Don't Fall For Me, CEO

Chapter 1249: Not Here for Small Talk

"That sounds quite tempting."Susan Carter’s response made Joseph feel that he was just one step away from victory.

But before he could celebrate, he saw Susan Carter suddenly take out her handgun and engage the safety.

"Susan, what do you mean by this?"

Hadn’t she already been tempted by his proposal?

Why the sudden change of heart?

"I’m here to collect compensation for emotional distress, not to chat with you. Since your brain isn’t functioning well, I don’t mind firing a shot to solve the problem for you!"

Susan Carter even pointed the gun at Joseph’s forehead. Even though all the Marsden Family’s bodyguards rushed into the room and aimed their guns at him, he remained calm, as if those guns were not pointed at him.

"Stop, everyone stop."

Susan Carter, as the head of the Alpha Mercenary Corps, was naturally an excellent marksman, far surpassing these bodyguards.

So Joseph believed that if any bodyguard fired a shot, the halls of Newmont Castle would be littered with corpses, and even his own life would be at risk.

He had no choice but to call an immediate halt.

With his command, the bodyguards lowered their weapons.

Susan did not continue pointing the gun at him, instead wiping the dust off it.

"Old man, have you decided whether or not to pay the compensation for emotional distress?"

Joseph internally roared with rage, even cursing July Quinn’s ancestors.

But all his resentment culminated in a single sentence: "I’ll pay."

Although Susan said nothing further, he believed that if he dared to utter a single "no," Susan would surely shoot him.

He didn’t want to die like this, especially with the Marsden Family’s current dire situation.

If he died, the Marsden Family would definitely fall apart.

So finally, even though he was unwilling, Joseph paid the twenty billion in compensation for emotional distress.

After collecting the money, Susan left immediately.

Watching the man leave so arrogantly, the butler asked Joseph with great frustration, "Sir, are we really going to let him leave like that?"

Yes, the butler implied that they should kill Susan to dampen July Quinn’s sharpness.

But as soon as he spoke, Joseph harshly reprimanded him, "If you have the guts, you go ahead!"

The butler instantly backed down.

Yes, he didn’t have the guts either!

After all, he himself had seen Susan easily take down multiple people alone.

"What do we do now? That twenty billion was meant for the most feasible project, and without it, we..."

Even though the butler didn’t finish his sentence, Joseph understood.

The twenty billion just transferred to July Quinn’s account was their last asset.

It seemed as if July Quinn had calculated it all and took this sum of money directly.

As a result, the Marsden Family had no capital to recover.

"I can’t let the Marsden Family just collapse like this."

Joseph gritted his teeth.

"Since there’s no way with July Quinn, then..."

He looked at the photo frame in the study.

It was a picture of him and Laura Quinn.

Yes, he intended to use Laura Quinn.

He would try any method to revive the Marsden Family, even if it meant sacrificing Laura Quinn’s life...

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After receiving the twenty billion from Joseph, July Quinn immediately bought a basket of flowers and went to the hospital to visit the person Jennings had injured. Besides paying for his medical expenses, she also gave him ten million as compensation for emotional distress.

The man was deeply grateful, never expecting that a single shot would earn him a fortune he never dared to dream of in this lifetime, and he was extremely thankful to July Quinn.

After visiting the man, July Quinn was taken by Kyle Keaton for her first pregnancy check-up...