Chapter 143 A Narrow Escape (Two)

• "Oh, my God. That's so horrible. How can you even stand to be friends with that horrible Mr. James?" Charlotte exclaimed, but she already knew all about this and just wished that Carol would go on to the good stuff. However, she could not show her impatience, otherwise, Carol might suspect something, or clam up.
• "I know, right. It was not his fault, though. It was his friends, or rather, will I say acquaintances, who were the culprits. It was only because my dad asked for help from him that he got involved. They would have killed my entire family if I had not agreed to this, you know. It's so weird that things like this go on in this civilized world and there is nothing anyone can do about it."
• "I get it, but Mr. James is still evil in my opinion. After all, he had the money and could just pay off your dad's debt if he wanted to, without asking you to marry his nephew." Charlotte said stubbornly, hating the man the more. He was cool with forking out millions of dollars just to get this sallow-faced bitch to marry Sebastian, yet he could not be bothered to send money to her and her brother, or even acknowledge their existence?