1208 Couple Turning Against Each Other
Lucas refuted Rayson mercilessly, but he didn’t dare to say a word. He could only smile and say, “Yes, Mr. Gray, you’re right! I’m just an old fogey without any weight to speak of. It was a slip of the tongue!
“But I’m old, and Vanessa is my only child. If she dies, my bloodline will cease to exist. So… I have no choice but to bite the bullet and beg you to let off my unfilial daughter…
“As long as you spare my daughter’s life, I… I’ll be willing to give you all the profits of the Williams this year as a token of my sincerity to make amends and apologize to you for my daughter!”
Rayson sounded hesitant when saying the last sentence. After offering his family’s annual revenue, he seemed extremely pained.
It was a year’s worth of profits!
Given the numerous businesses of all sizes the Williams had, a year’s profits was an astronomical figure.
Although Rayson really felt the pinch, he had to go all out to save Vanessa’s life!
But Lucas wasn’t tempted at all. He just said indifferently, “How much do you think your daughter’s life is worth?”
How much money was a human life worth?
If it was anyone else, Rayson naturally wouldn’t think they were worth much, but the life of his precious daughter was definitely priceless. It couldn’t be measured with money.
“This…” Rayson was at a loss for words.
Clearly, the annual profits of the Williams weren’t enough to trade for his daughter’s life, even though they amounted to billions of dollars.
All of a sudden, Rayson was at a loss for what to do.
Rayson gritted his teeth and said, “In that case, Mr. Gray, please enlighten me and tell me what I have to do for you to spare my daughter’s life. What are your conditions? I’ll agree to any as long as they’re within my means!”
No matter how high the price was, he had to save his daughter’s life!
“In that case, let’s use all the Williams’ businesses in exchange!” Lucas said calmly.
What?
All of the Williams’ businesses?
As soon as Lucas made the request, everyone in the private room was astonished.
Rayson was also stunned.
Lucas actually asked for all the Williams’ businesses. It was really an outrageous demand!
The Williams were not a small family but one of the eight top families of DC, one of the several forces standing at the summit of the country.
Lucas was asking for too much.
Lucas said indifferently, “You have two choices now. One, hand over the Williams’ businesses, and your daughter will live. Two, keep the Williams’ businesses, but your daughter dies. Take your pick.”
His words were like a thunderbolt striking everyone’s hearts.
Vanessa, kneeling on the floor, looked distraught and dumbstruck.
She never thought that her arrogance and offensive behavior toward Lucas would bring such a catastrophe to her family!
Seeing how respectful and terrified Rayson was facing Lucas, Vanessa didn’t think that Lucas was just scaring her.
Rayson looked extremely conflicted.
He didn’t want to pick either of the options Lucas gave him.
One was his only child, while the other was the family’s empire that he had worked hard all his life for. He couldn’t bear to give up either.
But he knew that Lucas wasn’t easily persuaded. Since he had given him these two options, he had to pick one.
He had to choose between his family’s empire or his daughter’s life!
Smack!
While Rayson was wallowing in misery and struggling over which option to pick, the clear sound of a slap rang in his ear.
The slap attracted everyone’s attention.
Vanessa, who had been kneeling on the floor in desperation, had charged over to Peter and shouted at him furiously. “It’s all your fault, you bastard! If it weren’t for you, the Williams wouldn’t have encountered this disaster today!
“Peter, you asshole, you’ve accomplished nothing since you married into our family!
“The Williams have treated you so well. The clothes you wear, the car you drive, and the salary you make are all given to you by the Williams! If not for us, you’d still be a bottom feeder of society and inferior to your classmates!
“The Williams even paid for your advanced studies and entrusted you to manage a few of the family’s companies. My father even decided to let you manage our core business and companies!
“But how did you repay us? If you hadn’t provoked Ashley and her friend, why would I have offended them for your sake? How could my family be facing this crisis?
“This is all your fault! You’re just a good-for-nothing who wants to sponge off women. Don’t think I didn’t hear how you got close to Ashley just so you could rely on the Steeles. But later, you abandoned her because she no longer had a high status in the family. Then you targeted me to get close to the Williams just for the sake of gaining benefits from us, right?”
“Hah, I was really blind to have married a useless bastard like you who only thinks about climbing higher by relying on women!
“I really regret it now. I’m going to divorce you tomorrow morning. From now on, you have nothing to do with me and the Williams!”
Vanessa pointed at Peter and hollered, her eyes full of anger.
Indeed, if he hadn’t provoked Ashley, she wouldn’t have ended up offending Lucas and bringing this catastrophe to her family!
Peter was the culprit of it all!
Vanessa had been extremely displeased ever since Ashley talked about the matters with Peter from when they were in college. But she was too prideful and didn’t want to get into a fight with Peter in public, lest she disgraces herself and the Williams. So she had suppressed her anger and insulted Ashley and Lucas together with Peter.
As for their matters, they would discuss them at home.
But Vanessa never thought that the situation would change so drastically within just ten minutes. Lucas wasn’t to be trifled with at all, and even her father couldn’t do anything about him. He could only either let her die or pay the price with the family’s businesses.
At the thought of these outcomes, Vanessa could no longer care about her pride. She absolutely hated Peter for bringing about this disaster to the Williams!
