Winner Takes All novel Chapter 56

“Mum…”

Katherine was on the brink of breaking down. She gaped at Elissa with despair in her teary eyes.

Elissa responded by barking, “You only know how to cry! Get the hell out of my sight!”

“Katherine, stop shaking up your mother. She has just discharged from the hospital after all.” Kieran couldn’t continue witness this fiasco so he advised Katherine in a low voice.

After Katherine had left, Kieran let out a sigh of relief. He started complaining to Elissa, “Look at you. Why do you have to pile everything onto your daughter?”

“Are you blaming me now? Then you should find a way to pool together the money!”

Elissa’s words caused Kieran to fume with his cheeks getting reddened.

Kieran softened his tone, “What if Jack doesn’t have money?”

“Dad, how could Jack be poor? If he doesn’t have much money, how was he able to save her mother and restore her to good health?” Tommy howled loudly.

“You, shut the hell up! Do you think that our house is not divided enough?”

Kieran shot a furious glare at Tommy, which caused Tommy to cease all his shouting.

He then turned to face Elissa, “Ever since Katherine and Jack married each other, she has always been the one who is holding on to the bank cards. She should be perfectly clear with the amount of money Jack possesses. There is no way she would be deceived.”

“If you ask me, I think that Jack probably borrowed money from the company he is working at to pay for his mother’s medical treatment. He is still a deputy manager after all. It wouldn’t be hard for him to borrow some money.”

After analyzing, Elissa’s rage slowly dissipated. She furrowed her brows and started to wrack her brain.

After a few seconds, Elissa suddenly snapped her head upwards and said vehemently, “I don’t care whether he actually is rich or not, he must be able to borrow money a second time from his company since there is a precedence. In the past, I never minded him marrying into our family. He was able to elevate his status due to us, yet he has forgotten the kindness we have bestowed upon him by divorcing Katherine. He thought that two hundred thousand yuan is enough to dismiss Katherine just like that?”

“You…”

Kieran’s face was a bright red color, but he couldn’t respond to her words.

Elissa continued her assault while putting her hands on her waist, “What do you want to say? You have to listen to me on this matter. For Tommy’s sake, Katherine has to extort a few hundred thousand yuan from Jack. This is only fair for Katherine. We can’t just let that ungrateful bastard go after that measly two hundred thousand yuan!”

Kieran let out a sad sigh while sinking into the sofa. He drooped his head, not wanting to continue this argument.

On the other hand, Tommy happily wrapped his arm around Elissa’s, “Thank you, mum. You’re always the best.”

Elissa rubbed Tommy’s head affectionately and replied, “A parent has to do what she has to do. You are my own son, so there is no way I won’t shower my love on you.”

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A loud rumbling in the sky followed the flashes of thunder that seared through the clouds.

Soon, trickles of rain morphed into a huge downpour.

Katherine dragged her legs along the lonely streets. Her whole body was soaked wet with rainwater.

Her field of vision was blurred by water. She couldn’t differentiate whether it was the rain or her tears.

After moving forward for some distance, she couldn’t continue dragging herself forward anymore. She plopped down onto the sidewalk beside the road.

A lamp post was casting a yellowish glow onto the empty streets.

With nobody around her, Katherine finally couldn’t hold in her emotions anymore. Her tears broke free from her eyes as if the water dam had collapsed.

She never anticipated that her life after divorcing Jack would be so difficult.

She was instantly pegged by regret at that moment.

Every time she took out her phone and wanted to call someone to listen to her concerns, she would hesitate before replacing her phone back into her pocket.

The truth was, in the three years of marriage with Jack, she had gotten used to that luxurious life that Jack had made possible. Once her life took a turn for the better, she also became aloof and entitled. This change in her attitude had caused her old friends to depart from her life.

In the end, Katherine mustered some courage and took out her phone again. With teary eyes being an obstacle, she tried hard to text Jack through his WeChat.

“Jack, I want to see you…”

There was no reply even after half an hour had passed.

Katherine was a little frustrated as she stubbornly sent him another message on WeChat.

“The last time you promised to see me, why did you fail to appear? I have given you everything, including my virginity. Is it so hard to even meet for once?”

After sending this text message, Katherine felt like she still had a lot to say. She immediately went in with a third message.

