Classic Novel
Chapter 1036
Chapter 1036
Joanna panicked and quickly answered the call. “Hello…”
Derick’s sloppy voice came from the other end of the
phone. “Hello, it’s me, Derick.”
Joanna’s heart tightened. She asked warily, “Why did you call me?” This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
Derick smiled cheekily and
said, “Hehehe, I’m your
younger brother. Isn’t it normal to call you?”
When Joanna heard this, her heart skipped a beat and her hair stood on end.
If she were to think about who
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hated her the most in this
world, the answer would be
Ingrid and Derick.
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He couldn’t wait to see her die.
Why would he call her?
He must be up to no good.
“What’s the matter?”
Derick snorted coldly and changed his usual unfriendly attitude, chuckled, and said, “What kind of a
mother you
are? Do you know your children are missing?
“This time, you have to thank me properly. If not for me,
your two sons would have been
kidnapped by bad people.”
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“What? My children are with
you?” Joanna was instantly exasperated.
This bastard was indeed up to
no good.
If he dared to hurt her son again, she would definitely not let him off.
Hearing Joanna’s cold voice, Derick quickly explained, “Hey, don’t misunderstand me. I saved your two
sons.
“If it wasn’t for me, they would have been kidnapped by bad people. Tell me, shouldn’t you thank me
well?”
Joanna did not understand the situation. All she wanted to do
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now was to see the children as soon as possible and make sure
that they were safe. “Where are you now?”
“I’m at McDonald’s near
Rossinor Hotel with your two
boys.”
“Wait there. I’ll rush over
immediately.”
After hanging up, Joanna’s
heart was still beating wildly.
“Derick is at McDonald’s with
the kids.”
Jaydon immediately called his
subordinates.
“Orvin, lock down the hotel
immediately.
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“The children are at
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McDonald’s now. Hurry up and
bring some people over. No
matter what, make sure the
children are safe.”
“At once, Mr. Grimm.”
The more Joanna thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. “Oh my god, what does this bastard want
me to do to
the child?”
“Joann, don’t worry. Since the children didn’t leave the
Rossinor Hotel, there won’t be any danger. I’ve just informed my bodyguards. They’re
already on their
way.
“Don’t worry, Derick will never bring the children out.”
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When Joanna heard this, she ran her hand through her hair, feeling uneasy.
Ten minutes later.
Joanna and Jaydon rushed to
McDonald’s.
A few security guards had already guarded the entrance of McDonald’s.
Orvin and a few bodyguards also stood at the side.
Derick and the two little guys were sitting in the dining room, drinking Coke and eating fries.
“Davian, Irvin.” Joanna was
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relieved when she saw her two
sons.
“Mommy.” The two little guys slid off the stool and ran over excitedly, throwing themselves into
Joanna’s arms.
“How dare you sneak down? Didn’t I tell you to stay in the room obediently?”
The two little guys looked like they had done something wrong and said carefully, “We are sorry,
Mommy. We got
bored in the room! So, we sneaked out and took a look.”
“You really need a reason, boys. Do you know how anxious I was just now? Kelly and Lilian were
terrified.”
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“Sorry! We won’t do it next
time.”
“Next time?” Joanna was
furious. She raised her hand.
However, in the end, she couldn’t bear to really hit her
sons.
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Jaydon also hurriedly shielded the two little guys behind him. “Alright, alright. As long as the children
are fine, it’s fine. Don’t
scold them.
“Let’s go! I’ll send you to your
room.”
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When Joanna heard this, she pulled the two little guys and prepared to leave.
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“Hey, hey, hey, hey, you’re leaving just like that?
“Hmph, have you forgotten about me, the kids‘ savior?” Derick refused to back down
and shamelessly tried to take credit for the situation.
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Joanna came back to her senses and suddenly asked him, “Derick, why are you here?”
“Heh, why I am here? If I wasn’t
here today, believe it or not,
your two sons would be in danger.”
Joanna frowned and looked at
him in disgust.
Not believing her, Derick
became even more arrogant.
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“You still don’t believe me?
