Jonathan noticed the change in the man’s expression. Alas, he couldn’t tell what it meant and could only eye Lucian in puzzlement. “Just answer the question. Don’t grin so devilishly when I’m not Roxannel”
No sooner had those words rang out than Lucian corralled his thoughts. His expression turned indifferent once more. “It’s going pretty well, thanks to your idea.”
That was considered his reply to the question earlier. However, Jonathan remained unsatisfied and wanted to know the details. “What does that mean? What stage exactly have things progressed to?”
Based on his understanding of Lucian, merely holding hands would already be considered “pretty well” since the latter’s relationship with Roxanne was exceedingly tense previously.
Regretfully, Lucian merely smiled without saying anything. Jonathan scrutinized him for a long moment while speculating soundlessly. Hmm, they must have made rapid progress. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be wearing such an expression.
Following that realization, gratification flooded him. Yay! My backbreaking effort in giving him countless ideas hadn’t gone to waste! As Lucian seeming had no plans of revealing anything further, he tacitly stopped harping on that line of question.
Subsequently, the two of them briefly discussed the Pearson family’s resources. Although Jonathan had already decided to acquire those assets, he still had to be mindful of his boundaries.
When the discussion ended, Jonathan got up and left, heading directly to Queen Group. That very afternoon, Pearson Group, which was already in a precarious state, suddenly took a turn for the worse. Despite having sold off most of the shares in his hands, Samuel still had to clean up his own mess.
As Pearson Group’s share prices plummeted sharply, all shareholders started complaining incessantly. For that reason, Pearson Group had no choice but to lower the share prices repeatedly.
Unexpectedly, a few branch offices were requested to be delisted and liquidated due to the overly low share prices. Consequently, Pearson Group was left with no other recourse but to sacrifice those few branch offices.
The other members of the Pearson family, whose interests were linked to those companies, were already resentful because of the trouble caused by Samuel and his family. In the face of their companies facing the threat of bankruptcy, they just about camped at the man’s house, demanding an explanation from him.
Hence, Samuel was swamped. Even Aubree was forced to cooperate with her father to resolve the mess together despite her dissatisfaction with the current situation.
Unfortunately, nothing quite worked even after they had bustled around for a long time. It was as though someone was pushing things along behind the scenes, for the speed at which Pearson Group was deteriorating was unbelievably fast.
In just a few days, almost all of the Pearson family’s companies had been shut down. The handful that remained were also struggling badly while surviving on bank loans. Alas, the person manipulating things secretly didn’t even leave them that much hope.
Instead, he seemed determined on destroying the Pearson family entirely. Even the bank was no longer willing to give them any loans. Worse still, they were requested to repay their loans in the past.
However, the Pearson family was in no state to repay their loans right then. The only recourse would be to declare bankruptcy. At that point, Aubree felt as though her entire world had collapsed. After all, she had been living a pampered life since young and had never experienced such hardship.
Aubree’s desperation was shared by Samuel, who had been bustling around for several days. Sonya’s promise gave him hope, and he thought she would really succeed in convincing Lucian to spare the Pearson family this once.
Little did he expect that not only did Farwell Group’s oppression of the Pearson Group persist, but it even intensified. In fact, it was so bad that the Pearson family was on the verge of bankruptcy.
His hard work in the past few days ended up in vain, resulting in his relatives knocking on his door and questioning him about it one after another. In just a few days, most of his hair had turned gray.
At that very moment, Samuel was sitting at the desk in the study with a grim expression on his face. In front of him were a few staff members from the bank.
At the same time, a handful of asset transfer agreements were clearly laid out on the desk. After the bank’s staff member had reviewed one of the documents, he slid it over to Samuel.
“Please sign here, Mr. Pearson.” Jolted out of his thoughts, Samuel swept his gaze over the asset he had acquired through blood, sweat, and tears. Such distress inundated him that his hands trembled, and his signature became shaky.
It went without saying that the bank’s staff member showed no concern for his feelings. Seeing that the man had already signed the document, he started reviewing the next asset transfer agreement without hesitation.
At the side, Gina stood before the desk, her face as pale as a sheet. She initially wanted to comfort Samuel, but his dark expression had her ultimately swallow the words on the tip of her tongue. She didn’t even dare breathe, going out and pouring him a glass of water.
Samuel was suppressing his wrath in the first. place, so the sight of a glass of water appearing in his line of vision out of the blue promptly sparked his fury. Slamming his hand. on the desk, he shot to his feet. “I’m not in the mood to drink water! I’ve got nothing left, and I can’t even catch my breath!”
As though to verify his claim, the voice of the bank’s staff member drifted into the air on the heels of that. “Mr. Pearson, this house no longer belongs to you. The bank will be seizing. this mansion tomorrow morning. Please move out on time so as not to affect our work.”
Samuel was so livid that he trembled all over. “Scram! Get out of here!”
The bank’s staff member knew that the Pearson family had already fallen and the man in front of him was nothing more than a paper tiger. Thus, he paid no mind to Samuel’s fit of rage. “We have already contacted a moving company for you. Please move out as soon as possible. If you do not cooperate, we will be taking forceful measures.”
The instant Samuel heard that, his face flushed bright red with fury. The Pearson family has already fallen far from grace. If the bank were to employ forceful measures on top of that, I’d lose my dignity as well! He inhaled deeply several times. Ultimately, he said nothing further, merely watching the bank’s staff leave with a grave expression on his face.
“Are we really moving out, Samuel?” When Gina and Samuel were the only ones left in the study, Gina gaped at the man. incredulously.
Ever since she married into the Pearson family, they had been living there. She was already accustomed to the place, so she truly couldn’t accept abruptly moving out and to an inferior environment at that.
Without warning, Samuel pounded his hand on the desk and snapped, “Why are you asking me that? You should go and ask your precious daughter! If it weren’t for her, we would never have ended up in such straits!” At his sudden outburst, Gina jumped in fright. She parted her lips slightly, but she dared not ask anything else.
After venting his anger, Samuel plopped down dejectedly, thinking he would likely have to spend the rest of his life in poverty. The more he dwelled upon it, the more furious he grew.
“Samuel!” Gina was racking her brain for a way out of the predicament when she saw Samuel abruptly leaping to his feet after bringing his hand down on the desk, then striding toward the study door.
Upon seeing that, she hastily followed, afraid that he would do something impulsive again as before.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.