Chapter - 129

Lily’s face was filled with despair. “Dad, it’s too late. I’ve already signed the contract.”

“What the…” Jeremy could barely catch his breath.

Zeke Williams has completely burned our bridges!

“That’s enough!” Adam admonished, looking as if he had aged another ten more years.

“We should’ve listened to Lacey in the beginning and worked with her.”

“In that case, she would have afforded the compensation for the Williams family’s dowry herself, and we would have gotten the Hamilton Group’s shares.”

Jeremy’s head hung low at that realization.

However, there was no point crying over spilt milk now.

“Whatever you get is whatever you are given. That’s the way the cookie crumbles,” Adam shrugged.

“Don’t think about making money from Lacey anymore. Just be thankful that they’ve settled the one hundred million debt this time.”

“If this had happened in the past, Lacey would have definitely listened to us,” Jeremy said through clenched teeth. “She would have settled that one hundred million debt for us.”

“But she has Zeke Williams by her side now… That guy is a tough nut to crack.”

Adam looked out the window, lost in his thoughts.

Lacey’s career has made a spurt of progress ever since Zeke came.

But look at us, we’re defeated by Lacey again and again…

He couldn’t help feeling that there was more to Zeke than what the man showed.

“Is there something else we don’t know about Williams?” he murmured.

Right then, two people came in from the door outside.

It was Emily and Logan, the staff officer.

Seeing them breaking in in full fury, Lily came to a startling realization. Her face paled.

The three of them jointly won the bid for the Hamilton Group, in which its shares were divided equally with Emily and Logan.

Now that she made her own decision in selling the Hamilton Group to Lacey, she wondered if they were here to collect their shares.

She felt as if her heart was about to escape her chest from beating too hard.

“Officer Hugh, please, come in. To what do I owe this pleasure?” Adam hurriedly greeted, his tone enthused and reverent.

Logan Hugh was a military officer, whom the Hinton family couldn’t afford to mess with.

“That’s unnecessary,” Logan said impassively, waving his hand.

“I’m simply here to reclaim my shares with the Hamilton Group.”

Adam and his entire family tensed up.

As expected, they had come with no good intentions.

“I’m sure you’ve heard about what happened today, Officer Hugh,” Lily said in a pleading tone.

“I had no choice but to mortgage the Hamilton Group in that situation. Otherwise, I would really be dead.”

“I’m afraid that’s not within my control. I just want my shares back,” Logan replied coldly.

“If you can’t give it to me today, you should prepare to bear the consequences.”

Adam was on the verge of collapsing. “Have mercy on us, Officer Hugh. Please don’t hold us accountable.”

“With our family’s current condition, we really can’t afford that.”

According to the rules, Logan’s shares are worth several hundred million… We can’t even come up with tens of thousands now.

“Then you shall face my wrath!” Logan exploded.

“Officer Hugh, please don’t be mad and just listen to me,” Emily piped up.

“To be honest, we probably can’t get much from selling the Hinton family’s house.”

“However, I have an idea that will let us reclaim the Hamilton Group or even more.”

“But we’ll need Adam’s family’s cooperation on this.”

“What is it, Emily?” Lily asked in a fluster. “We’ll definitely cooperate with you.”

“I’m sure you guys remember Darren Collins and his henchmen, the Fearsome Foursome,” Emily began.

“Darren Collins? Isn’t he the former raw material supplier of Lacey’s steel mill?” Lily asked.