Take Control of Yourself, Please novel (Anna and Liam) novel Chapter 292

Bruce raised his voice and shouted, scaring Nicole so much that she hurriedly slapped a palm over his mouth to shut him up.

"Can you quiet down! I really don’t have much money now. Even if you don't believe me, there’s nothing I can do!"

Bruce pulled her hand off of his mouth.

Even if you have no money, Chloe's in-laws are filthy rich! They're the Dawsons. The Dawsons of Johannes City! A family of high status!”

"Chloe and Bryan are not married yet, that's why we don't have much money now! They have to get married first before Chloe can start gathering some money!

She's getting married soon, we will need a lot of money for all the preparations. We are the ones marrying upwards, we can't be too shabby and make Chloe the laughing stock of the family?”

Bruce didn’t believe a word of her lies, expression cold, "I was jailed because I believed you and your stupid tricks. You want me to trust you again? In your dreams! Enough with all the nonsense, just give me m y money!”

"I'm not asking for much, mental compensation for all the years I've suffered in jail, compensation for my loss of freedom, and my bygone youth. I've done the math; five million dollars will be sufficient."

Nicole exploded, "5 million dollars? Bruce Walker, are you out of your mind? You might as well try and rob the bank!"

She knew he would bite her head off and ask for an enormous sum, but she never expected him to demand five million dollars off the bat.

Even though it wasn't a big amount to the Hamilton family, she didn't have the right to ask Daniel for such a big sum of money.

And even if she sold all of her jewelry, they were definitely not worth five million dollars.

Bruce looked at her and said calmly, "With rich ladies like you and Chloe, why should 1 commit a crime when I can take the expressway to luxury?"

Bruce continued, "I know Chloe is pregnant with the Dawson boy’s child. The Dawsons are a rich family. All they have is money, isn't it only right of her to give some spending money to her biological father?”

Nicole pointed accusingly at him and started scolding, "You really have no sense of pride at all! All these years, have you even raised Chloe for a day? And now you want to make a profit off of her, and you call yourself her biological father!"

"That's all because of you! If you didn't have me jailed,

I would have been able to watch my baby girl grow up!"

He waved his hands impatiently, "Whatever! Stop this useless discussion. Get me the money quick, or I’ll stay here until Hamilton comes home and I'll ask him for it myself.”

"You... you shameless asshole!" Nicole shouted, gritting her teeth.

"I've been an asshole my whole life, Nicole. The rest is up to you."

"That amount is too big. One million, I need 10 days.” Nicole spit out, her voice full of hatred.

"Five million and not one cent less. I'll give you seven days, I’ll be back for my money in seven days."

With that, he patted her cheeks and left, not giving her a chance to object.

Anna watched as Nicole returned home, her face pale a s a ghost.

She was confused.

Nicole faked nonchalance. She wished Anna a good morning and asked about her plans for the day before returning to her bedroom upstairs.

Noticing her mother's return, Chloe's thoughts started going wild.

"Mom, my waist hurts. Massage me for a bit." With that, Chloe followed her mother into her room.

Anna cocked her head at the suspicious motherdaughter pair, and asked Lisa, "What have the two of them been up to lately? They’re acting so suspicious.”

Lisa shook her head, "I don't know! They keep ordering me to cook Chloe some food as if they're afraid I would leave the kitchen.

Anna flipped at her magazine, suspicion sprouting in her chest. "Keep a close eye on them for me.”