Chapter 54

Gianna was clearly using Ophelia’s money, and although he didn’t care much about his daughter, how could he be happy about others taking advantage of her and the Greene family’s money? Penelope wanted to back out, saying, “What, over ten million? My Gianna didn’t buy anything…”

‘The list isn’t here? What exactly did your Gianna buy? You can take a look for yourself! If any one of those items was something I fabricated, then I wouldn’t want this over ten million!” Ophelia shook the bill in her hand. Penelope immediately fell silent.

Hudson, the scoundrel, said, “Sister, brother-in-law, are you just going to watch Ophelia take advantage of my family like this? I never heard that my family’s Gianna borrowed any money from her. Those things before were clearly just little gifts she gave to Gianna!” He said to Samuel, “Brother-in-law, the Greene family is wealthy and influential, yet Ophelia even had to cash in the gift for her cousin. If this gets out, where will you put your face?”

Samuel was very concerned about his image, and upon hearing this, he immediately frowned. “Alright,” he said to Ophelia, “just ten million, it’s worth you doing this…”

“Dad, do you want to take a look at the bill I printed out first?” Ophelia said softly as she handed over the document. She knew that Samuel was unreliable, so she had been prepared in advance. Samuel received it indifferently, but in the next moment, his expression suddenly changed. “–How could there be so many?!”

The bill did not only include Gianna’s ten million, but also the debts owed by other members of the Herrera family! Indeed, when Ophelia returned this time, she did not intend to settle for just the ten million from Gianna. The Herrera family had not only regarded Gianna as a fool, but also Erin’s mother, Sophia, as well as Hudson and his wife. They seized the opportunity to cheat her out of money. She had not been without distress before and had secretly sought help from Erin. In the end, Erin told her not to be so petty, saying that the Herrera family would pay back what they borrowed. At that time, she wholeheartedly trusted Erin, fearing that a rift might develop between her beloved Erin and herself, and had to tolerate the Herrera family.

As of now, the Herrera family had borrowed over eighty million from her and had not returned it! When her mother was still alive, eighty million was nothing, but since her mother passed away, the Greene family gradually fell into decline. Now, eighty million is not a small amount for the Greene family. Samuel was indeed proud. If it had only been ten million, he could have endured and let it go, but this was eighty million! The family business was still short of funds!

“How could you lend out so much?” he questioned his daughter unkindly. Ophelia’s expression was indifferent. “I didn’t intend to borrow so much either, but Erin said that if I didn’t borrow it, I would be stingy.” Samuel’s gaze immediately fell on Erin, deep and inscrutable. “You are quite generous!”

Erin felt a slight tightness in her heart. She was good at guessing men’s thoughts and pleasing them. Over the years, this was the first time that Samuel actually had an opinion about her. I hurriedly said, “I thought they were only borrowing small amounts of money; I had no idea it would be so much. Ophelia, that child, really should have mentioned it to me.” With just two sentences, the blame was thrown back onto Ophelia. But Ophelia was no longer the foolish person she had raised; how could she allow herself to be falsely accused!

“Didn’t I say? How do I remember that the last time Sophia came to me to ‘borrow money’ for the yard, it was personally chosen by Erin?” “Oh, and last time Hudson bought a car, he consulted you quite a bit, right?” Erin’s gentle smile was frozen on her face just like that.

Samuel’s gaze was icy as he coldly said, “You seem to care a lot about your family, but how much has your Herrera family taken from the Greene family over the years? Do you want me to count it for you? One should learn to be content!” Erin had subsidized the Herrera family a lot over the years, and many times she hadn’t hidden it from Samuel. Although he had been somewhat unhappy before, he had never said anything. This was the first time he had spoken such harsh words to her! Erin’s face instantly felt hot.

Samuel glanced at the bill and said, “What did your mom buy the yard for? Didn’t they give her a house to live in over here?”