Chapter 942

Chapter 942 We Should Be Fair That was enough to make Paula shut up, and a few minutes passed by before she said sheepishly, “Your family is rich anyway. This amount of money means nothing to you!”

“You can’t say things like that, Aunt Paula,” Matthew said. “The relationship between family members cannot be measured with money. Furthermore, we already decided to fork out the twenty-three million, which is the biggest share because our family is rich. I don’t think it’s reasonable if you guys don’t help out with a small amount like one million. What do you think, Mom, Dad?”

By now, James and Helen had figured out what he was planning, and they smirked. “Matthew is right!”

James said loudly. “We’ll take care of the twenty-three million, and we’ll leave you guys to take care of the remaining one million. Since we’re all relatives, we should be fair to each other. If you guys don’t come up with that one million, we won’t fork out that twenty-three million either!”

Helen nodded in agreement as she glanced at all the other people with an indifferent smile on her face. She knew that all of them were stingy, and they wouldn’t care if it was someone else who had to burn their pockets. However, they wouldn’t be agreeable if they were asked to fork out their own money.

In the end, all of them turned to Hector pleadingly. Hector was feeling rather awkward, for he was also part of the relatives that everyone was speaking about, and he let out a deep, long sigh. “That’s not right, Helen! With your family’s wealth, it wouldn’t matter to you whether it’s twenty-three or twenty-four million. However, one million is an astronomical figure to us. We’ll face difficulties in our lives if we really come up with one million. Why don’t you guys fork out this one million? It won’t affect your family that much anyway.”

James was so enraged that he almost lashed out at him. What the hell did you say? You want us to fork out twenty-four million while you guys don’t contribute anything at all? The nerve of him!

Just then, the door burst open again, and it was Joseph coming in with a group of people this time.

“Chloe Freeman, your son tried to abduct my granddaughter the last time. I think it’s about time we settle the score. I’m asking for a million in compensation fees! Otherwise, I assure you that your son will go to jail,” he threatened coldly.

A look of dismay appeared on everyone’s faces. The problem with Bonds had yet to be resolved, and another problem that involved another million had cropped up.

What exactly is happening? Why are these people here at the same time? Chloe thought, panic-

stricken.

The second Joseph left the room with his men, everyone twisted their heads simultaneously to look at Helen.

“It’s not a big difference between twenty-four million and twenty-five million, actually…” Paula murmured, and everyone else nodded in agreement.

James and Helen were utterly furious now. They wondered just how much of a bully these people could be, but before they could say anything, the door opened up again. This time, it was Leanna who walked in.

As she glanced at Jojo, she said in a cold voice, “You’re Jojo, aren’t you? You ran into my car and almost killed my daughter the last time, but we haven’t settled this score yet! I heard that you’re back in Eastcliff, so it’s time that we reach a settlement now.”

“That has got nothing to do with me!” Jojo was angered. “I wasn’t the driver that time. W-Who do you think you are, you b*tch—”

Before she could finish, Leanna gave her a tight slap on her face.

“How dare you slap my daughter!” Paula roared and sprang up from her seat. Immediately, a group of people rushed through the door to pin her and her family to the floor.

With a stony face, Leanna said, “Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Leanna Sandel, and I’m from one of the Ten Greatest Families of Eastcliff, the Sandels. One of the top ten companies in this town, Creative Cloud Group, was established by me. Nobody has the guts to speak to me like this throughout my years here in Eastcliff, except you! You should know that there’s a price to pay for speaking like that. Men, throw her out of the window!”