Helen snapped sternly right then, "Luna, I remember your grandfather leaving this matter in my hands


    before we came here, or have you forgotten?"


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    "I. I."


    Luna was stumped, and started crying even as whipped out her phone, "I''ll call Mommy! You''re all


    bullying me—"


    "Unbelievable."


    Helen sighed and locked her briefcase, before leveling a cool stare at Cato. "I''m afraid that our


    business talks have to be cut short here, since you refuse to be honest with me."


    "No, no, no. Please, Ms. Lane!"


    Cato cried out in short and quickly pleaded, "Please just give me a chance, Ms. Lane. I''ll tell you


    everything, okay? This isn''t mypany—it''s my friend''s. So, how about this? I''ll introduce you to him,


    and he just needs 150 million dors to settle the whole thing. We can even split the cost for the minor


    stuff equally! What do you think?"


    Helen turned and left at his words, having even less intention to stay after his brazen request. However,


    before she and Helen could leave, Cato suddenly bellowed at them, "Fine! I''ll be honest—I owe loan


    sharks money, and I have to pay up or I''ll get killed!"


    Giving up on all pretense right then, Cato was baring his teeth savagely as he growled, "So you''d better


    partner up with me right now, or you''re not leaving this ce!"


    At his outburst, over a dozen goons charged in from the door, each of them carrying baseball bats and


    other blunt weapons while ring viciously at Frank and Helen.


    "Hmph." Frank snorted coldly, not concerned at all with the small fries. "Partner up with you? Or do you


    mean daylight robbery?"


    "Robbery?"


    Luna flinched before she could call her mother, dropping her phone on the floor as she turned in


    disbelief toward Cato, finally realizing what was happening.


    "Exactly!" Cato spat as he whipped out a wrench out of nowhere. "I''d be dead if I don''t get the money


    anyway, so I don''t mind swindling you bumpkins. It was going so well too, but you had to show up and


    expose me. Well, I''m done ying nice—pay up, or you''re all dying here!"


    Helen frowned as she watched the thugs closed in, her fingers clenching over her briefcase as she said


    calmly, "There''s no point in killing me. I don''t have the money—it''s with my mother."


    "What?! You maniptive bitch." Cato was stunned for a moment but soonughed savagely as his


    eyes shed furiously.


    Wheezing, he growled with a sinister smile, "Well, it doesn''t matter. You''re all staying here! And I''ve


    been watching you for a while, Ms. Lane... No, I''ve been watching you since the moment we met! So—


    let''s have some fun first, and then I''ll call your mother to pay up. If she refuses to."


    He looked around pointedly at the thugs around. "Well, my friends here have been holding back for too


    long. They are all dying to quench their thirst!"


    "You''re despicable!" Helen snapped icily.


    "W-What about me?" Luna asked just then, at a loss.