LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 178 - Leah's Poison Acting Up
Chapter 178: Leah’s Poison Acting Up
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For his final move, Mr. Cooke took off his underwear and tossed it to Clarence before walking out of First Pavilion, looking humiliated.
Everyone around them was stunned.
Clarence tossed everything to Gunther. “Go back and sell it. Deposit the money into Thirteen Hall’s bank account.”
Peony’s eyes lit up as she rushed over and snatched the Patek Philippe diamond watch.
“What are you doing?” Gunther’s face darkened. He was about to strike her.
Peony held her head high. “What are you doing?
“Are you going to hit me again?
“You’re only Clarence’s staff. Are you going to lay a hand on me?”
Gunther was furious. “You…”
Miranda looked helpless. “Mom, what are you doing? It’s Clarence’s stuff.”
Peony spoke confidently, “Clarence just won one hundred billion dollars. This is nothing.
“Why would Clarence care about a lame watch?
“I haven’t had a decent watch in my life. I don’t even have something to tell the time with.”
Miranda said, “Mom, don’t you have a phone?
“Why would you need a watch?
“Besides, it’s a men’s watch. How are you even going to wear it?”
Peony put the watch in her pocket. “Even if I can’t wear it, can’t your dad wear it?
“Besides, Clarence isn’t a stingy person. He wouldn’t say anything about me taking a watch. Right, Clarence?”
Clarence did not want to argue with Peony. “Miranda, forget it. Give it to her.”
“That’s more like it.”
Peony smiled at Clarence with a triumphant look on her face. “Clarence, I knew you were special.
“Everything I said to you was meant to inspire you! You didn’t expect that, did you? You’re going places, and it’s all because of the inspiration I gave you.
“You’ve even gotten so good at stone gambling that you can earn more than ten billion dollars in one breath.
“You’re so much better than those losers Kaysen and George.”
Kaysen and George looked embarrassed.
Belle whispered, “Mom, what are you talking about?”
“What’s the matter? Am I wrong?” Peony looked back at her eldest daughter. “Look at how disappointing you are. You’ve got yourself a useless husband. The company hasn’t grown in years since you took over.
“All you know is how to indulge in pleasure. When are you going to get as good as Clarence?”
Peony beamed at Clarence. She was satisfied with him.
Clarence had taken a ten billion dollar treatment fee from Selina.
Now, he had cut out jade worth more than ten billion dollars from raw stone.
How intriguing.
She made Clarence an offer. “Clarence, why don’t you remarry Miranda?
“Everything at the hospital was a misunderstanding.
“But if you remarry Miranda, all your assets must be transferred to the Murphy family and placed in my custody.
“It’s the only way to prevent you from being unfaithful!”
Peony looked as if it was a done deal. “All men go bad when they have money.”
Clarence ignored Peony, but Kate was infuriated. “Lady, is your horoscope a wall?”
“What do you mean? I’m a Leo.” Peony was stunned.
Kate taunted, “Because your skin is thicker than a wall.
“First, you looked down on Clarence and made him divorce Miranda. Now that you’ve seen that Clarence has twenty billion dollars, you shamelessly tell Clarence to go back?
“How can you be so shameless?”
Peony glared at Kate. “Excuse me? Who are you to accuse me?
“That’s not what I meant…”
Armstrong suddenly roared, “Alright, that’s enough.”
Peony looked at Armstrong in surprise before fuming. “Armstrong, how dare you talk to me like that?
“You…”
Slap… Armstrong slapped her.
“Shut up!”
“How dare you slap me?” Shocked, Peony looked at her husband in disbelief. “Did you just slap me?
“Good job, Armstrong… You’re simply heartless. I’ve been married to you for decades. I’ve worked so hard and committed myself to our family, yet you’ve just slapped me!”
Armstrong snapped, “Do you think it’s not humiliating enough already?
“Clarence came here to help our family today, yet all you care about is his money!