“You are just deceiving me, you lying scum of a man! You have purposely enticed me to divorce you just so you can be together with Amber, that bitch. Jack, if you don’t come to see me tonight, I will let you have bouts of regrets for the rest of your lives!”

After the message was sent, this time, a reply came almost immediately.

Ding!

Katherine was alerted by the notification sound of her phone, indicating the arrival of a text message.

However, when she eagerly read what Jack had replied her, she felt her heart plunging into an icy abyss. Suddenly, her whole body was enveloped with unprecedented coldness.

Jack’s reply was simple and straightforward.

“I can’t help you no matter what!”

A few seconds elapsed, and a maniacal light slowly took shape in Katherine’s eyes.

She gnashed her teeth and declared with difficulty, “You guys are forcing my hand. Everyone is just putting the blame on me! Jack, don’t even think of living a good life again from now on. Since you’re being unkind towards me in the first place, don’t blame me for being unkind towards you too. Didn’t you have a good career in DT real estate agency? If I create a ruckus on your pre-sales event on the 15th, let’s see if you can still keep your position as the deputy manager!”

In his rental unit, after sending that text message, Jack flashed a disdainful laugh.

He wasn’t someone who liked to be entangled with matters of the past. Since he had already divorced Katherine, he vowed not to have anything to do with her anymore.

Or else, it would not be fair to Amber, especially considering her recent contribution to his family.

Furthermore, the attitude and reaction of Katherine and the Parry family really reaffirmed his decision. His mother’s sick episode had made them reveal their true colors.

They were really too despicable!

He had been putting up with Katherine for three whole years, but the members of the Parry family only aggravate the tear in their relationship.

He had good tolerance for most things, but once something crossed his bottom line, he would never endure that sense of discomfort even for one more second!

If they were talking about contributions, Katherine claimed that she had sacrificed a lot for their family, but what about him?

Jack was no longer sleepy.

He didn’t feel any ounce of sympathy at all towards Katherine, despite the fact that she was pestering him. Katherine’s downfall was entirely caused by herself and her own family. It had nothing to do with him.

All he ever felt towards them was endless anger.

He picked up his phone again and dialed Mr. Ward’s number.

The other end of the phone was still dead. His phone was still switched off.

Jack suddenly felt a little worried about this rather strange circumstances.

Ever since Mr. Ward left, he had attempted several times to get in touch with Mr. Ward. He wanted to make clear of everything that had happened to him recently.

However, ever since then, his phone had always been shut for some reason.

Every time he broached this subject to Brent, Brent would only provide some vague and incoherent answers.

He could only heave a sigh of helplessness.

Jack put down his phone. The sudden appearance of George had caused his knowledge of his family to muddle up.

It was precisely because he had learnt of certain knowledge that he was feeling really fearful.

Such a family with endless wealth and entitlement that allowed them not to take into account the lives of others. How formidable could they be?

However, he was very sure of one thing. If it was not because of his father whom he never had the chance to meet, he would never be able to meet Brent who was sent by his father.

Furthermore, if his former self had bumped into George, perhaps he would have been killed instantly.

There would be no more future for him if that happened.

When he came to such realization, he finally understood the words uttered by Mr. Ward back then.

Despite that, he still couldn’t get a full picture of the events that had transpired all those years before. He couldn’t get to the bottom of things and find out the reason that his father had decided to leave his family behind.

Jack went into the toilet and splashed some water all over his face.

This successfully vanquished all traces of his sleepiness.

He changed into a set of sportswear and left his rental unit. He was planning to do some exercise in a park near his area.

With his insufficient understanding of the big picture, the only thing he could do now was to increase his own capability.

He couldn’t neglect the condition of his physique even though he had put most of his focus on the business and wealth side of things.

At the moment Jack left his house, Brent stealthily opened his door and revealed a small gap from his guest room.

As he watched Jack closed the door to his room, Brent couldn’t help complimenting him, “Young master really takes off the old master.”

After saying that, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He lowered his head and stared at the phone in his palms, and his face was written all over with worry.

Not only did Jack keep calling Mr. Ward, he was also trying to get through to the old master.

However, not only Mr. Ward was unreachable, even the old master had his phone switched off.

Brent felt strangely worried about this.

There must be something wrong with the situation at home!