Chapter 55 Shocking Words
“Your son is simply unworthy of Quinnic. He wouldn’t even let her bring back her parents‘ ashes! <b>How </b>could he ever be worthy of being Quinnie’s husband?” Dominic eximed indignantly.
“Pfft! Expecting my son to bring back such an unlucky thing as ashes? In her dreams!” Penelope <b>spat </b><b>out</b>. “That day, Quinn came back with a cremation urn, wanting to keep it at home for a few days. I had <b>to </b>p her to make her stop. If she really dared to keep the cremation urn at home, I would have smashed <b>it</b>. <b>She </b>was trying to bring bad luck to the Grafton family! How vicious…”
Dominic was shaking with rage. Only then did he understand the extent of the humiliation hisrade’s daughter had endured.
Han and Laura were visibly upset, and thetter was on the verge of tears.
Finally, Laura understood that there was <b>so </b>much more behind Quinn’s desire for a divorce. How could Trent treat <i>Quinnie </i><i>like </i><i>this</i>?
Penelope was growing more and more pleased with herself as she spoke. Suddenly, a chilling male voice rang out. “p her!”
Immediately after, a harsh pnded on Penelope’s face, abruptly silencing <b>her </b>venomous words.
Everyone was taken aback. The p that had just been dealt was from one of Julius‘ subordinates. However, the person who had given the order was none other than Julius himself.
Penelope was left stunned by the p. It took her a moment to regain her senses. She then burst out angrily, “How dare you? Quinn, you’re siding with strangers against me. No wonder your parents died young, having a daughter like you!”
“Keep pping her!” Julius ordered.
The subordinate raised his hand and pped Penelope repeatedly.
Before long, Penelope’s cheeks had swelled up.
The people around didn’t dare to step forward and intervene. After all, that was Julius, the man who practically ruled half of Jexburgh.
Trent was about to rush forward, but he was stopped by Julius‘ subordinates.
He didn’t dare tosh out at Julius, <b>so </b>he redirected his anger toward Quinn instead. “Quinn, aren’t you going to make them stop? Is this really what you want?”
Quinn kept her lips tightly sealed, remainingpletely silent.
If Penelope had only insulted her, she could have shrugged it off. However, the fact that she disrespected Montague and Arlene was absolutely uneptable.
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Montague and Arlene were honorable soldiers, fallen heroes who had sacrificed their lives <b>for </b><b>their </b>country.
The chilling pping sound continued to echo in the air.
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“If something happens to my mom, can you bear the responsibility, Quinn?<b>” </b>Trent <b>roared </b>
“I’ll take responsibility for this!” dered Julius. “If anyone gets hurt or injured, the Whitehorn <b>family </b>will cover all medical andpensation costs!”
With those words spoken, the scene fell into silence once again.
Hearing those words, Penelope grew even more terrified, pleading for Trent’s help.
“Quinn, is this really necessary?” Trent’s voice was tinged with frustration. “Is it all about the money<b>? </b><b>Fine</b><b>! </b>I’ll give you what you want. Will that be enough for you to leave my mother alone?”
The pping sound temporarily ceased.
Julius then looked Quinn, seemingly waiting for her decision.
He would have his subordinates continue if she said she wasn’t forgiving Penelope.
Quinn looked at Trent and answered, “Yes. I want the money, but you’re not gifting me one million <b>five </b>hundred thirty thousand. You’re merely paying me back! Back then, when you were starting your business and had no money, I handed you one million five hundred thirty thousand in cash to kick<b>–</b>start your venture! Trent, I’m divorcing you and asking for only one million five hundred thirty thousand. It’s simply because I want to end this marriage once and for all. I can’t stand your family’s nonsense any longer<b>!</b><b>” </b>
Quinn’s voice resonated, each word and sentence ringing out clearly.
The crowd’s gaze shifted as they looked at Trent, a well–known figure in the tech industry. Everyone knew that he, a nouveau riche, had built his empire from scratch, but they didn’t know that Quinn, surprisingly, was the one who provided the initial funding for his startup.
At that moment, with divorce on the table, Trent was even unwilling to give up that sum of money straightaway.
“You could say whatever you want now. I could even say that the startup fund was from my mom to Trent!” Jacinda retorted.
Laura red at Jacinda. “If the Grafton family could’ve really coughed up the money for Trent back then, he wouldn’t have ended up so poor that the wedding ring he gave Quinnie was nothing more than a cheap trinket worth two hundred from a street stall!”
“How could Quinn, an orphan, possibly have that much money?” Jacinda eximed.
“That was Quinn’s parents‘ death gratuity!” Laura’s words were shocking. Suddenly, the entire scene fell into a deafening silence.
Trent, who had been silent all along, looked at Quinn in disbelief with his contracted pupils. <b><i>Could </i></b>it <i>be</i><i>? </i><i>Was </i><i>my </i><i>initial </i><i>funding </i><i>a </i><i>death </i><i>gratuity</i><i>? </i><i>How </i><i>could </i><i>that </i><i>be </i><i>possible</i><i>? </i><i>However</i><i>, </i><i>if </i><i>it </i><i>wasn’t </i><i>a </i><i>death </i><b><i>gratuity</i></b>, how <i>else </i><i>could </i><i>she </i><i>have </i><ie </i><i>up </i>with <i>such </i>a <irge </i><i>sum </i><i>of </i><i>money </i><i>so </i><i>suddenly</i><i>? </i>
Trent remembered how she looked when Montague and Arlene passed away. She was heartbroken and in deep pain.
He also remembered how uneasy and restless he was when he had no money back then.
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At the height of his desperate yearning for sess, she presented him with a sum of money, saying, “Use this to fulfill your ambitions!”
“How did youe to have so much money?” he asked in shock back then.