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Chapter 192 The Ten Million Charm
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Heather frowned, but quickly made up her mind after a brief thinking. They were about to head to thepolice station when a familiar voice interrupted them, “Hey, Heather, where are you all off to?”
It was Jacob, suddenly arriving at the company just as they were about to leave. There was a genialwarmth in his words that was definitely not there when he had supported Demi’s decision to castHeather’s family out of the Jennings‘
“Why are you here?” Lucas replied defensively upon seeing Jacob.
If it were not for Jacob and Harper adding fuel to the fire and suggesting that their family should bebanished, Demi definitely would not have done so. It was Jacob and Harper who made Demi hardenher
heart.
“Aunt Carmen, Granny actually sent me to ask you to return to us. Since Alex isn’t a criminal, thenthere was no grounds in all of you being banished from the Jennings family,” Jacob addressed Carmendeferentially, totally ignoring Lucas.
“Really?” Carmen could not believe her ears as she felt a sudden sense of relieved happiness. Even ifthe Jennings family had nothing else to offer them, this would still avert the problem of their family’sreputation being stained.
Especially the incident in which Demi had struck her own son, Carmen’s husband, from the family. Justthinking about it made Carmen feel a sense of outrage. Not only did the old lady disrespect herhusband, but she was trampling over their family’s name.
“Did Granny really change her mind?” Heather asked, feeling a sense of relief.
“Oh, yes,” Jacob said earnestly. “She asked me to invite all of you over for dinner. It’s Harper’s big day,so let’s go…”
He trailed off as his phone rang abruptly. Harper’s name flashed on the screen. “Excuse me.”
“Jacob!” Heather’s shrill voice pierced his ears. “Granny insists that you bring Heather and her familyover immediately. Do you understand? Immediately!”
“Oh, what happened?” Jacob asked calmly, feeling the gazes of Heather and her family on his back. Heturned to look at her with a smile.
Harper sighed in frustration. “It’s that good–for–nothing idiot, Alex! Can you believe he’s going todonate the ten million? Isn’t that just dumb? Granny said that she wants to personally talk to Heather toget her to stop that idiot from being, well, an idiot.”
“What the hell?” The curse tumbled from Jacob’s lips before he could stop himself. “Did he just get hishead kicked by a donkey?”
Seeing that Heather, Carmen, and Lucas were all looking at him with suspicion now, Jacob laughedlightly -and quickly ended the call before Harper could protest.
He smiled at them apologetically, “Come on, Aunt Carmen and Heather. Granny is waiting for all ofyou.”
The main reason why Jacob had come to fetch Heather’s family back under the Jennings‘ was thatthey had seen the broadcast of the award ceremony as well. Alex had been honored as the People’sHero, so it also meant that the Jennings would be known as the hero’s family. It was a literal
cornucopia of glory and honor for the Jennings family. With the great title of the hero’s family undertheir belt, the Jennings‘
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would be respected everywhere. If they wanted to make a fresh start and strike out independently, thistitle would more or less ensure that every department would be falling over themselves to aid theirfamily.
Besides, they were going to try their best to con Alex’s ten million from his grasp. To the currentJennings family, ten million was a huge sum.novelbin
“About that dinner,” Carmen said hurriedly. “Why don’t you all go ahead with it first? We havesomething more important to attend to.”
“What is it?” Jacob asked.
“That no–good b*stard Alex is going to donate his ten million! It’s infuriating, I’ll tell you what. I’m goingto stop him now!” Carmen exclaimed, literally shaking with anger.
“Yeah,” Lucas said angrily. “We’re going to the police station now to stop him from doing somethingstupid. Go tell Granny we’ll be there later.”
“Oh, then you should hurry! We all need to stop Alex from doing something regrettable. Dinner canwait.” Jacob nodded, starting to feel worried as well.
Jacob ended up following Heather and her family to the police station.