Chapter 37

"Mr. Bennett, take a good look. With interest and compounding, it adds up to two hundred million. You don't pay up by tomorrow or the day after, and it jumps to three hundred million!" "What? That much?" Matthew was stunned—he thought the interest rate was nothing serious. But he had borrowed a huge sum, and the contract was full of loopholes. As someone not familiar with the financial world, he didn't catch on. He had walked straight into a trap. "You've got two days, Matthew. Better go scrape the money together. You've seen how Mr. Stone handles things." Matthew's face turned ghostly pale. He had wanted to shoulder the burden for his family, but now he'd pulled himself into the abyss. What now? ... At the hospital. Vivian was by Rachel's bedside. After finding out her daughter had lost the baby on her wedding night, Vivian was boiling with rage. Her precious daughter being treated like this? Unforgivable. She'd actually planned to get along with the Carters. Now it was clear—they wer