Urging Him to Get a Divorce (Aveline and Xavier) novel Chapter 693

Chapter 693

Jacob was shocked when he heard that. “Is a chief architect’s salary really that high?”

Courtney said with contempt, “And you run a company? You don’t even know that.”

The truth was, Courtney didn’t know either. When Josephine brought it up, she was also shocked by how much money Aveline made.

If she had known back then, she would have made Josephine study architecture instead of directing.

She had thought being a director was profitable, but she never imagined it was nothing compared to being an architect.

Jacob’s company was nowhere near large enough to handle construction projects, but he had once invested in two small ones on Bethany’s advice.

He didn’t know the first thing about construction.

He even objected when Aveline chose to major in architecture, thinking it was too rough for a girl.

But Bethany was very supportive of Aveline.

When Josephine chose to major in directing, Courtney called it art, so he found Josephine elegant and favored his illegitimate daughter more.

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He never expected that, with Josephine and Aveline being the same age, Aveline would already have earned tens, even hundreds of millions more than he, her own father, made.

Josephine, on the other hand, hadn’t earned a single penny. Just like her mother, all she knew was how to get favors from men.

Jacob stared at Josephine. “Let me ask you, how much did you get for your director’s fee on this movie?”

Josephine and Courtney hadn’t told Jacob that Josephine had been fired from her directing job.

But Josephine had, in fact, already received tens of millions.

Josephine and Courtney exchanged a look, and Courtney replied to Jacob, “The movie isn’t finished yet.”

Jacob frowned. “You only get paid after it’s finished?”

“So what’s a director supposed to live on during filming? Air?”

Courtney and Josephine played dumb.

When it came to money, Jacob suddenly got sharp.

He said, “Didn’t Xavier buy you a lot of jewelry?”

“Go sell it and give your dad the cash to get by.”

Josephine was incredulous. “Are you really hitting me up for money?”

“I’m not selling my jewelry. It was a gift from Xav.”

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Jacob said, “Those are just material things. Xavier will buy you more later.”

“Besides, when he finds out you’re a dutiful daughter, he’ll respect you even more.”

Then he looked at Courtney. “You should sell your jewelry, too. I’ll buy you more when I have money again.”

Courtney gave Jacob a cold look, thinking he must take her for a fool.

She wasn’t stupid enough to spend her own money on a man, especially a scumbag.

Aveline’s mom, Bethany, was the real fool.

And that fool had been completely used and discarded by Jacob before dying long ago.

Courtney said, “How about this: you go to Aveline. If she gives you two–thirds, I’ll do my best to scrape together the other third for you.”

Josephine looked at her mother in shock. She thought her mom was a total cheapskate. Was she really willing to help her dad?

Courtney ignored Josephine and said to Jacob, “You need to think about our son in my belly. As a mother, I naturally have to put my child first.”

“Aveline is your eldest daughter, and now she’s the chief architect at a huge corporation. She makes so much money, it’s her duty to help her father out.”

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“If she won’t help you, you can go to Rupert and your fellow in–laws. They’re people who care about appearances; they won’t let her be so heartless and ungrateful.”

“If even the won’t help you, you can go public with the fact that you’re Xavier’s father–in–law. We’ll see who’s embarrassed then.”

Jacob looked at Courtney intently. It was a good idea, but he also knew she wasn’t looking out for him. She just didn’t want to use her own money to help him.

He glanced at her big belly and decided not to push her too hard for now. He’d wait until after the son was born.

He decided to go see Aveline first. Like Courtney said, if worst came to worst, he would go to the Beltran’s mansion to find Rupert and Lauren. If they didn’t help him, he would take his story to the media.

He had married his talented eldest daughter to Xavier; how could the ignore his troubles?

Jacob said, “No matter what, we’re a family. You all need to realize that if I go down, you won’t have it easy either.”

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Chapter 694