Chapter 390
My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!
The remark infuriated Tony Cummins. When he tried to question the landlord, the landlord had already hung up.
âWhatâs the matter? Did something happen to the cinerary casket?â Melinda Riley asked her husband immediately.
âThe landlord said that someone went there last night and took the cinerary casket!â said Tony Cummins.
âThey took it? What about our 50 million dollars? Without the cinerary casket, that wench wonât give us 50 million dollars!â Melinda Riley was worried now. Suddenly, she thought of another possibility.
âSpeaking of which, she must have had someone taken the cinerary casket awayâ¦â
Frowning, Tony Cummins simply picked up his phone and dialed Graceâs number.
Moments later, Grace answered the phone. âYes?â
âGrace, Iâve thought about it. After all, weâre father and daughter. No matter what, weâre still related. If you really canât give me the 50 million dollars we agreed on yesterday all at once, you can give half of it first. Iâll tell you where your mother is buried. Youâve hit it off with Jason, havenât you? The money shouldnât be a problem for him,â said Tony Cummins. Although the cinerary casket was gone, he still wanted to try and blackmail her.
If it was not his daughter who had taken the cinerary casket last night, then he could make do with 25 million dollars. He could just buy a cinerary casket and put false ashes in it to trick her.
What he did not see was Graceâs disappointed face on the other end of the phone.
This was her father, and he was using her motherâs ashes to get money from her. Was he really taking advantage of her motherâs death?
âItâs all right. I got Momâs ashes yesterday, and Iâve already buried her,â replied Grace.
Tony Cummins hurriedly snapped at that. âIt was you! What right do you have to break into my rented house and take your motherâs ashes? You even buried her? Iâm your motherâs husband. How can she be buried without my consent?â
âSo youâre aware that youâre her husband? I donât think my mother would have been willing to acknowledge you as her husband if she was still alive,â replied Grace.
âYou⦠Is this how you talk to your own father? Youâd better tell me where you buried your mother right now, or Iâll have a lawyer sue you. Even Jason canât help you. Donât think because youâre with Jason now that he will take you seriously. Heâs just fooling around with you. Unlike Evelyn, sheâs Brianâs official girlfriendâ¦â
However, Tony Cumminsâs words were cut short by another voice saying, âOh? Why donât you try and see if I can help her or not?â
The icy baritone caused Tony Cummins to almost choke on his own spit and drop the phone he was holding.
Was that⦠Jasonâs voice?!
Jason was with his eldest daughter? Did he overhear their phone conversation?
âWell⦠Wellâ¦â Before Tony Cummins could finish his sentence, the call on the other end of the phone had been cut off.
Tony Cummins could only stare at his phone.
âWhat happened?â Melinda Riley asked quickly. He had not put the call on speaker, so she did not hear what Jason said.
âWhat else? That girl is going places! She has Jason to protect her!â growled Tony Cummins. His eldest daughter had Jason as her backup, but he could not get anything out of it. That was what bothered him the most.