Sophia chuckled while playing the game together with Nate and hadn’t noticed that it was already midnight when Hale phoned her. “Madam, Boss has instructed that the lights would be switched off if you two don’t go to bed by 12AM. Beep—”
The lights immediately went off in the room with the Internet being disconnected as well. She was suddenly plunged into darkness while she was in the midst of setting up the tasks in the game.
Nathan, who was staring at the laptop screen, was shocked by the sudden darkness and threw himself into her arms on instinct. “Mom…”
She hugged him tightly. “Darling, don’t be afraid. I’m here! Don’t worry, Hale merely switched the electricity off and disconnected the internet. It’s late, let’s go to bed earlier.”
“Hale, ask Audistin to inform the Harper Family that their membership will be restored if they are willing to pay more.”
Hale was always efficient and speedy in completing any given tasks. Hence, he immediately informed Audistin.
The next day, Richard visited Audistin again.
They really couldn’t wait any longer because the consequences of offending Audistin was unimaginable. Only a few days had passed, but the Harper Family was already the laughing stock of the upper-class society.
It felt as if the entire family had been excluded from the society’s social circle. Every family member of the Harper Family felt the impact and repercussions of this incident.
That was especially true after Xyla’s cocktail party last night. A group of wealthy kids had made an appointment to hang out at Audistin and everyone went ahead with the plan, but those from the Harpers were left out.
Looking at the rest of the group leaving without inviting them, the Harpers didn’t dare to make a sound because the whole situation was beyond embarrassing.
Hence, Richard brought along a gift to meet Mr. Wesley in Audistin.
Unlike the past where he would avoid meeting Richard, Mr. Wesley immediately agreed to meet him.
In Audistin’s café, there were two cups of freshly ground Americano on the coffee table. The coffee was steaming hot—the direction of its vapors was disturbed by the conversation between the two men.
“50,000,000?!”
Richard stared in disbelief at Mr. Wesley.
I just want to get the Harper Family’s membership back. Why is it so expensive now? 50,000,000 is an enormous amount of investment for us!
He looked upset. “Wesley, isn’t 50,000,000… too expensive?”
Mr. Wesley shook his head. “No, it’s not. It is not expensive at all. It’s not costly, seeing that 50,000,000 represents the dignity of both Audistin and the Harper Family.” It’s true! It’s not expensive at all!
Kayla Harper was the one who caused trouble at Audistin. She was the one who announced openly that she was relinquishing the Harper Family’s membership in Audistin.
The last person who did this completely vanished from Bayside City together with their family. Requesting 50,000,000 from the Harper Family proves that Audistin truly never intended to humiliate them in the first place.
However, Richard just couldn’t figure it out. What is happening here? It feels as if someone is targeting the Harper Family in the dark. First, Kayla received a lawsuit against her for some reason and now, she has been kicked out of Audistin.
We have investigated this for a very long time, but we are unable to find out who did all this. Although Sophia was involved in both incidents, she obviously plays a minor role in the grand scheme of things.
We just can’t find out who is supporting her. The information gathered after our investigation shows that Sophia Edwards is a common student without any impressive background who enrolled in Bayside University with her outstanding exam results.
He took a sip of coffee and took half an hour to mull over the proposal, during which he made several phone calls while Mr. Wesley waited for him to decide.
In the end, Richard and the Harper Family agreed to re-purchase their Audistin memberships for 50,000,000. Out of that amount, half of it was most probably considered as their membership fee while the other half was a token donated to Audistin.
He sipped his coffee nonstop. Wrinkles were deeply etched on his handsome face. I feel the pinch spending that 50,000,000.
While placing the coffee cup down, he asked Mr. Wesley in a solemn tone. “Wesley, please be honest with me. Has the Harper Family offended someone in the high places? If we have done something wrong, we, the Harpers, are willing to personally apologize.”
Mr. Wesley smiled soothingly. “Please don’t think too much. It’s best for you to head home and educate your younger sister. The consequences this time are not that bad, so both parties are able to resolve this peacefully. I’m afraid it won’t be only 50,000,000 if this were to happen again in the future.”
Richard forced a smile. “Thank you, Wesley.”
Is that so? Why do I have the nagging feeling that someone is causing trouble for the Harper Family? In fact, this person must be someone extremely powerful. I’m confident that he or she has the ability to destroy the entire Harper Family.
However, they are not making any proper move against us. Each time something happens, it’s always something minor, but enough to leave a negative impact against us.
Wesley stood up to leave while lamenting to himself, Well, this serves the Harper Family right! Of all the people they chose to offend, they decided to offend the lady boss!
The Harper Family swiftly transferred 50,000,000 to Audistin’s account and even sent an attendant to have the Harper Family’s VIP member cards delivered to their home.
The amount sat in Audistin’s bank account for a while, but 20,000,000 was soon transferred to Sophia’s account.
Sophia was attending classes in university when she received the notification regarding the bank transfer. She wore a baseball cap that was paired with denim suspenders, which wasn’t any different from the rest of her peers who strolled on campus grounds.
She was in the midst of packing her things after class while wearing her earphones to call Hale. “I have received the money and I have transferred 1,000,000 to you. Take it, but you don’t have to thank me.
Go ahead and enjoy yourself with a girl. Just stop switching my electricity off and disconnecting my Internet connection.” She barked into the phone before unceremoniously hanging up.
On the other side, Hale pursed his lips together after she hung up on him.
“Go ahead and enjoy yourself with a girl…” he mumbled while mimicking Sophia’s tone. “Do you think that’s up to me? It’s all of your hubby’s doing!” I’d rather live a bloody and messy life than to protect Sophia, the filthy and violent young girl.
Nevertheless, with the 1,000,000 in his pocket, he was in a much better mood now and immediately phoned Michael to report the situation. “Boss, Madam blackmailed the Harper Family into paying 50,000,000. Audistin received 30,000,000 and she took the other 200,000,000.”
Michael answered him from the other end of the line in an exhausted tone, “Okay, got it.”
Hale choked on his words. He wanted to report on Sophia’s motives in blackmailing the Harper Family. However, Michael didn’t seem to care at all! Based on how much Sophia hates the Harper Family, she wouldn’t have let them off the hook so easily.
She would have kept them out of Audistin forever. Nevertheless, she suddenly changed her mind. The only feasible explanation is that she spent 2,000,000 to purchase a game equipment. Then, she felt that she might become broke, which is why she blackmailed the Harper Family for such a large sum of money!
However, Michael didn’t seem to be interested in Sophia’s motives because he hung up without further comments.
Hale pursed his lips once again in disgust after the end of the phone call. Both husband and wife are the same. Well, I have to say that my Boss is too laid back.
He doesn’t even care when his wife has recently and openly pocketed some money for her personal savings. Isn’t he afraid that Sophia might grow up one day and leave him? In any case, I am worrying over nothing.
In all honesty, Michael was remotely monitoring Sophia’s laptop and phone, so he could watch everything that went on her laptop and phone. For instance, he was now looking through her search history on her personal laptop’s browser.
“What can I do when my hubby is a pervert?”
After reading it aloud, he was rendered speechless.
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