“If you don’t believe me, pull up the surveillance footage. There were two liars trying to kidnap your son
just now.
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“Fortunately, I bumped into them and saved your two sons. Otherwise, you won’t be able to see them
again now.?” Derick said sarcastically.
“Davian, Irvin, what happened just now?”
Davian said solemnly, “Oh, there were indeed two liars just now who said that we stole his
money and wanted to take us to the police station.
“Then, it was him… who chased
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away the two liars.” The two little ones had never formally acknowledged Derick, nor did they know how
to address him.
Derick pouted and said, “Look, I’m not lying, am I?”
Joanna’s heart skipped a beat as she looked at him in disbelief.
In the past, he had thrown
Irvin into the reservoir and
almost killed Irvin.
Now, he actually saved her children?
How was this possible??
“Tell me! How do you want me
to thank you?”
When Derick heard this, he
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scratched his head in
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embarrassment. “Yes, hehe.
Well, it’s easy.
“Give me something useful.”
In other words, he was asking Joanna to give him money.
When Joanna heard that, she felt even more annoyed.
“How much do you
you want?”
“Hehe, with your current net worth, you can’t be too stingy, right?
“I think 200 million dollars are enough. I don’t ask for a lot.”
When Joanna heard this, her eyes instantly widened.
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200 million dollars?
Was he treating her like an
ATM? How could he say
that?
Observing Joanna’s surprised
expression, Derick swiftly
adjusted his request once more. “Uh–huh, 100 million is fine too. Come on, you
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wouldn’t feel sorry for such a small amount of money, right?
“The lives of your two sons are worth far more than this small sum of money. If they are kidnapped by
criminals, tsk, tsk, think about the
consequences. You won’t just be losing 100 million.”
Indeed.
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If the children were indeed
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kidnapped by criminals, she wouldn’t hesitate to give up everything she had if that’s what the kidnapper
demanded.
However, now that Derick had taken the opportunity to blackmail her, she felt upset.
“Are you short of money?”
Derick stood hunched over and spoke with a miserable expression, “Look at what you’re saying. Who
would complain about having too much money?”
Joanna rolled her eyes, feeling too uninterested to argue with him. “Stop dreaming. I won’t give you
that much,” she
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replied firmly.
“Then how much can you give?” Derick quickly asked.
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He was in dire need of money, and a group of creditors was relentlessly pursuing him to collect their
debts.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered himself to save her
children.
Joanna did not speak. She only stared at Derick with hatred.
Although the Haynes family was not as rich as the Everett family, it was still a top–notch family in
Greyport.
Despite not inheriting the
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Haynes Group, when
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combining the legacy he received along with Ryan and Roxanne’s share, Derick should have obtained
at least over 20 million dollars. Additionally, the Haynes Group provided him with dividends of over 2
million dollars annually.
It was impossible for him to be short of money.
However, this scrawny man with sunken eyes and an unkempt beard that had not been shaved for
days didn’t resemble a wealthy individual in the slightest.
In the past, he had been idle. Now that no one was there to
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control him, he was probably about to lose all his assets.
“I can only give you 200 thousand dollars. Take it or not,” Joanna said coldly.
When Derick heard this, he got mad. “What? 200 thousand dollars? Are you treating me a beggar?”
“If you don’t want it, forget it.”
Anyway, she wouldn’t give him that much money.
“Joanna, you’ve gone too far. If I had known this, I might have let
your sons be kidnapped,” Derick said, exasperated with her actions.
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He never expected Joanna to
be so stingy even though she was already so rich.
200 thousand dollars was
nothing to him.
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Every time he visited Venturas, he would end up losing hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Unfortunately, this
time, luck was not on his side, and he lost more than 6 million dollars.
For four days and three nights, he gambled without ever taking a moment to sleep.
Not only that, he had a lot of lovers. He bought them cars and houses. Therefore, the money he
inherited had been
get a long we w
Even the at mansion in a
Heyne Sumily was mengaged
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spent a long time ago.
Even the old mansion in the
Haynes family was mortgaged.