"No need."
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?
"Mr. Thomas, it's been a year. You can't just revoke like this!" Edward, who had a share in this fifty million USD, immediately said: "Mister Thomas, integrity is crucial in business. You're the head of the Thomas family, yet you behave like this. What kind of credibility will you have in the future?" "Fifty million USD, I give you two days to prepare together if you can't, use your company and mansion to offset the debt! Of course, you can try other tactics to make me concede. I, Devlin, am prepared for it all!" Devlin was adamant in his stance, but when he turned to Jonathan, he asked with some hesitation: "Young Wang, what do you think?" He did this because he wanted to figure out Orla's actions, deliberately wanting to help Young Wang reclaim his assets, hoping that this could earn Young Wang's forgiveness. Young Wang might not necessarily care about the company and this mansion, but they were still his properties, which outsiders should not touch. "Jonathan, please plead wit
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"I am Jonathan Wang." Adela's face darkened so instantly that it was noticeable. Her expression was a complicated mix of bitterness and resentment. The name "Jonathan Wang" had appeared countless times in her six-year-long nightmare!! "It's you!!!" She used to be a Lofty Lady, but everything was destroyed by this man, Jonathan! She was mocked by people, banished by her family, and despised by her relatives! She and her mother have been living meekly in this cold city, like two homeless dogs, for six years. At this moment, Adela's eyes were bloodshot, filled with fury. "It's me." Jonathan admitted. You can't escape some things, and he knew he had to face them. Back then, he violated her while trying to save her. Although he had hurt her, it was also the truth. Smack! "Go away! Get away from me, as far as possible, and never appear before me again! My mother doesn't need your help! Go away..." Adela slapped him with a force that seemed to have come from the sky, and she scre
After Jonathan returned to the villa, he saw Carla still awake, watching cartoons with Roger. Jonathan glanced at his watch, noticing it was past nine o'clock, and gently said: "Carla, it’s getting late, how about we continue watching cartoons tomorrow?” Carla pouted and reluctantly replied: "Okay.” “Uncle Jake, let's turn off the TV.” Roger took the remote to turn off the TV and patted Carla’s head: “Carla is so good.” “How about daddy goes to sleep too?” Carla ran towards Jonathan and jumped into his arms. “Sure, Carla, go to your room and sleep first, daddy will go to bed soon.” Jonathan looked at his daughter, then suddenly remembered something and asked: "Carla, you have school tomorrow, and the day after is your sixth birthday. What gift would you like?” “I want... a big plane, a teddy bear, and…” “You can only have one wish.” Although Jonathan doted on his daughter, he couldn't spoil her with everything. Carla sadly said: “Yeah... a teddy bear.” “Yes, that’s being go
Hearing Edgar’s command, a few men eager to please him quickly subdued Adela. At that moment, all eyes in the workplace turned towards her with curiosity and bewilderment. Wasn't this girl connected to Director Jones? How did it turn out like this? Edgar, his face red and his groin still in pain, walked unsteadily. “Haha…” Some employees, guessing what had happened, couldn’t help but laugh. “What are you laughing at? Is there something funny?” Edgar bellowed, then approached the struggling Adela, scolding her sternly: “Women like you are so lacking in manners! I clearly told you, your academic qualifications are not enough to enter our company, yet you shamelessly persisted, trying to seduce me with your beauty! When I rejected you, you were so angry that you even attacked me! Shameless women like you deserve a lesson, to be taken to the police station for re-education, and should be exposed on social media to correct your behavior!” His words were nothing but slander against Ad
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At 3 PM, Jonathan left the company with Adela, sparking a flurry of whispers within the M&N Fashion Company. The gossip was primarily about Adela getting her position through the new General Manager’s influence. Their departure together further fueled the rumors, suggesting there was something more between them. Despite the jealousy and envy from many due to Jonathan's handsome appearance, the fact that he drove a Mercedes Benz S class, which was worth over two million USD, didn't go unnoticed by Adela. "Is this your car?" she asked, looking at the black Mercedes parked in the company’s parking garage. "I don’t like to show off, so I'm driving this for now. Get in!" Jonathan said casually as he opened the car door. Adela felt even more uneasy, thinking that Jonathan was overdoing it with his humility. Driving a luxury Mercedes and claiming not to like showing off? Once inside the car, Jonathan drove straight to the Sky Cloud kindergarten. This was not a high-end "aristocratic" kin
Jonathan coldly glanced at Harding, then looked at Adela: "Hurry up and get the car!" "Okay!" Adela, seemingly understanding Jonathan's intention, took the keys and went to drive the car. "Honk honk..." A black Mercedes Benz S class quickly honked, drawing everyone's attention. After all, it was a supercar worth over two million USD, naturally attracting attention. "Having money doesn't mean you can break the rules, who allows driving up to a kindergarten like this." "Exactly, Elite Summit City is full of million-dollar cars like this, it's just a Mercedes, nothing to show off!" The crowd muttered in disapproval. Harding didn't think much of it, his task now was to wait for the police to arrest Jonathan and then take Carla away. Edward had said, getting Jonathan back in jail would allow them to sell Carla for fifty million, and Harding would get a good cut. Thinking of the fifty million USD, Harding gripped Jonathan tighter. "It's not that I don't know the rules, but only b