Urging Him to Get a Divorce (Aveline and Xavier) novel Chapter 694

Chapter 694

“So, if Aveline can’t solve my problem, you still have to help me get through this.”

After saying that, Jacob left.

Josephine saw her mother frowning and pressing a hand to her forehead, and she quickly went to help her sit down.

“Mom, is Dad’s company really not going to make it? How could he resort to loan sharking?”

Courtney’s face was grim. “He’s making me furious. If he wants to die, he can’t drag us down with him.”

“You need to hide your jewelry and money well. Don’t let your dad find out.”

“And don’t let your dad know how much money you took from the film’s budget. He’ll definitely make you give it to him to pay off his debts.”

“I figure your dad only resorted to loan sharking because he’d already borrowed so much from the banks that they refused to lend him any more.”

Josephine frowned. “But, Mom, my director’s fee… Xav might ask me to pay it back.”

Courtney replied, “We’ll deal with that when it happens.”

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“Mom, your assets… What if the loan sharks come to the house to collect the debt?”

Courtney said, “We need to go to the bank and get a safe deposit box. We’ll put all our jewelry and valuables in there.”

“But it’ll cost a lot to rent a safe deposit box.”

“It’s better than having your dad and the loan sharks take it.”

Jacob knew he couldn’t get into Garden Estate, so he planned to go to Mount Ardwood to find Aveline when she went back to work.

But the next morning, a Sunday, while he was having breakfast with Courtney and Josephine in the dining room, the doorbell rang. Hilda went to get the door, then returned to the dining room in a panic.

“Sir, there are two very menacing–looking men at the door. They say they’re your creditors.”

Jacob frowned. “What are you talking about?”

Just then, a man with a booming voice shouted aggressively, “Jacob, nice house you’ve got here. It won’t clear your debt, but it must be worth a good twenty or thirty million.”

Jacob was so startled his hand shook, and he dropped his spoon.

Courtney and Josephine were also terrified. The mother and daughter exchanged a look, both thinking, how did the creditors show up at our door so fast?

Courtney glared at Jacob. “How the hell did you let them know where

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“Mom, your assets… What if the loan sharks come to the house to collect the debt?”

Courtney said, “We need to go to the bank and get a safe deposit box. We’ll put all our jewelry and valuables in there.”

“But it’ll cost a lot to rent a safe deposit box.”

“It’s better than having your dad and the loan sharks take it.”

Jacob knew he couldn’t get into Garden Estate, so he planned to go to Mount Ardwood to find Aveline when she went back to work.

But the next morning, a Sunday, while he was having breakfast with Courtney and Josephine in the dining room, the doorbell rang. Hilda went to get the door, then returned to the dining room in a panic.

“Sir, there are two very menacing–looking men at the door. They say they’re your creditors.”

Jacob frowned. “What are you talking about?”

Just then, a man with a booming voice shouted aggressively, “Jacob, nice house you’ve got here. It won’t clear your debt, but it must be worth a good twenty or thirty million.”

Jacob was so startled his hand shook, and he dropped his spoon.

Courtney and Josephine were also terrified. The mother and daughter exchanged a look, both thinking, how did the creditors show up at our door so fast?

Courtney glared at Jacob. “How the hell did you let them know where

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the interest already five million dollars?”

The man said, “Can’t you read? You signed the loan agreement yourself. Didn’t you understand the terms?”

“If you don’t pay today, next month it’ll be 10 million dollars.”

“If you don’t have the money, this house of yours looks pretty nice. Why not use it to pay off the interest for now?”

Jacob said angrily, “This house is worth two hundred million dollars!”

Years ago, Bethany bought this villa with the money from selling her paintings for over ten million dollars. But thanks to the great location, over twenty years have passed, and it’s now worth two hundred million dollars.

In the dining room, Josephine heard Jacob say the house they were living in was worth two hundred million and looked at Courtney in shock.

Courtney already knew, of course. She had carefully calculated Jacob’s public net worth.