Wendy smiled and said, “Nathan, if I don''t pay off this debt, and your four useless sons can''t either, the creditors will have to go after Joanna. She has plenty of assets to her name. We both love her, don''t we? Or would you rather see her wealth seized to pay off the debt?"


    "Was your affection for her fake? Are you not willing to protect her?"


    Nathan was speechless.


    Joanna was stunned. Wendy, willing to protect her even now?


    She scoffed inwardly. Wendy was just using her as a convenient excuse.


    But she had no choice but to suffer in silence. The fact that she was the daughter of a mistress could never be exposed.


    Nathan''s face turned ashen. There was a terrifying logic to what Wendy was saying. His four sons were ipetent, and ording to thew, the debt would fall to them. The collectors would undoubtedly hound Joanna for the money.


    If they dug up his secrets in the process, he would be finished.


    "Wendy, you''re a menace! I''m an old man, and now I''m saddled with all this..."


    “Nathan, we''re divorced now. The moment mypany copsed, you turned on me and immediately filed for divorce. I was wrong about you all these years."


    "I supported you ingrates for over twenty years, and you never once said thank you, not a single word of gratitude. The moment I went bankrupt, you abandoned me, and now you have the nerve to me me?”


    "Nathan, has it ever urred to you that what goes around,es around? Perhaps youmitted some terrible sin in the past to deserve this disaster in what should be your golden years."


    "I also heard yourpany has been evading taxes. You''d better keep that secret under wraps. If someone from yourpany betrays you, the back taxes you''ll have to pay will wipe out everyst penny you have."


    Nathan was so shocked and enraged he nearly fainted. "Wendy, how could you possibly know about that?"


    "Hah! Nathan, if you don''t want to


    keep it a secret, don''t do it in the first ce. I''ve seen everything you''ve done over the years. I warned you about the tax evasion. I told you that


    Y you do, you must not


    break thew. You brought all of this on yourself."


    "Nathan, you''d better watch yourself. Joanna has umted a lot of assets over the years, so you''d


    better stay on her good side. Afton et


    all, she''s not your biological


    daughter. She''s not as easygoing as I am a few sweet words from you and I''d give you a fortune. I hope your dear Joanna loves you just as much."


    Wendy finished with a smile and hung up the phone.


    She was in a good mood today. Looking at her two best friends in the private room,


    she felt a profound sense of satisfaction.


    "My dear, I owe today to both of you." Wendy was grateful for their unwavering support and for the trust of those who had lent her money.


    The loan was real, and the debt was real. The act had to be convincing, or Joanna would have be suspicious.


    Lindsay smiled and reminded her, "Wendy, even though we''ve seeded, we can''t let our guard down. It took us a full ten months to arrange all of it.”


    Yeri added, "We


    need toy low for a


    while. We''ll expose their secrets one by one. The mistress needs to be brought to light, and everyone needs


    to know what a heartless man


    Nathan is. Only then will you get the justice you deserve."


    Wendy raised an eyebrow, her smile confident and elegant. "I''m going to force


    Nathan to admit he cheated on me."


    Lindsay added, “Wendy, we''ve all been working so hard. Come, sit down. Let''s have


    a good meal to celebrate. It''s been a long time since I''ve felt this rxed."