Bianca''s condition was even worse than Forrest had described.


    When Jude came in, she merely nced at him before closing her eyes again.


    He sat awkwardly for a while, unable to bring himself to talk about withdrawing his shares.


    "Is Seth...ing today?" After a long silence, that was all Jude could manage to ask.


    He figured if it was too difficult to ask Bianca, he would just talk to Seth.


    Yvonne replied, "Bianca is sick, so the burden of PerseTech has fallen on Seth. He''s been busy over there thest two days, so we told him not to worry about running back and forth."


    "Oh, I see."


    The atmosphere fell silent again for a long time before Jude found an excuse to leave.


    As soon as he was out of the room, he called Seth.


    When the call connected, he asked, "Seth, are you at PerseTech or Aurelion Group? I''lle find you."


    "I''m out of the country."


    Jude froze.


    Didn''t Yvonne say he was handling things at PerseTech?


    Why was he abroad?


    Just as he was about to ask more, he heard the sound of an auctioneer''s gavel in the background.


    The auctioneer announced, "Congrattions to Mr. Harcourt for winning the lot with a bid of eighty million."


    The next second, the call was disconnected.


    Jude was confused.


    Seth was at another auction?


    At a time like this, he was still in the mood to go shopping?


    Back in the room.


    After Jude left, Bianca sat up in bed.


    Yvonne asked, "Did Seth message you?"


    "No."


    "No call either?"


    "No."


    Yvonne frowned. "What is he thinking?"


    Bianca couldn''t answer, because she didn''t know what Seth was thinking either.


    Every day, she worried that Seth would call off the wedding.


    But Seth hadn''t mentioned it.


    The more he remained silent, the more tormented Bianca felt.


    She felt like a sword was hanging over her head, ready to fall at any moment.


    And just then, another crisis erupted.


    Lana rushed to the hospital, crying to Yvonne that something had happened to Spencer Reed.


    Bianca was aware that Spencer had been taking kickbacks at Ascendancy Group.


    Vincent had even argued with her about it before, eventually leaving Ascendancy Group in a fit of anger.


    Bianca had warned Spencer not to be too greedy and to know when to stop.


    But not only had he not stopped, he had be even more insatiable, emboldened


    by the fact that his cousin was the boss''s wife.


    His high kickbacks forced material


    suppliers to cut costs by using inferior materials, leading to a sharp decline in product quality and a flood ofints and ims from long-term clients content belongs to''


    Yvonne''s face was grim. "How much is thepensation?"


    "Three hundred million."


    "What?!" Bianca shot up in bed.


    Lana cried even harder. "The amount is sorge, we just can''t handle it. That''s why we came to you."


    "Yvonne, you have to save Spencer


    He''s the only male heir of the


    Laurent family, Lana sobb


    and


    tears,


    snot running down her face.


    Yvonne''s face was ashen. "Where am I supposed to get three hundred million?"


    Bianca was also furious. "How much money did he even take from Ascendancy Group?"


    Lana stammered, "It wasn''t that much, really. And most of it, he gave to you, Yvonne."


    Bianca looked at Yvonne in disbelief.


    Yvonne''s face stiffened as she exined. "My dealings with the other wives in my social circle are expensive. Gifts, treating them to meals, buying new outfits... Pall costs money..."


    Bianca fell back onto the bed in despair. "Where am I supposed to find three hundred million?"


    "Why don''t you ask Seth? Otherwise, your cousin is really done for. If they press charges, he''s looking at a minimum of ten years..."


    Before Lana could finish, two voices cut her off at the same time.


    "No!"


    "No!"