Chapter eighty three

Jeremy was shocked to hear him say that, but he schooled his facial expression and did not give away his surprise. He simply shrugged, "What do you want?" He asked with a nasty glare.

Eugene tossed a piece of paper at him but Jeremy did not make any move to grab it from the table.

"That's something for a man like you, get it and stay off the case." He said and nodded at the cheque.

That was when Jeremy stretched to pick it up. It was a check for 500 million dollars. He laughed at a loud and boisterous sound. Then he turned to the man and shook his head, "If you think that a few dollars will take me off the case then maybe you're more stupid than I have you credit for," he blurted.

"How dare you talk to me in that manner?! Do you know what it means to be the lord of the Jason family?" Eugene asked, angry.

Jeremy smiled, he had done his research, he knew that a new lord was being appointed after the former had passed on many years ago. The pictures of the new lord were nowhere to b