Chapter 329 The Breaking Point
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The moment she finished screaming, Rosaline regretted it. She looked at Robert, her face twitching with a mix of guilt and anxiety.
Robert stared back at her with pure venom in his eyes. “I can’t believe you just said that to me. I’m your favorite son, and you’re screaming at me like that? You’ve never raised your voice to me in my life. You’ve changed, Mom. So I sold some junk you weren’t even using! Why are you being so damn petty? Oh, I get it. This is just an excuse because none of you actually want to pay up. Fine. Let them take me. Let them drag me out of here and you’ll never have to see my face again.”
Since he was a child, Rosaline had always coddled him. She had never said a harsh word to him. To have her explode in front of everyone over some money was a blow to his pride that he couldn’t stomach. He was seething.
Rosaline rushed to his side to fix it. “Robert, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have yelled. I’m sorry okay? It kills me to hear you talk like that. You know you’re my world. Don’t worry, I’ll handle the debt. I’ll find the money right now.”
Seeing him look so wounded was more than she could stand. She couldn’t even bring herself to be mad at him anymore.
As soon as he saw she was going for the cash, Robert’s face shifted into a mask of pathetic sadness. “Mom, I’m sorry. I was just so scared I didn’t know what I was saying. Don’t listen to me. I just lost my head for a second. Please, just get the money.”
As long as the check cleared, he was happy to play the victim. He couldn’t let his play for the company fall apart over a debt. He wasn’t losing this.
Rosaline patted his head and hurried upstairs. When she came back, she was clutching a bank card. She shoved it at Simon. “This is my entire life savings. There’s ten million on here. The rest of you need to come up with the other twenty.”
It physically hurt her to hand it over, but with Robert’s life on the line, she felt forced. She had spent living with Robert, watching him blow his own money and constantly hitting Ethan up for more. He millions every month, and because she couldn’t say no to her golden boy, she had spent years bleedi Ethan dry to fund it.
They had lived like that for years without a hitch. She never thought he’d be stupid enough to walk into a casino. Everyone knew those places were designed to strip a man of his skin before they let hun de one in their family had ever been a gambler, and she couldn’t understand where Robert had pickist spitte habit.
Simon looked at Terrance, his face tight with fake concern. I’m short. I can pull together win that’s the absolute limit.”
He had moved all his assets into his wife’s name specifically so Robert Coulher node his v hard-earned money go to a debt collector made his skin crawl
Terrance looked at Rosaline with a miserable face of his own Tough thin
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Chapter 329 The Breaking Point
Terrance knew all about the gambling. He was the one who called the thugs. He had dumped his money into real estate and renovations specifically so he’d have an excuse to be broke. He wanted to drain the family to prove Robert was a failure so he could take the CEO chair for himself.
Rosaline turned on Ethan. “The rest of us have given everything we can. That leaves fifteen million, and you’re paying it. You’re the one who called these people here anyway. I should make you pay the whole thing, but I’m only asking for half. Now pay up!”
She didn’t believe in coincidences. These thugs showed up exactly when the contract was on the table. To her, Ethan was the only one who wanted to stall the deal.
Ethan’s lips curled into a sharp, mocking smile. “I didn’t call anyone, and I’m not giving you a dime. You can forget about it.”
They were so used to living off him they’d forgotten who actually made the money. The idea of him handing over fifteen million for a gambling debt was a joke.
“Fine. Fine!” Rosaline slammed her cane against the floor. “You think you’re too big for this family now? If you don’t pay this, we’re done. I’m disowning you. You’ll never set foot in this house again, and you’re finished at the company. Sign the papers and get out of my sight!”
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