Everyone's attention was drawn to the paper. Someone picked it up and delivered it to Weasel. He read the paper. Countless emotions flickered in his eyes before fury settled. "Harry, explain this check if you're not a traitor!" Weasel threw the check on Harry's face. "What check?" Harry mumbled and picked up the check on the floor. It was indeed a check with ten million dollars written on it. "Weasel, this is not mine." Harry panicked. "I was peeing in a toilet last night. Someone hit my head, and I passed out. I woke up in Harmony Motel later." Suddenly, Harry remembered something. "Cindy! Cindy can prove my innocence." The Cindy that Harry mentioned was the receptionist of Harmony Motel. "Prove my ass!" Weasel kicked Harry away. He was too mad to be reasoned with. "Jack, go to Harmony Motel now and verify if he's telling the truth." "Yes, Boss." Jack returned very soon. He stuttered, "Boss, Cindy said ..." "What did she say?" Jack peeked at Harry before

Ysabella tossed and turned. She couldn't fall asleep. Something was gnawing at her mind. "Honey, you grew up with Joe?" Tyrone asked when he noticed Ysabella was still awake. Clearly, he wasn't the only restless one. "Yes, he's clingy. But I don't like him." For some reason, Ysabella thought she needed to clear things up. "But he seems like a nice guy. He's polite and rich. Was he very popular?" Ysabella was piqued. She propped herself up and looked at the floor where Tyrone should be lying. But it was too dark. Was Tyrone being jealous? Happy to get a tiny bit of reaction, Ysabella answered, "Hmmm ... How should I put it? Everyone was fond of him, including the adults and the kids. He threw me birthday parties for 11 years consecutively, from my 7th to my 18th birthday. He gave me tons of gifts, like the doll next to the television. He's sweet but at times, mischievous." Ysabella blabbered on and on. She wanted to mention Joe's shortcomings, but it was hard to find o

"A thousand?" probed Belinda. She would flaunt necklaces of that value around. Joe shook and raised five fingers. Belinda gasped. "Five thousand dollars?" If one accessory costs five thousand dollars, imagine the entire attire! Joe shook his head again. "500 thousand dollars." Yvan shrieked. "Did you rob a bank for that?" 500 thousand dollars for a necklace! What in the world? When Joe returned, he gave Belinda a credit card that contained one million dollars. Now, he gave Ysabella a necklace worth 500 thousand dollars. Maybe Yvan could get Luna the mansion she dreamed of. Wait ... When Yvan was that rich, he could drop Luna for someone hotter, of course. "Yvan, this is a limited edition Tiffany and Co. necklace. You can't find it anywhere." In other words, this necklace was so exclusive that most people wouldn't even have the chance to look at it. Belinda was so excited. "Joe, you bought this for Ysabella?" "Yes. All of you took good care of me when I was youn

Well, that wasn't the response Joe was expecting. To humiliate Tyrone, Joe put his phone on speaker. It seemed like his plan had backfired. Yannick, who wished to stay away from the whole debacle, put down his newspaper and listened in. Belinda and Yvan were baffled by Laurent's refusal. How dared he turn down someone powerful like Joe? And worse, why would Laurent side with a loser like Tyrone? Flustered, Joe cleared his throat and confronted Laurent again. "Mr. Laurent, think carefully now. If things go well, I might invest more than three million dollars." Laurent knew what was at stake, but he couldn't comply. "Sorry, Mr. Joe. Even if you're investing 30 million dollars, my mind will not be swayed." "I will need to reconsider the whole thing then, Mr. Laurent." "Auspice Jewelry Mall will be happy to have you as our investor, Mr. Joe. But if that comes with an unreasonable demand, I'm afraid things will not work out between us. I still have things to do, Mr. Joe.

For the next few days, Joe didn't come to bother Ysabella.No picking her up from work. No sudden visit. Nothing.Ysabella was enjoying the peace, though she still ignored Tyrone most of the time."Stop picking me up from work with your rundown Volkswagen. It's embarrassing." She went home with Tyrone a few days ago because Joe was pestering her. Now that Joe was gone, Ysabella wanted to keep her distance from Tyrone.Tyrone sucked it up and left his car by the roadside. He then walked home with Ysabella.And at dinner, Belinda finally let it rip. "Tyrone, what have you done? Joe stopped talking to us. Why? Why would you ruin our bright financial prospects?"Belinda was so pissed that she no longer felt hungry.She called Joe many times, but Joe turned her down by saying that he was busy. What could possibly be more important than Ysabella?He gave them money, a car, and an expensive necklace. Everything screamed "Let's get married" and then it was nothing?"Mom, it's not Ty