After Michael left, Elizabeth and Ronald were the only ones left in the room.
Elizabeth looked at Ronald and said, "What's your plan, Mr. Brown?"
"That wretch did such a shameless thing, and I really want to beat her to death. She should really be responsible for the apology."
"I'm talking about the compensation. Ashley is the one who caused this trouble. Mr. Brown, you wouldn't be thinking of not paying for it, don't you?" Elizabeth reminded.
"It's the Howard family and Mason who harmed Valeria, so Ashley is just an accomplice. However, she's at fault for framing her sister with those evil tactics. Therefore, I didn't intend to let her out, just let her be put into prison then."
Ronald was extremely miserly when it came to money. Hence, how could he pay the compensation for Ashley?
Elizabeth didn't expect Ronald to be such an unbelievable niggardly on the money. Then, she looked at Ronald coldly.
"So, you don't want to cooperate with the Howard family anymore? I'd like to remind you that if Ashley is in jail, then she can't be with Mason anymore. Why not just let her abort the baby!"
She was obviously threatening him.
Then, Ronald thought for a moment. Since the money would be given to Valeria, so he could still find a way to get the money back from her afterwards.
"I'll pay 50 million, that's all I can manage!"
"One hundred million! One fixed price! If you're willing to pay this amount of money, I'll be taking care of the collaboration between you and the Howard Group in the future."
After weighing for a while, Ronald nodded and said, "Okay, deal, I will pay it!"
After the successful payment made by Elizabeth and Ronald, Mason and Ashley were released after being locked up for 24 hours.
It was only a day, but Mason was already looking haggard. Meanwhile, Elizabeth quickly got on the car with Mason without saying a word.
Mason sat in the car with a dispirited expression, "Aunt, I've caused you trouble. I'm sorry!"
Elizabeth was displeased after seeing Mason like this. The four hundred million was basically all the savings that she had saved over the past ten years since she married Charles.
Charles wasn't generous to her, and it took her a great effort to save the money. However, she had lost all of it to Valeria now just for Mason's sake, and she was very pissed off.
But she knew that it was not the time to get angry, so she had no choice but to pull herself together and start afresh.
"Mason, don't worry. We still have the chance and sufficient time. Let's go home and have a rest first. We will be better after this matter is over!"
However, Mason wasn't as optimistic as Elizabeth. After being locked up for 24 hours, he had been ruminating about tons of stuff.
He was regretful and angry. If only he hadn't cheated on Ashley and the dispute with Valaria never happened, things would definitely take a turn.
Suddenly, he was grossed out by the thought of how Ashley had peed her pants in the interrogation room. Just why in the world would he be willing to be with a disgusting person like her?
Ashley came out a few minutes later, and Mason had been taken away by Elizabeth.
She was fatigued and took on a ghastly expression after being locked up for a day. There was also a strong odor of urine smell on her when she came out. After seeing Ronald and Julie, she cried out tearfully.
"Mom and Dad! They won't let me go to the bathroom and they're torturing me... You guys have to help me out!"
Ronald was disgusted by her appearance. As the cold-hearted person that he used to be, he immediately gave her a slap in the face when he saw her crying.
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