On the other end of the line, lody Sumrs was completely baffled by what she just heard.
’What debt? Is this so kind of phone scam?’
’And what’s this about serving soone?’
lody Sumrs instinctively felt the person must have dialed the wrong number.
So, she asked tentatively, "And you are?"
Ethan Sutton froze for a mont upon hearing that. Then, he let out a disdainful scoff and said in his deep, sexy vocal fry, "lody Sumrs, don’t play hard to get with . I refuse to believe you can’t recognize my voice."
Ethan Sutton was a man of supre confidence, always the most prominent young master in any crowd. He refused to believe lody Sumrs couldn’t recognize his voice and figured she was just playing hard to get.
He thought with so disdain, ’Won like her just love these little hard-to-get gas.’
But to his surprise, lody Sumrs on the other end of the line simply replied, "Psycho."
Then, the line went dead.
Ethan Sutton stared at his phone in disbelief—lody Sumrs had actually hung up on him!
Ethan Sutton’s face instantly turned bright red. He couldn’t tell if it was from anger or embarrassnt. He imdiately called back.
When the call connected, lody Sumrs’s impatient voice ca through, "Are you a psycho? Stop calling !"
Before lody Sumrs could hang up, Ethan Sutton quickly identified himself: "It’s , Ethan Sutton!"
lody Sumrs paused. ’Ethan Sutton?’
She frowned and asked, "What do you want?"
Ethan Sutton sneered and said in a low voice, "lody Sumrs, your parents now owe the Sutton Family a sum of money they can’t repay. What do you think should be done about this?"
lody Sumrs was even more confused hearing this. She replied impatiently, "A debt? Then sue them. What’s the point of calling ? I’m definitely not helping them pay it back."
Hearing lody Sumrs’s nonchalant tone, Ethan Sutton assud she was just pretending to be calm. He continued with a sneer, "lody Sumrs, stop playing dumb! The Lancasters owe money and won’t pay up. You’d better believe I’ll go to your brother’s company and cause a scene."
It finally dawned on lody Sumrs. It was her own fault for being so busy lately; she’d completely forgotten about the whole ss between the Sutton and Lancaster families.
She recalled the recent paternity test the Sutton Family had done on the baby Sylvia Lancaster miscarried. ’The Suttons probably think the child was Simon Lancaster’s. The daughter-in-law they’d welcod into their family was pregnant with her own brother’s child—how could the Suttons possibly swallow that insult?’
’So Ethan Sutton is calling now. The two families must have had a massive falling out over this, and the Suttons are settling the score with Robert Lancaster and Elaine Hughes!’
’The Lancaster Family is broke right now. They’re calling because they’ve probably decided to target .’
At this thought, lody Sumrs couldn’t help but sneer. ’How are the Lancasters so incapable of learning their lesson? It seems the past few beatings weren’t enough for them...’
Seeing lody Sumrs go silent, Ethan Sutton assud he had scared her. He thought she was afraid he’d actually go to Simon Lancaster’s company, cause a scene, and make Simon lose his job.
Thinking of this, a triumphant smile spread across Ethan Sutton’s face. ’I knew it. They’re her biological parents, after all. Blood is thicker than water. How could lody Sumrs truly not care if her parents live or die?’
But to his surprise, lody Sumrs said, "Ethan Sutton, what exactly are you going to cause a scene about at Simon Lancaster’s company? That your own brother-in-law, Simon Lancaster, cuckolded you? Or that your wife was pregnant with another man’s child?"
Ethan Sutton’s hand holding the phone tightened instantly. The triumphant smile vanished from his face, and his eyes turned ice-cold.
lody Sumrs continued, "Go ahead. You should make a big enough scene for the whole world to know. Tell everyone how your dear wife cheated on you. If you feel you can’t make a big enough spectacle on your own, I can pay for popular bloggers and online trolls to support you. I’ll guarantee everyone in Anworth knows that Simon Lancaster cuckolded you."
Ethan Sutton’s phone was on speaker, and now everyone in the large hall had heard lody Sumrs’s voice.
Ethan Sutton was both shocked and furious. ’How does lody Sumrs know all this? Could it be...’
Ethan Sutton shot a vicious glare at Robert Lancaster and Elaine Hughes. He was sure they were the ones who told lody Sumrs!
’The entire Lancaster family knew Sylvia was pregnant with Simon’s child, and only my family was kept in the dark!’
Robert Lancaster and Elaine Hughes, however, exchanged a confused glance. They couldn’t believe it either. How did lody Sumrs find out?
Ethan Sutton couldn’t hold back any longer. He yelled into the phone, "lody Sumrs! Stop playing gas with ! You know what state the Lancasters are in. If your brother loses his job, your parents will starve to death! Don’t think I’m joking!"
With that, Ethan Sutton handed the phone to Robert Lancaster and Elaine Hughes, signaling them with his eyes to help persuade lody Sumrs.
Ethan Sutton thought, ’I refuse to believe lody Sumrs can ignore the pleas of her own biological parents!’
Seeing her chance, Elaine Hughes quickly chid in, "Yes, yes, lody, my good daughter! Mommy really knows she was wrong this ti. Everything in the past was my fault! I shouldn’t have favored Sylvia. I promise it will never happen again. You’re Mommy’s only daughter! Please, just help the family. Your brother really can’t lose his job!"
Robert Lancaster added, "Daughter, Sylvia did sothing wrong, and we’ve already kicked her out of the house. From now on, your mother and I only recognize you as our daughter. Now, as your father, I’m begging you, just help the family this one ti!"
Listening to Robert Lancaster and Elaine Hughes, lody Sumrs felt a little sick. In her past life, the two phrases this couple said most often were "I really regret having a daughter like you" and "You’re such a disappointnt to us"...
Now that they needed sothing from her, they were pulling this act again. It was truly laughable.
Before lody Sumrs could speak, Ethan Sutton cut in again, "So? You believe now, don’t you?"
lody Sumrs thought for a mont, then asked in a calm tone, "Oh? Then what do you want to do?"
Hearing this, Ethan Sutton thought lody Sumrs was giving in. He said smugly, "If you want to let your parents off the hook, you’ll co back with to the Sutton estate. From now on, you belong to the Sutton Family, and you will obey my every command."
Ethan Sutton pictured lody Sumrs’s beautiful face, and a lecherous smile crept onto his lips.
He continued in a low voice, "As long as you behave and please from now on, once I’m satisfied, your parents’ debt will be wiped clean. I also won’t go to Simon Lancaster’s company to cause trouble for him. How about it?"
lody Sumrs almost laughed out loud at his words. She asked, "So I have to obey your every command? And what if I don’t?"
Ethan Sutton sneered. "Then I’ll sell you to the Crestview Hotel! I’ll let the people at the Crestview Hotel discipline you properly!"
Hearing Ethan Sutton say this, the two Crestview Hotel security guards standing next to him couldn’t help but frown. ’This client has no filter,’ they thought. ’Isn’t he just making trouble for us?!’
lody Sumrs, however, froze when she heard the na "The Crestview Hotel."
She silently committed the na to mory.
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