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Chapter 95

Author: Redfury
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-28 21:02:27

Jeff had indeed forgotten about that. He did promise to give the painting to Scarlett after he finished it.

"Can we talk privately?" he suggested, thinking that Scarlett should be on the same page as him.

After all, Scarlett was the one Wayne had pushed down the stairs.

If it weren't for that, her leg wouldn't have been broken.

She should hate Wayne.

Now that he had a chance to squeeze some money out of Wayne, Scarlett should be happy about it.

"Let's talk here," Scarlett replied. She wasn't against Jeff getting money from Wayne.

However, she felt that Jeff was using her.

She deserved some of that money too.

She didn't care much about money before.

But now things were different. She had no income, and both her child and Beatrice needed to live. Money was needed everywhere.

She had to think about her child and mother.

Jeff noticed her intention and brought up the topic of splitting the money right in front of Wayne . "How about a 70-30 split?"

He had lost too
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