novelraw Chapter 540: You Don’t Have That Much Face Here_1
Chapter 540: You Don’t Have That Much Face Here_1
"Nathalie, I’m not threatening you, I’m just explaining a principle to you. The world isn’t black and white, and not everything can be resolved by law. Even sunlight has places it cannot reach."
He took a check from his wallet, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Nathalie Quinlan, then said gently, "One million isn’t a small amount. Let’s settle this matter here. Freddy Cagwin can not only receive a million in compensation, but his father can also be sent to a hospital in Beijing for better treatment. This deal is a guaranteed profit for him. As for him... when he graduates, I will come forward to find him a position in a company, ensuring that he won’t be jobless. What do you think?"
This wasn’t negotiating; it was a choice given after a threat!
Ghania Quinlan’s dark eyes were cold, revealing a hint of chill. She was already holding her single shoulder bag, ready to leave, but now she tossed it back onto the sofa. Her delicate face confronted Myles Sullivan, her gaze sharpening and then lifting as she laughed out loud.
With a mockery-filled tone, "You all can try..."
After she laughed, her phone buzzed twice. Ghania Quinlan looked down, her eyes concealing a cold sharpness. She glanced at her phone again—it was a message from Alfred Garland.
[Alfred Garland: Miss Quinlan, we’ve arrived near the place you mentioned. I’ve parked the car by the roadside to wait for you. Amadeus told me to say, don’t rush, take your time coming out (*?▽?*)]
When she saw the emoticon at the end of the last character in the message, the annoyance in her eyes faded slightly.
In the past, only Audrick Zachmann and her dad liked to use this emoticon.
Now even Alfred Garland had started using it.
Recently, it seemed that people around her always included this cute symbol in their messages to her, even Jhovany Sullivan and the others liked to add an emoticon at the end.
Nathalie didn’t reply to the message. After looking at her phone, she raised her head and looked at Myles Sullivan once more. Perhaps because of the recent little interlude, the hostility around her had lessened somewhat, but her gaze remained extremely indifferent, and without saying much to Myles Sullivan, she spoke just one sentence.
"Indeed, the world is not merely black and white, but I believe that justice always exists. No matter how dark the world is, there will always be light!"
That’s why she liked this character.
SUN.
Light.
Sunlight.
Lighten Chaser!
"I advise you not to target Aunt Cagwin and the others. I’m letting Jecksen Wilmar off this time because I’m giving you ’face’, but you don’t have that much ’face’ with me. Your relationship isn’t significant enough that I will let Jecksen Wilmar go unpunished..."
Ghania Quinlan’s gaze was heavy, her face emotionless, but Myles Sullivan felt an inexplicable sense of oppression that made it somewhat hard to breathe.
How had he never noticed such a strong aura around her before?
This kind of aura.
Even after so many years moving through the circles in Beijing, he had hardly seen a few people with it.
Compared to Ghania Quinlan at this moment, Ghania Quinlan was insubstantial, simply insignificant in her presence!
If it wasn’t for the fact that he knew Nathalie hadn’t been admitted to Tsinghua University, he might have even started to doubt his past choices.
Nathalie didn’t know what he was thinking. After suppressing some of the hostility within her, she bent down to pick up her single shoulder bag, casually slung it over her shoulder, one hand in her pocket, her expression aloof and irreverent: "...If anything happens to Aunt Cagwin and the others, Jecksen Wilmar will definitely be there behind, Uncle Sullivan, I mean what I say!"
Her words were succinct, leaving no room for dignity.
For years, Myles Sullivan had been pampered and spoiled, never lacking in people who flattered him, but he had never heard such blunt words.
—I’m letting Jecksen Wilmar off because I’m giving you ’face’, but you don’t have that much ’face’ with me!
—If anything happens to Aunt Cagwin and the others, Jecksen Wilmar will surely be there in the background.
For a moment, Myles Sullivan didn’t know how to respond.
It was he who had been threatening Ghania Quinlan, but now the tables had turned, it was Ghania Quinlan warning him!