1208 Couple Turning Against Each Other

Lucas refuted Rayson mercilessly, but he didnt dare to say a word. He could only smile and say, Yes, Mr. Gray, youre right! Im just an old fogey without any weight to speak of. It was a slip of the tongue!

But Im old, and Vanessa is my only child. If she dies, my bloodline will cease to exist. So I have no choice but to bite the bullet and beg you to let off my unfilial daughter

As long as you spare my daughters life, I Ill be willing to give you all the profits of the Williams this year as a token of my sincerity to make amends and apologize to you for my daughter!

Rayson sounded hesitant when saying the last sentence. After offering his familys annual revenue, he seemed extremely pained.

!!

It was a years worth of profits!

Given the numerous businesses of all sizes the Williams had, a years profits was an astronomical figure.

Although Rayson really felt the pinch, he had to go all out to save Vanessas life!

But Lucas wasnt tempted at all. He just said indifferently, How much do you think your daughters life is worth?

How much money was a human life worth?

If it was anyone else, Rayson naturally wouldnt think they were worth much, but the life of his precious daughter was definitely priceless. It couldnt be measured with money.

This Rayson was at a loss for words.

Clearly, the annual profits of the Williams werent enough to trade for his daughters life, even though they amounted to billions of dollars.

All of a sudden, Rayson was at a loss for what to do.

Rayson gritted his teeth and said, In that case, Mr. Gray, please enlighten me and tell me what I have to do for you to spare my daughters life. What are your conditions? Ill agree to any as long as theyre within my means!

No matter how high the price was, he had to save his daughters life!

In that case, lets use all the Williams businesses in exchange! Lucas said calmly.

What?

All of the Williams businesses?

As soon as Lucas made the request, everyone in the private room was astonished.

Rayson was also stunned.

Lucas actually asked for all the Williams businesses. It was really an outrageous demand!

The Williams were not a small family but one of the eight top families of DC, one of the several forces standing at the summit of the country.

Lucas was asking for too much.

Lucas said indifferently, You have two choices now. One, hand over the Williams businesses, and your daughter will live. Two, keep the Williams businesses, but your daughter dies. Take your pick.

His words were like a thunderbolt striking everyones hearts.

Vanessa, kneeling on the floor, looked distraught and dumbstruck.

She never thought that her arrogance and offensive behavior toward Lucas would bring such a catastrophe to her family!

Seeing how respectful and terrified Rayson was facing Lucas, Vanessa didnt think that Lucas was just scaring her.

Rayson looked extremely conflicted.

He didnt want to pick either of the options Lucas gave him.

One was his only child, while the other was the familys empire that he had worked hard all his life for. He couldnt bear to give up either.

But he knew that Lucas wasnt easily persuaded. Since he had given him these two options, he had to pick one.

He had to choose between his familys empire or his daughters life!

Smack!

While Rayson was wallowing in misery and struggling over which option to pick, the clear sound of a slap rang in his ear.

The slap attracted everyones attention.

Vanessa, who had been kneeling on the floor in desperation, had charged over to Peter and shouted at him furiously. Its all your fault, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d! If it werent for you, the Williams wouldnt have encountered this disaster today!

Peter, you a.s.shole, youve accomplished nothing since you married into our family!

The Williams have treated you so well. The clothes you wear, the car you drive, and the salary you make are all given to you by the Williams! If not for us, youd still be a bottom feeder of society and inferior to your cla.s.smates!

The Williams even paid for your advanced studies and entrusted you to manage a few of the familys companies. My father even decided to let you manage our core business and companies!

But how did you repay us? If you hadnt provoked Ashley and her friend, why would I have offended them for your sake? How could my family be facing this crisis?

This is all your fault! Youre just a good-for-nothing who wants to sponge off women. Dont think I didnt hear how you got close to Ashley just so you could rely on the Steeles. But later, you abandoned her because she no longer had a high status in the family. Then you targeted me to get close to the Williams just for the sake of gaining benefits from us, right?

Hah, I was really blind to have married a useless b.a.s.t.a.r.d like you who only thinks about climbing higher by relying on women!

I really regret it now. Im going to divorce you tomorrow morning. From now on, you have nothing to do with me and the Williams!

Vanessa pointed at Peter and hollered, her eyes full of anger.

Indeed, if he hadnt provoked Ashley, she wouldnt have ended up offending Lucas and bringing this catastrophe to her family!

Peter was the culprit of it all!

Vanessa had been extremely displeased ever since Ashley talked about the matters with Peter from when they were in college. But she was too prideful and didnt want to get into a fight with Peter in public, lest she disgraces herself and the Williams. So she had suppressed her anger and insulted Ashley and Lucas together with Peter.

As for their matters, they would discuss them at home.

But Vanessa never thought that the situation would change so drastically within just ten minutes. Lucas wasnt to be trifled with at all, and even her father couldnt do anything about him. He could only either let her die or pay the price with the familys businesses.

At the thought of these outcomes, Vanessa could no longer care about her pride. She absolutely hated Peter for bringing about this disaster to the Williams!