Female Novel
Chapter 2349
Malice flashed across Anna's eyes. She was in a dilemma.
They were being straightforward when they agreed to it. If Nina was the one negotiating with Anna rightnow, Anna might be able to get more from her.
However, there was a risk that Nina would refuse to give her more money.
Deep down in Anna's heart, she knew Nina had no obligation to look after Jean. It was her who wasbeing stubborn, thinking that Nina should take care of Jean.
There was no turning back this time. It was impossible for Jean to depend on Nina anymore.
Hence, even though Anna thought the amount she asked for was not enough, she chose to sign thecontract and get the two million dollars.
"Fine." Anna agreed to it after consideration.
"Okay. The lawyer will be the witness to the contract signing. I'll give you 2.5 million dollars in cash aftersigning the contract," said Percy. An extra half a million was added to the amount they decided justnow.
"Sure." Anna's eyes brightened when she heard that. She did not expect there to be another half amillion.
However, Nina was reluctant to do so. When she was about to speak, Luca squeezed her hand. Ninaturned around and saw Luca shaking her head. She had no choice but to swallow the words that wereon the tip of her tongue.
Nina could not understand why Percy would give Anna another half a million to satisfy her greed.
Anna had never spent two million on her to support Nina since she was young, even after taking intoconsideration inflation and other expenses.
Percy walked toward Nina and stood beside her when Anna agreed to it.
Luca rose to her feet and offered her seat to him. Then, she said, "Mr. Mallory, take a seat."
"It's okay. You can have the seat." Percy glanced at Nina with his dark eyes. Then, he walked to thecaretaker's chair on the bed next to Jean's. He sat down on the chair and waited for his assistant.
A heavy silence fell upon the ward. Only the medical instrument Jean was using was beepingrhythmically.
Half an hour later, Percy's assistant arrived together with Mr. Zac.
"Boss, I've got the money. Mr. Zac is here too," the assistant reported.
"Hello, Mr. Mallory and Ms. Nina. Ms. Craw, you're here too," Mr. Zac greeted everyone. He wassurprised to see Luca here.
“Yes. I happened to be watching a show." Luca smiled as she mocked Anna.
It was an exciting show, indeed. Anna was even cutting off ties with her daughter.
Mr. Zac took the contract out and looked at Percy. "Mr. Mallory, I've prepared the contract. You can signit anytime."
"Nina, sign it," said Percy. He did not even take a look at the contract. He believed in Mr. Zac.
Nina nodded. She signed her name where Mr. Zac was pointing at.
Luca noticed that Nina's hands were trembling when she was holding the pen. Was she excited orupset...
Perhaps it was the latter. Luca reckoned that Nina was not a heartless person.
After Nina signed her signature, she pressed her thumb on the ink pad and stamped her thumbprint ontop of her signature.
Mr. Zac handed the contract to Anna and said, "Please sign it."
Anna became alert and said, "Why should I sign when you asked me to? No way. I need to see themoney."
The assistant, who was carrying bags of cash in his hands, turned to look at Percy.
"Open them and let her see," Percy instructed.
The assistant unzipped the bags and let Anna take a look at the cash inside.
Anna's eyes brightened when she saw stacks of cash in the bags. She wanted to hold the money in herarms.
The assistant took a step back, zipped the bags, and said, "Please sign first."
"No. I haven't read the contract yet. Nina will be responsible for Mr. Hugh. Is that added in the contractterms?" Anna asked cautiously. She did not want more than half of the money she would receive to bededucted.novelbin
"It's on the 11th page," Mr. Zac reminded her.
The look on Nina's face turned even more complicated when she heard that. Percy had even heardthem talking about this. If he had come earlier than that, what more had he heard?
"Fine. I'll sign it." After Anna read the contract terms, Mr. Zac guided her as she signed her signatureand stamped her fingerprint.
Mr. Zac nodded and said, "Mr. Mallory, the contract has been signed."
"Okay. Hand the contract to my assistant and give her the money," Percy instructed.
The assistant took the contract from Mr. Zac, glanced at it for a while, and confirmed that twosignatures were signed. Then, he handed Anna the bags of money.
Anna unzipped the bags and looked at the stacks of cash, feeling satisfied.
The caretaker who was standing beside her widened her eyes. She had never seen so much money inher whole life.
Percy rose to his feet. He was about to leave with Nina, but he heard Anna say, “Wait. Don't leave first.How am I supposed to know if the amount is correct? What if hundreds of thousands are missing? Iwon't be able to tell you if you leave now."
The assistant fell speechless. He was wondering why the woman was shrewd when it was aboutmoney. How could she be so ignorant of other things?
However, she was foolish enough to cut off ties with Nina for 2.5 million.
If Nina and Percy got married, her net worth would not be as low as 2.5 million...
Mr. Zac noticed that Anna had begun to count. He could not help but say, "How long are you going totake to finish counting them?"
"I don't care. Will you give me the balance if I tell you something's missing?" Anna could not bebothered.
The assistant took four currency-counting machines out of a bag beside him. He had borrowed themfrom the financial department of Mallory Corporation. It was Percy's instruction too. "Ms. Anna, we havefour currency-counting machines here. Do you need them?"
Anna saw the currency-counting machines and thought that they could save some time. She noddedand answered, "Yes."
The assistant helped her to connect the machines to the power supply and said, "The money wastaken out from the bank. You have the full amount."
"Hah, I'm not going to let my guard down," replied Anna. She took the money and put it into thecurrency-counting machines.
Nina looked at the scene without an expression on her face. Those green-colored banknotes wereevidence that Anna wanted to cut off ties with her.
With the help of the four currency-counting machines, it took her 10 minutes to finish counting all themoney.
The assistant saw Anna calculating the total and asked, "There's no problem with it, right?"
"No problem. 2.5 million dollars, just right," Anna was excited. She had never seen so much money inher whole life.
The house that she gave Marie was around one million dollars, but the house was bought earlier.Hence, she truly had never seen so much money before.
The assistant smiled and kept the currency-counting machines. He would have to return the machinesto the financial department later.
Percy stepped forward and took 500 dollars from Anna's hands.
Anna gripped the rest of the banknotes tightly and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Previously, your son came to Grant Corporation and borrowed 500 dollars from my assistant. Sinceyou're being petty, you should return the 500 dollars to my assistant, right?" said Percy. Then, hehanded the banknotes to his assistant.
The assistant was confused. Did Percy not return the 500 dollars to him after that?
However, he might as well take it from Percy since Percy was already doing this. He also said, "Yes,that did happen."