Chapter 296

Juliette still felt angry and irreconciled over the matter. "Sonnet, you can't soften your heart just because of Mrs. Cole's kneeling! She knows this about you, so she deliberately sold herself in front of you. You’ll be walking into her trap as she wishes if you really reach a settlement with that man!"

Sonnet smiled. "I’m not soft-hearted."

Juliette looked at her in surprise.

She just heard Sonnet say leisurely, "Letting Johnny go is like resolving the blood ties with Harold Cole and his wife, and it's also to heal my own past wounds. I’ll negotiate terms with them. If they want me to let him go, they must sever any relationship with me from now on. They’re not allowed to call me the daughter of the Cole family, and I’ll have nothing to do with them! And—"

She said and winked at Juliette, "If Johnny goes to jail, he’ll lose his freedom, but he can escape his debts too, right? Those debts aren’t recognized by the law. But if he’s out, he has to pay them back. He’ll live like a rat