica,â Then, she asked tentatively, âMiss Erica, the man who was
outside yesterday is here again. Is he related to you?â
Erica instantly changed her countenance with a ferocious look in her eyes. âDonât let him in Heâs just a
beggarâ
Seeing that she would be laid off in a few days, Mrs. Garner decided to start carrying out her plan. And
besides, the Tillman Family no longer had much. money left, so she had to extort a pretty penny from
Erica while the latter still had some money. Suddenly, she tossed the piece of rag in her hand onto the
floor and said to Erica, âHe isnât a beggar, Miss Erica. Heâs your biological father, isnât he?â
Erica was so shocked by her words that the cell phone she had just taken out slipped from her grasp and
fell onto her
lap. She sharply turned to stare at Mrs.
Garner, asking, âWhat are you talking about?â
âStop hiding it from me, Miss Erica. I overheard your conversation with him. Youâre not Mr. Tillmanâs
daughter, but the daughter of madam and that guy, right? Anastasia Tillman is the real and only daughter
of the Tillman Family.â
âT-Thatâs nonsense! Who allowed you to spew that nonsense?!â Erica stood up with a ferocious
expression. âTry saying that nonsense again if you dare!â
Mrs. Garner was a servant, but she had the bearing of a shrew. With her hands on her hips, she argued,
âMiss Erica, if you want me to keep my mouth shut, youâve got to silence me with money. If not, Iâll go
around telling people about it. Letâs see if youâll still be able to stay in the Tillman Family then.â
In fact, Erica was indeed afraid that she would do so. She immediately implored in a soft voice, âMrs.
Garner, youâve worked for our family for a dozen years, during which time weâve never mistreated you.
Could you please not go
around telling people about it? Please.â
However, Mrs. Garner replied uncompromisingly, âYou saw with your own eyes how your mother had
treated me over the last dozen years. Not only am I doing the housekeeping for the entire household for
such meager wages, but Iâm ordered around by you guys like a slave! Miss Erica, thereâs no way you can
brush me off with peanuts.â
Erica was taken aback; she never thought that her parentage was going to be brought to light. If Mrs.
Garner were to tell Anastasia about it, she wouldnât even have the right to inherit Tillman: Constructions!
Mrs. Garner, I donât have money with me right now. My dadâs company is running into problems, so Iâve
given all my money to the company.â
Mrs. Garner wasnât a kind person, though; she counted on the money to live out her life in retirement. âI
want a million-every cent of it. Take your time to think about it, Miss Erica. I want to see the money by
tomorrow afternoon.â
For an instant, a murderous flicker flashed across Ericaâs eyes. In her mindâs eye, Mrs. Garner was just a
low-class servant. And now, not only did the latter have the nerve to blackmail her for money, but she
even demanded one million from her! âOkay, Iâll get the money ready by tomorrow afternoon.â she
replied, pretending to compromise with Mrs. Garner..
âAlright then, Iâll wait for your phone call. Donât play any tricks on me, Miss Erica. Iâm not afraid of
anything,â replied Mrs. Garner. Then she took off her apron and threw it onto the floor, saying cockily,
âIâve had enough of working for your family. Mr. Tillman was relatively nice to me, but you and your
mother never treated me as a human.â
âSorry, Erica apologized.
âWhatâs the use of saying sorry? Just give me the money! Bear in mind that I want one million,â said Mrs.
Garner before she picked up her bag and left.
After Mrs. Garner left. Erica no longer concealed the murderous look in her
eyes. How dare a low-class servant threaten me?! This easily gave her an urge to kill. Such a person
doesnât deserve to live in this world. Sitting on the sofa, she began to plan on killing Mrs. Garner, Mrs.
Garner is childless. Even if she dies in some remote place, nobody will know about it.
Meanwhile, in the hospitalâs conference room, Anastasiaâs subordinates in the finance department were
sitting across from her. Since Elliot didnât like her to meet Alex, she could only have meetings with her
subordinates in the hospital.
âMiss Tillman, weâve collected all the evidence of Alex Hunterâs embezzlement of the companyâs funds.â
Anastasia replied. âKeep the evidence and put it aside for the time being.â This amount of money isnât
enough to make Alex pay the price.
âThereâs one more thing. We found that Silverstar Enterprise has an outstanding payment of as much as
30 million. Weâve called the company, and theyâll credit the money into our companyâs bank account at
the end of the month.â