Chapter 182

In his office, David stared at the message Lily sent. “I’ll pay you the thirty million. But as for the investment in my father’s company, that’s between you and him. I have nothing to do with his family anymore.” The words were short and calm, but to him, they felt like a slap. His jaw tightened. His grip on the phone was so hard his knuckles turned white. For a long time, there was only silence in the office. The air felt heavy, like even breathing was difficult. Roy stood across from the desk, his hands held together nervously. He could see the way David’s chest was rising and falling, the way anger simmered beneath his calm expression. He wanted to say something, anything but his instincts screamed don’t. David’s eyes stayed on the message, cold and unreadable. That woman… she really had guts. Even now, she could talk to him like that? After everything he had done for for her family? She dared to act like none of it mattered. He could almost hear her voice in his head, that calm, st