Chapter 262

Jeremiah listened to Gloria’s words, and lowered his eyes, his voice deep and somber. “Are you saying she’s not deserving of apology or my girlfriend not good enough for me?”

Eleanore and the other ladies shook their heads vigorously in denial. “Mr. Jeremiah Chavez, that’s not what we meant. We just think someone as honorable as you should be with a woman like Samantha. We didn’t mean anything else.”

“Yes, Mr. Jeremiah Chavez. We were just talking, and Aurora has already reprimanded us.”

“Yes. We won’t say anything more. Please don’t take it out on us. You’re a major, and a small issue like this could spoil your reputation.”

Eleanore bit her lip in frustration. “Mr. Jeremiah Chavez, we were just speaking the truth. With your status, how could you possibly match with someone from a modest family in Seacrity? Aurora had already hit us just for saying that. Look at my hair.”

Eleanore was trying to provoke Jeremiah. She thought, ‘You’re a respected major from Clusia. Can you really hold a grudge just because we made a few remarks about your girlfriend?”

Jeremiah’s gaze shifted slightly, and his deep, dark eyes were icy and intimidating. He pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.

Once connected, he slowly began to speak, his words were brief and straight to the point. “Prepare seventy million in cash. This statement left everyone there completely stunned. They didn’t know why Jeremiah would ask for so much cash.

Yvette, standing beside Aurora, watched everything with a detached expression.

After hanging up, Jeremiah moved forward with his long strides, placing himself right in front of Yvette.

Aurora glanced at the space between Jeremiah and Yvette. She thought, ‘Tsk. Jeremiah must be truly angry now, not noticing how close he stood to Yvette.’

Aurora thought it was unacceptable, thinking Jeremiah should behave himself since he was no longer single anymore. So she pulled on Yvette’s sleeve, gesturing with her eyes for her to step back a bit.

Yvette looked at her. Obediently, she took two steps back, gradually increasing the distance from Jeremiah. Jeremiah slightly tilted his head. His jaw was set. He thought, ‘Is my mom trying to steal my girlfriend? And she succeed?’

Jeremiah looked back at the group of women with disapproving looks. His eyebrows were sharply angled, and his eyes were narrow and sharp. His lips were thin and lightly pressed, and his face was vividly defined. He was cold and proud. Even though he stood alone, he exuded such a commanding aura, as if he was looking down on the entire world.

His voice was deep and ice-cold. “Tomorrow, the Chavez family will personally deliver each of you $3.3 million as compensation for the injuries you suffered today.”

Hearing it, Yvette merely raised her head slightly to glance at him, then moved aside, sat on a chair, and started playing with her phone.

Seeing this, Aurora sat on another chair nearby and nudged Yvette’s arm. With a regretful look, she sighed while watching the group of ecstatic women across from her. She spoke softly, “Oh man, if I had known they were going to be paid 3.3 million dollars, I’d have hit them a few more times. Now it feels like I missed out.”

Darnell, who was closest to them, couldn’t help but twitch his eye. He found that Aurora was quite odd. Clifford really had a unique taste. But Jeremiah’s actions really left him totally confused. He found Jeremiah was different form the rumors.

Aurora really regretted it. If only she knew it was going to cost that much money upfront, she would’ve kicked a few more times.

She even wanted to give them a few more kicks. However she never questioned Jeremiah’s motives and decisions. She completely trusted him.

Yvette put down her phone, tilted her head slightly, and smirked with a relaxed posture. Her beautiful eyes were icy cold. “They won’t get it.”.

Aurora paused, surprised. Then she shook her head. “My son never breaks his promises. He’ll definitely pay.”

Yvette didn’t argue. She just lowered her head and continued playing with her phone.

The rich ladies couldn’t believe what they just heard.

Gloria was short on cash and was the worst off among them, so she bravely asked, “Mr. Jeremiah Chavez, are you really going to pay us each 3.3 million dollars?”

Seeing that Jeremiah didn’t deny it. The rich ladies were all getting a bit excited. They wouldn’t have thought things would take such a twist that Jeremiah not only didn’t blame them but even decided to compensate them.

Eleanore and the others were feeling smug again. They assumed Jeremiah was just compromising to protect his reputation.

Eleanore reached to fix her hair and ended up touching a bald spot. She forgot that her hair was almost pulled out by Aurora. So she awkwardly put her hand down again. She said, “Since Jeremiah is so reasonable, we’ll accept it. We will personally wait for the Chavez family to come to our house tomorrow.”

The others were also delighted to receive the money. They all thought it was quite a good thing.

Jeremiah looked at their joyful faces. With a faint smile, he casually said, “You’ll wait at home? No need.”

you mean?” Eleanore and Gloria were stunned and looked at Jeremiah with confusion. They spoke in rare unison, “What do Jeremiah ignored them and turned to look at Darnell, who was standing nearby. “I want to sue them for slandering a soldier.

Darnell was surprised. He quickly caught on to Jeremiah’s plan. No wonder Jeremiah compensated each of them with 3.3 million dollars first. This was a perfect example of using civility before strength.

The new Clusia law this year toughened penalties for slandering soldiers and their families.

Jeremiah wasn’t your typical soldier. If he wanted fully investigation, this could become a serious matter. The women’s casual gossip, if taken seriously, could result in prison time unless Jeremiah decided to let it go.

Darnell swiftly stepped forward and said, “Understood. Jeremiah, I will arrest them immediately, and we’ll follow up with you on the next steps.”

Aurora, sitting on the bench, turned her head stiffly towards Yvette. “Jeremiah is so handsome.”

Yvette slightly lowered her gaze and raised an eyebrow. She didn’t disagree with Aurora’s words. “Yeah. He’s pretty handsome.”

When Yvette complimented Aurora, she seemed quite proud. “Of course. He’s my son! Let me share a little secret if he hadn’t been so cute and handsome when he was little, I would have sent him to kindergarten much sooner. But as he grew up, he went astray and isn’t cute anymore.”

The rich ladies didn’t know anything about what the crime of defaming a soldier was. Upon hearing that, they immediately panicked. “What do you mean by defaming a soldier? We were just gossiping. Is it really that serious?”

“Don’t underestimate us. We’re not ordinary people. We have lawyers.”

“Exactly. It’s just a defamation charge. Are you really going to put us in jail for that?” Facing Jeremiah, the rich ladies felt unsure and were just trying to act tough.

Darnell chuckled coldly. Even with all this, these rich ladies couldn’t understand the situation. Darnell knew it wouldn’t be easy to take Jeremiah’s money. He didn’t mind explaining it to them, “Ladies, please come with me. The law against defaming soldiers was just passed this year. The maximum penalty is ten years, the minimum is two. You can have your lawyers meet us at the station. They’ll explain how serious this is”

After saying that, Darnell called out. The police outside rushed in. Before the rich ladies could react, they were all handcuffed.

Eleanore and her group panicked completely. They started pleading for leniency. They said a lot of things. Seeing Jeremiah didn’t respond, they turned to Aurora.

Aurora was having a great time playing Super Mario with Yvette. She completely ignored the women’s wailing and screams.

Right at that moment, Eleanore suddenly remembered someone. She shouted loudly, “Mr. Jeremiah Chavez, aren’t you worried this might impact Mr. Clifford Chavez? He wouldn’t allow you to do this.”