“You’ve indeed been married to me for decades, but working hard and committing yourself to the family? Not quite. Have you ever done any chores around the house? Hasn’t it always been the maids who do them?
“You’ve never cooked a meal or a dish at home. Do you call that working hard and committing yourself to the family?
“Do you know why Clarence got a divorce? You forced him to, yet now you want him back. You’re even coveting the twenty billion dollars he has. What’s going on inside your head?”
Armstrong was exasperated.”Can’t you set a better example for the children in front of all these people?”
“You…” Peony wanted to defend herself.
Armstrong interrupted. “What?
“If you have something else to say, discuss it at home. If you’re still coveting Clarence’s twenty billion dollars, I’m going to slap you again.”
Peony winced in fear.
She was the type who bullied the weak but feared the strong.
Armstrong never bothered to argue with her before, letting her do whatever she wanted.
Today was the last straw for him.
No one in the Murphy family spoke up for Peony. They all thought Peony had gone too far.
Armstrong looked at Clarence awkwardly, already filled with regret.
He had never expected Clarence, whom he had always looked down upon, to turn the tables on them today.
His favorite Kaysen had been mediocre and had not achieved much.
Armstrong sighed. “Clarence, I apologize.
“I hope you don’t mind what was said in the hospital parking lot the other day.
“If you want to start over with Miranda, I won’t object.
“But I won’t ask you to return to the Murphy family. I appreciate what you’ve done for us today. I’ll sell Dragon Soar Heights’ Villa One to pay back the debt of one billion dollars.”
Clarence smiled. “Ol’ Murphy, that’s not necessary.
“I promised to help Miranda today, and since I made a promise to her, I won’t take your money.”
Armstrong froze. He looked back at his daughter before nodding at Clarence. “Thank you.”
Clarence smiled and said nothing.
After all, the Murphy family was just like a stream.
After leaving the Murphy family, Clarence had broadened his horizons and seen more people and things. He was now facing a sea of stars.
Clarence saw the humiliation he had suffered while in the Murphy family as a form of discipline for himself.
He was now indifferent to others’ opinions.
Just then, Carrie walked over with a smile. “Congratulations on winning the bet, Mr. Howard.”
“You’re too kind, Ms. Houston,” Clarence replied lightly.
Carrie covered her mouth as her ivory legs took two steps forward, her dress and its slit dancing in the wind. “Mr. Howard, what are you going to do with the raw jade stones worth 10.5 billion dollars?”
Clarence frowned. “Well…”
He had no idea what to do with them.
Carrie suggested with a smile, “If you can’t think of a better solution, First Pavilion can help you handle them.
“Taking into account the one billion dollars Armstrong spent at First Pavilion, I can take the 10.5 billion dollars and give you ten billion in cash if you let me deal with this batch of raw jade stones.
“And the remaining five hundred million dollars can be Armstrong’s stone gambling fee. What do you think?”
Carrie displayed a lot of sincerity.
She had given him a discount of five hundred million dollars.
Of course, since she was taking Clarence’s 10.5 billion dollars worth of raw jade stones, she would be making much more than five hundred million dollars from them.
However, Clarence knew nothing about jades, so he could not be bothered to handle them himself. “Okay, I’ll let you handle these raw jade stones. You can transfer the money to my account later, Ms. Houston.”
He looked at Miranda again. “Everything’s settled. I should go now.”
Miranda bit her lip. “Thank you. I was impulsive last night.”
Clarence shook his head and said nothing. Then, he turned around and walked away with the people he had brought with him.
As soon as Clarence stepped out of First Pavilion, his phone rang.
“Hello, who’s this?”
A middle-aged man’s voice came over. “Dr. Howard, where are you?”
“What happened?” asked Clarence.
He sounded like Leah’s middle-aged bodyguard.
The man explained anxiously, “Master Sanders suddenly fainted after having dinner just now.”
“She’s bleeding from her ears, eyes, nostrils, and mouth. Her lips have no color. It’s as if her poison has acted up….”