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Jonathan shook his head and suddenly looked straight at Orla: "We can divorce, but only after Carla's birthday. Carla said he missed you, and his birthday is in two days. I hope you can attend Carla's birthday as a mother! After Carla's birthday, we will immediately go to the Bureau of Civil Affairs to proceed with the divorce."
He wanted to give Carla a birthday party with both parents by his side.
That would be their last birthday together!
"Carla? Have you seen Carla?" Orla's face was full of shock.
Wasn't Carla at the Thomas's preparing to donate marrow to Thomas's daughter? How could Jonathan see Carla?
"I've brought Carla back from the Thomas's. We can divorce, and I can leave the house penniless, but I have one condition: it's that." Jonathan struggled to suppress the anger in his heart and said as calmly as possible.
He felt outraged by thinking about Orla personally selling Carla to Thomas. For the money, this woman could even sell her child! Was there anything she couldn't do?
Brought Carla back? How could the Thomas's agree? The three Orlas didn't understand what had happened. Thomas had spent fifty million USD buying Carla for a marrow donation. How could they just give her back to Jonathan?
Orla didn't think further. If Carla was back, then done. It had nothing to do with her anymore.
But asking her to attend Carla's birthday party that day was impossible!
"Jonathan, if Carla is with you, I will no longer dispute custody. You take custody of the child. But I can't attend Carla's birthday party on that day..."
Orla then lovingly looked at Edward as if he was the only one in her eyes.
"Two days later is the day I get engaged to Edward! Nothing could be more important than our engagement!"
So, to this woman, her daughter's birthday was less important than her engagement to another man?
Jonathan was furious: "Then go ahead with your engagement. I'll consider the divorce when I feel like it."
Without the divorce, how could Orla marry Edward?
Marcus immediately lost his temper, cursing at Jonathan: "Jonathan, I know your intentions all too well. What's this about Carla's birthday? You're just looking for excuses. I see you want to sabotage Orla and Edward's engagement, nothing more! I advise you to give it up. Look at yourself. In what aspect are you worthy of Orla?"
Edward also said gravely: "No matter how you drag this out, it won't change the fact that Orla and I are together. If you're a real man, you'll be decisive. If not..."
Jonathan's eyes were sharp as a hawk's: "Or what?"
Confronted with such a gaze, Edward unconsciously took two steps back. This gaze was incredibly threatening as if it harbored a concealed blade.
When he regained his composure, he brushed it off. Jonathan was nothing more than an ex-convict he couldn't intimidate him.
He immediately issued a threat: "I have many friends in the business world, in the underworld. If you stubbornly refuse to agree, I will call my friends to 'take care' of you until you agree!"
"Edward, if you dare to say that in front of me on Carla's birthday, I'll consider you to have guts!"
Jonathan responded nonchalantly. On Carla's birthday, Orla will realize how influential the man she betrayed is!
Of course, Edward didn't believe it. He casually took out his phone and started playing with it, a provocative look on his face: "Why wait until two days later? Do you believe I can make a call right now that will leave you crippled today?"
He meant that Edward wanted to call someone to deal with Jonathan.
However, neither Orla nor Marcus pleaded on Jonathan's behalf.
Marcus even mocked: "Jonathan, you should agree to the divorce obediently. Otherwise, the rest of your life will be spent as a disabled person, and that's not pleasant!"
Jonathan laughed: "Fine, Edward, show me your guts!"
In other words, he was still not agreeing to the divorce.
The divorce process is simple, but Jonathan didn't want to divorce in such a way. He wanted Orla to see with her own eyes how powerful the man she had given up was!
"Not knowing your place!"
Edward exclaimed, taking out his phone to make a call.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the door, growing louder and louder. A stern middle-aged man walked in.
Seeing the visitor, Edward quickly greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Thomas, it's such an honor for us to have you visit us!"
The visitor was Devlin Thomas, and his face was icy.
"I'm here for the matter concerning Carla Wang."
All eyes turned to Jonathan. Devlin was here for Carla?!
"Mr. Devlin, we have nothing to do with Carla's matter. It's Jonathan Wang. Jonathan has secretly taken Carla away!"
"That's right, Mr. Devlin, we sold Carla, so she belongs to the Thomas family now. We're not lying! Has Carla Wang disappeared? She's in Jonathan's hands. You should find him!"
"Jonathan, Mr. Devlin has come to find you. I advise you to hand over Carla Wang voluntarily!"
Seeing Devlin come for Carla, the trio was panic-stricken, assuming that Jonathan had secretly taken Carla away and thus Devlin had come looking.
Hence, they hastily washed their hands of the matter, pushing everything onto Jonathan.
They had said it before, the lady of the Thomas family needed Carla's marrow to save her life. How could they voluntarily hand Carla to Jonathan? It was Jonathan who had secretly taken Carla out!
At this moment, Devlin also noticed Jonathan in the room, indeed, the young master Wang.
His heart leaped, quickly stepped forward, and respectfully said: "Young Master Wang!"
Young Master Wang?
Orla's group wore expressions of shock and discomfort. How could Devlin address him like that? And with such respect at that!
Jonathan didn't seem to care, his face cold as he asked: "What brings you here?"
"Respect? What respect? You should address him as Mr. Thomas! Jonathan, didn't your mother teach you any manners?"
Before Devlin could reply, Orla had already reprimanded Jonathan. She looked at Devlin with a sycophantic expression: "Mr. Thomas, I am already divorced from Jonathan. He has nothing to do with me anymore. The matter of him secretly taking Carla away has nothing to do with me!"
Orla tried to draw a clear line between her and Jonathan to avoid angering the Thomas family.
"Silence!"
Devlin was about to slap her, and this woman was trying to bring him down!
But remembering that Orla was Young Master Wang's wife, he couldn't touch her, so he refrained from slapping her.
He looked at Jonathan carefully: "Young Master Wang, I..."
The Thomas family had already offended Jonathan heavily. If they upset him again, it would be the end for them.
"You mentioned your distinguished reputation to me last night. Today, meeting you in person, I can see your formidable aura." Jonathan teased.
Devlin didn't dare to retort and hurriedly said: "In front of Young Master Wang, I'm nothing!"
Orla's group couldn't bear to face the reality unfolding before their eyes.
Was Mr. Thomas, a renowned figure in Elite Summit, bowing and polite in front of Jonathan?
"Orla, how my mother raised me is none of your business. But you needed to be properly taught. For all these years, it seems I was blind to this! As for you..."
Jonathan looked at Edward and coldly said: "Didn't you say you were going to call someone to break my legs? Please proceed."
Edward felt like crying, but no tears came out. With Mr. Thomas acting this way, he wouldn't dare, even if he had ten times the courage.
Hearing this, Devlin was furious: "Edward, you dare threaten Young Master Wang? Are you tired of living? You want to break his legs and don't need your limbs anymore!"
Edward's face turned pale with fear: "Mr. Thomas, I was just joking with Jonathan!"
"Even if you were joking, you're not in a position to joke!"
Devlin huffed in contempt, looked disdainfully at the Orla group, then stated his intention for coming: "Today, I came to inform you all that the Thomas family no longer requires Carla Wang's marrow. If we don't take the marrow, you must return the fifty million USD I gave you, payback for the Thomas family."
This...
Orla paled. The fifty million USD had been spent long ago. Where would he find it to repay the Thomases?
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