1134 Dropping Work
A middle-aged man standing beside Ashton said indignantly, “Mr. Ashton, are we going to let that punk off and allow him to leave with all that money? We’re letting him off too easy!”
Smack!
Ashton raised his hand and slapped the middle-aged man on his face. He roared, “You think I want to let him go? If you think you can stop him, go ahead! If you can stop him and bring me back his bank card, I’ll give you 150 million dollars!
“Go f*cking try to stop him!”
The middle-aged man was slapped so hard that his teeth almost became loose. He hurriedly kept his mouth shut, not daring to say another word.
Now that Ashton was in a rage, no one dared to say anything.
After glowering furiously at the crowd in the poker room, he ordered sternly, “None of you are to speak a word about what happened today. Otherwise, I won’t let you off!”
Be it the staff of Club Illuma or the experts collapsed on the floor and couldn’t get up, they all agreed, “Yes, Mr. Ashton. We will never say a word about this!”
After giving a gag order, Ashton began pondering with a gloomy expression.
Apart from Lucas’s bet of 602 million dollars, the rest of the money had to be deducted from the revenue of Club Illuma.
If the family discovered the large deficit, Ashton would probably no longer be the family’s heir and might even be severely punished.
Thus, he had to conceal this matter before using various methods to fill the deficit as much as possible.
…
Meanwhile, after leaving Club Illuma, Lucas immediately headed to DC Hospital.
Although Flynn had said on the phone that Gemma was no longer in critical condition, Lucas still wanted to go see her.
At the end of the day, Gemma had suffered this unwarranted mishap today because she was helping Lucas design and build Stardust City. As a result, she had been hurt by the Hills, which triggered an almost fatal heart attack.
Moreover, now that Gemma had been rescued, and the main cause of her condition was a heart attack, her family should be less hostile to him now…
At the thought of Leila’s animosity and attitude toward him, Lucas couldn’t help smiling bitterly.
Seeing Lucas appear in the hospital again, Flynn hurriedly greeted him and asked worriedly, “Lucas, is… everything okay over there?”
When Lucas left earlier, Flynn had roughly guessed what he would do, so he was extremely worried.
After all, Club Illuma and the Hills were not to be trifled with.
Lucas said calmly, “Everything’s fine. How is Professor Crawford doing?”
Flynn said, “She hasn’t come to yet, but Dr. Stone said that she’s already out of danger and will be alright once she wakes up.”
“That’s good.” Lucas heaved a sigh of relief.
Then he took out the bank card in his pocket and handed it to Flynn. “There’s slightly more than five billion dollars in this card. Withdraw thirty million dollars from it and give it to Professor Crawford’s family as compensation, then use the rest on the construction of Stardust City.”
There was more than two billion dollars in Lucas’s card in the first place, and he had made more than three billion dollars from Club Illuma.
Although the compensation for Gemma’s family didn’t necessarily require 30 million dollars, the Hills were the reason she had met with this mishap. So Lucas didn’t think it was too much to give them 30 million dollars out of the money the Hills had given him.
Flynn had already taken the bank card from Lucas’s hand, but when he heard that it contained more than five billion dollars, he was so frightened that he almost dropped the card.
He hurriedly held the card with both hands and said cautiously, “Lucas, there’s still a lot of money in the card you gave me last time. We don’t need so much money for now, so why don’t you keep this card?”
Lucas shook his head and said, “Just take it. The construction of dozens of Stardust Cities will take place simultaneously in the near future and will require a massive amount of funds. Take this money as spare funds.”
Since Lucas already said so, Flynn had nothing else to say and could only put the card in his pocket carefully.
The fact that Lucas had handed over so much money to him and let him use it as he deemed fit showed his immense trust in Flynn!
While they were talking outside Gemma’s ward, the door of the ward was suddenly opened, and Leila, Professor Crawford’s granddaughter, walked out, only to be stunned at the sight of Lucas.
Immediately afterward, an unnatural expression appeared on her face, and she coughed before saying to Lucas, “Uh, I’m sorry for what I said before. I wasn’t deliberately picking on you.”
Leila’s animosity toward Lucas had completely vanished after learning that her grandmother had suffered a heart attack and had been successfully rescued by Maddy.
Hearing her awkward apology, Lucas naturally wouldn’t bother holding it against a girl who was still in college. He just smiled and said, “It’s okay.”
Hearing their voices, Paul walked out and nodded at Lucas. “Mr. Gray.”
“Professor Carson.” Lucas greeted Paul, Gemma’s knowledgeable son, whom Lucas had a good impression of.
Paul looked at Lucas and suddenly said, “Mr. Gray, can I have a few words with you alone?”
Lucas was a little surprised, but he nevertheless nodded. “Alright.”
Lucas followed Paul out to an empty corridor.
He looked at Lucas and hesitated to speak several times, seemingly not knowing what to say.
Seeing this, Lucas said softly, “Professor Carson, feel free to speak your mind. It’s fine.”
Hearing this, Paul smiled wryly and finally said, “Mr. Gray, I’ll be frank with you. My mother has been suffering from heart disease for some years now, and the attack this time was very severe. The doctor said that she was in a very dangerous situation. While she was rescued this time, she might not be so lucky the next time.
“So, I hope that my mother can put down all her work at hand, including the design of Stardust City, and go home to enjoy her retirement.
“Therefore, I’d like to apologize to you.”
