Love After Marriage: Mr. Lancaster's Hidden Wife

Chapter 85 Where Are We Going

"What did you say?” Both Mrs. Frey and Yvonne were shocked at the same time.

Henry smoothed his sleeves slowly. "I’m saying that I'll give you fifteen million dollars as long as Jason goes to jail for five years. Do you understand?"

"You..." Mrs. Frey pointed at him angrily, and her hand was trembling. "How could you say that? Jason is your brother-in-law no matter what. You..."

"He's not my brother-in-law." Henry blinked his eyes calmly. "I told you just now. I only approve of Yvonne i n the Freys. You want to blackmail me for fifteen million dollars. Certainly you must fulfill a condition, isn’t that right?"

"How light you treat this affair! But Jason didn't do anything illegal. How could you ask him to go to jail?" Mrs. Frey raised her chin smugly.

"How stubborn!" Henry sneered and looked toward Yvonne. "Tell her whether Jason did anything against the law."

Yvonne responded and nodded. "Mom, I told you just now. It's against the law for Jason to gamble. He will b e imprisoned if his crimes are exposed. Besides, he lost seven hundred thousand dollars to gambling. The sum of money was immense, and he will be imprisoned for a few years for that."

She did not exaggerate the facts.

She did look up similar cases online on her way to the Freys just now.

Mrs. Frey was anxious. She was no longer smug and calm. "Is... it true that he will be imprisoned for such a long time?"

"Yes." Yvonne nodded.

Mrs. Frey was as pale as a sheet now. "Then... what should we do? Are you really going to report Jason to the authorities?"

"This..." Yvonne turned and looked at Henry, asking for his opinion.

If he was not there, she could still make a decision.

But now that he was there, she subconsciously relied o n him in that matter.

Henry felt her gaze and tilted his head slightly to meet her eyes for a short while before he averted his gaze quickly. "I wouldn't do such a boring thing."

"Really?" Mrs. Frey was surprised, and she widened her eyes.

Henry pursed his lips. "The condition is that you need to advise him, so he won't go gambling anymore. If I ever learn that he's asking money from Yvonne again, I'll never let him off. Do you understand?"

Mrs. Frey understood his threat. She could not help but shiver. She nodded. "Yes, then how about the sum of fifteen million dollars..." "You still want that?" Henry raised his eyebrows.

That old lady was certainly quite greedy.

They were clearly mother and daughter. Why was there such a vast difference between their characteristics?

The mother was greedy. It was disgusting to see her like that. On the other hand, the daughter wanted nothing...

As he was thinking about that, he looked at Yvonne with his deep-set eyes.

Yvonne did not notice his gaze. She said to Mrs. Frey calmly, "Mom, which is more important? The money o r Jason? Do you really want Jason to go to jail?"

"Damn it! What are you talking about now? Who wants Jason to go to jail?” Mrs. Frey retorted. Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

She wanted the money so badly, but she cared more about her son.

She was constantly thinking about having a son. At last, her wish was granted.

She adored him deeply.

"So you don't want the money anymore, is that so?" Henry looked at the watch on his wrist.

Mrs. Frey took a deep breath, suppressing the great reluctance deep in her heart.

Henry sneered. "There are not a lot of people who can threaten me in this world. The Freys are certainly not one of those people. If you ask Yvonne for money, and she's fine with it, I won't bother about it. But if you want to do the same to me, don't even think about it. I’m leaving now!"

He directed the last utterance at Yvonne.

Yvonne looked at him as he disappeared from her sight. Then, she glanced at Mrs. Frey who was still in a daze. "Mom, I told you beforehand not to offend Henry. You didn't listen to me!"

After that, she shook her head and ran after Henry quickly.

"Henry!" Yvonne left the residential building and ran toward Henry.

Henry stopped walking and waited for her.

When Yvonne saw that, she was quite surprised. She quickened her pace and stopped beside him. "Thank you, Henry."

"What for?” Henry started to walk again.

Yvonne followed behind him quickly. "For coming here to help me to deal with my mother. If I were alone, I don’t even know how long it would take. I will be frank with you. My mom is quite stubborn.

Unexpectedly, she treated it as a small affair, knowing that Jason is involved in gambling." "Ignorant people always act like that." Henry took out the car key and pressed it once.

Yvonne’s lips twitched slightly, but she remained silent.

Although he sounded harsh, what he said was not wrong.

As Mrs. Frey’s daughter, she too felt that her mother was quite ignorant.

She was not only ignorant, she was extremely greedy too. How could she talk about fifteen million dollars just like that? Yvonne felt humiliated when she thought about that.

"Get into the car.’’ Henry opened the door for her.

Yvonne reacted and got into the car immediately.

Henry closed the door and went to sit in the driver's seat.

"You better reject them if they ask for money from you again in the future. Or you can clarify your doubts first before you decide whether you want to comply with their wishes," he said all of a sudden.

Yvonne was putting on the seatbelt. She stopped her movement. "What's wrong?"

"You'll know after reading through this." Henry handed a document to her.

Yvonne got the document from him and opened it suspiciously.

She was immensely angry after she read through the document.

"How... could they act like this?" She was outraged.

Henry did not take pity on her, but he sneered at her." Aren’t you the one who allowed this to happen?" 1

"I..." Yvonne bit her lips. She had no way to retort to him.

Henry changed the gear and pressed on the pedal. " You asked me to investigate this matter, wondering what your brother used the money for recently. Out of curiosity, I asked Joe to look into the sum of money you paid the Freys for the past three years. According t o the bank statement, you paid around nineteen thousand and five hundred dollars to them."

"What a great sum!" Yvonne exclaimed.

Henry threw a sidelong glance at her. "You were the one who paid them. Why are you so surprised about i t?"

"I didn’t know about it. I never keep track of how much I pay them," Yvonne calmed herself down and replied.

Nineteen thousand and five hundred dollars were indeed her entire savings for the past three years.

"Look at how good you're at it!” Henry raised a sarcastic remark.

Yvonne stuck out her tongue sheepishly.

Henry turned the steering wheel. "Just because you always give them money, they live extravagantly when they get the money from you. They even owed a great debt just because you're

my wife. They didn't even think about returning the seven hundred thousand dollars that I gave them last time."

"I didn't know about it..." Yvonne clenched the document, and she was having a difficult moment. " Every time my mom asked for money from me, she would claim that there was some kind of accident or something was wrong with Jason, so I gave them the money.”

"Are you always so stupid?"

Yvonne was puzzled.

Henry stopped the car in front of the red light. "If you’re not, how would you believe such lame excuses? If your family always gets into trouble, your family would be long gone by now."

Yvonne covered her face in shame. "Please don't talk about it anymore..."

"I'm just reminding you. I want you to know what kind of stupid deeds you did." The red light had changed, and Henry continued driving his car. "You better be sensible next time. Don’t always believe what they say. Get your head around it before you want to give them money."

"Alright." Yvonne nodded repeatedly, indicating she understood it now.

She looked at the document in her hand. It weighed a lot on her mind.

She always complied with their wishes every time her family asked for money from her. She never doubted their reasons behind it. She even felt quite smug about it just because she was able to help her family out. 1

But it appeared like her family was treating her as a fool.

She laughed at herself when she thought about that. She turned and looked out of the window. She was stunned for a short while. "Henry, this is not the way back to the villa. Where are we going?"