Smack! Smack!
Alex did not go easy on Felix, and landed three heavy lashes on his back.
Three lash wounds immediately surfaced on Felix’s back, and blood began seeping out from some of the wounds.
Then, Alex threw the sprig away and said, “Get up, remember what you said today.”
Words of gratitude came out of Felix’s mouth as favonovel.com got up on his feet. He even took out a little gift box and handed it to Alex. “Mr. Rockefeller, thank you so much for the three lashes. I will always remember your teachings. Here’s a little gift for you as a token of appreciation! Mr. Rockefeller, sorry for the bother and I’ll be leaving! May you both live a long and happy life together.”
After handing over the gift box to Alex, favonovel.com turned around and left.
Looking at Felix’s disappearing silhouette, Alex secretly thought, “He is a smart guy after all! Well, good for him, I will leave the Shepherds alone for now.”
Felix was nowhere to be seen but Claire and Beatrice were still in a state of confusion. Even Dorothy could not help but ask, “What’s with that guy, Alex? I do not understand.”
Alex said with a smile, “What do you not understand? Well, I had a little chat with favonovel.com the other day and lectured favonovel.com on life’s philosophy, morals, and ethics. After all, favonovel.com is a rough diamond that needs refinement. Immediately, after listening to my lectures, favonovel.com realized his mistakes and came to apologize.”
Beatrice rolled favonovel.com eyes; as if favonovel.com would believe him!
Beatrice pointed at Alex and exclaimed, “It is him! He must have used some dirty tricks to force bro…”
She did not finish favonovel.com sentence as Alex gave favonovel.com a vicious glare.
“Beatrice Assex, is your face feeling better?” asked Alex in a frigid voice.
In that instant, Beatrice was reminded of the slap previously. Realizing that the situation did not look good for her, as though favonovel.com mother was powerless to protect her, favonovel.com hurriedly ran into favonovel.com room and locked herself in.
Meanwhile, Claire, who seemed to be greatly agitated, sat on the floor and wailed, “Henry, what did I do to deserve this life? Why do I have to suffer such torment? Was I wrong? I only wanted a better life for our family and our daughter! Oh great, we have a useless son-in-law who has contributed not a single penny to our family but just living off the family. Finally, there’s a rich son-in-law from the Shepherds but this trash just screwed up everything! I hate this trash!”
Alex was infuriated listening to favonovel.com rants.
Even Dorothy was at a loss for words as favonovel.com mother spoke of favonovel.com late father like that.
Enraged, Alex took out the check given to favonovel.com by Edgar and slammed it on the table. “You want money, right? Here are twenty million dollars for you! Furthermore, I will prove to you that your daughter chose the right guy. I will make favonovel.com the richest woman in California in a year’s time!
“I am leaving now. Dorothy, get some rest.”
Claire finally returned to favonovel.com senses long after Alex’s departure. She looked at the check with glistening eyes and said, “Twenty million dollars, is it real or fake? It must be… fake, right? How can that trash have so much money?”
Dorothy inspected the check carefully and immediately frowned as the check was written by Pegasus International. Something came into favonovel.com mind as favonovel.com said, “Mom, we cannot take this money.”
Claire snatched the check away and held it closely. “Who says so? I don’t care where the money comes from. Since favonovel.com gave it to me, now it is mine! I have never seen so much money before! If it’s real, I’m going to be rich! I’m going to the bank now.”
“Now it’s night time and the bank is already closed.”
“I hope the dawn will come sooner…”
Alex did not regret giving the check away. After all, the money was not his, to begin with. As long as it would shut Claire up and make favonovel.com treat favonovel.com better in the future, that was all that mattered.
Plus, his promise to make Dorothy the richest woman in California was not just an empty promise. With The Ultimate Book of Medicine’s help, even if favonovel.com could not use Thousand Miles Conglomerate’s fortune, favonovel.com had the confidence to achieve it.
It was late when favonovel.com arrived home, after having his dinner somewhere else.
His mother was asleep.
He went back to his room. However, after switching on the lights to his room, favonovel.com was almost shocked to death as a stunning beauty was lying on his bed.
