Chapter 80: The One Who Offered to Help

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: The One Who Offered to Help

Although Florence Morgan wasn’t entirely satisfied with this explanation, what her son said did make some sense.

But that wasn’t her main concern!

"So how much longer are you going to keep dealing with the Jacobs Family? Julian, you’ve been in the business world for so long, don’t you get it? People like them, you give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile! It’s not so easy to satisfy them! Once you give them money, they’ll just see you as a cash cow. You’re rich, so they’ll just keep coming back for more, won’t they?"

Florence Morgan had always thought the members of the Jacobs Family were the type to be greedy for petty gains.

Even that Jane Jacobs was the same!

See? And this is a perfect example of what I’m talking about.

"I have this under control. What you’re worried about won’t happen."

Now that Jane Jacobs was dead, Julian Sterling hadn’t planned on having much more contact with her father anyway.

Although...

’He knew, deep down, that part of the reason he was helping Jane Jacobs’s father was because of Jane herself.’

But Julian Sterling couldn’t let anyone know about this.

He wasn’t even willing to admit it to himself.

"I wish I could stop worrying! If it weren’t for this whole mess with Eve, you were the child I worried about the least! I never would have dreamed you could do something like this, and even secretly divorce Eve behind my back! I thought Ryan would be the one to give me a headache, but who would have thought it would end up being you!"

At the mention of Ryan Sterling, Julian Sterling’s handsome face immediately darkened.

The image of Ryan taking Evelyn Grant away earlier made Julian’s anger flare uncontrollably.

’Isn’t that the same as grinding my face into the dirt?’

’I’m his own brother!’

’His own brother, who he grew up with!’

’For a woman, he’d cast aside his own flesh and blood!’

"He’ll give you plenty more to worry about down the line."

"Sigh!" Florence Morgan, still unaware of what had happened, just thought it was an offhand comment from her eldest son and didn’t think much of it. "This is no time to be competing with your brother! Are you really trying to worry me to death? I asked your brother before to help out, to see if there was a way for you and Eve to remarry. And guess what happened?"

"He refused."

Did Julian Sterling even need to guess?

"Exactly! He actually refused! He said you and Eve had no feelings for each other and should have divorced long ago, and even told me to stop meddling!" Florence Morgan paused, a hint of confusion in her voice. "Did you and your brother have an argument or something? Otherwise, why would he suddenly be unwilling to help you?"

Julian Sterling scoffed. "He probably never wanted to help me from the very beginning, right?"

"That’s not true at all! In the beginning, your brother was more than willing to help you!" Florence Morgan naturally didn’t want to see any conflict between her sons, so she explained, "For example, when we were planning to drug Eve! Your brother was the one who volunteered to help!"

"Volunteered?"

"Yes! After I mentioned it once, he said he could get it!"

Julian Sterling’s dark eyes narrowed instantly as a thought occurred to him.

"Mom, when you and Ryan talked about the drugging, did you always discuss it in person?"

"Yes! In person." Florence Morgan finished, then remembered something else. "No, wait, we also talked about it over text once! I think I asked him about the drug, telling him there was no time to lose and to get it quickly!"