Urs was nowhere near calm, her entire being consumed by fury.


    She yelled into the phone, "Do you think ten thousand dors is a small amount? Where do you expect me to get you a hundred thousand?" Ten thousand!


    That was already no small sum.


    After all, the deal between them was done and dusted, everything squared away, and yet here this person was, hounding her again.


    Feeling under the weather as it was, Urs found her recovery further disturbed by these threats.


    "I don''t care, I want a hundred thousand. If you don''t give it to me, I''ll ask Ste for it. I believe she''ll be willing to part with that money."


    Hearing the mention of Ste squeezed Urs''s heart, leaving her feeling suffocated and miserable.


    "Ms. Larkin, I wouldn''t be asking if I wasn''t desperate."


    "You are desperate. And you think I can help? I''m sick, battling three types of cancer. I''m on my deathbed, and you''re threatening me?" Urs couldn''t help but shout back.


    She had returned from abroad with the hope of recuperating under the protection of the Larkin family. She wanted to be with the Larkins, to be where Yorick was. But this call shattered all her peace.


    "I''m already suffering enough from my illness, and now you''re threatening me."


    After her outburst, her voice softened.


    For a moment, her vulnerability pierced through the phone line, reaching the man threatening her on the other end.


    There was silence on the line.


    Urs continued, "My life is almost over. Do you think I care about my past mistakes?"


    Her voice was filled with pity and a sense of resignation towards her past. In anyone else''s case, this might have evoked sympathy for Urs.


    But the man on the other end,


    capable of such feelings? In a


    moment, he replied, "If so, let''s use what''s left of your life to secure me one hundred thousand, Ms. Larkin."


    en


    "You..."


    In an instant, Urs''s pupils contracted in shock. She couldn''t believe the man on the other end could be so heartless.


    "I''m just too desperate for money!" he said coldly,pletely shattering any hope Urs had harbored.


    Her tactic had always worked wonders with the Larkins, but this time, it had failed. She couldn''t believe it.


    "You want to drive me to death?"


    "If you die, the Larkin family can at least afford a decent burial spot for you."


    Urs gnarled, "You''re a monster!"


    Her roar echoed through the hospital room, and at that moment, Urs felt a murderous rage towards the man.


    ...


    Yorick had just arrived at the hospital.


    Stepping out of the elevator, he saw. Cloudia on a call, furiously yelling "You want me to sign papers to cut ties? Ste, how could you be so


    cruel?" ove


    Cloudia was shaking with anger. She had thought Ste''s threats to sever ties were just an empty threat. But she was proving her wrong.


    Ste stated on the phone, "Thewyer has already brought the papers to the hospital to find you."


    Her tone was icy, devoid of any emotion. In that moment, Cloudia couldn''t sense any hint of Ste''s attachment to the Larkin family.


    For two years, her daughter had never truly opened her heart? This realization left her feeling even more suffocated.


    "Once you''re out off from the Larkin family, what do you think you are? So what if those men protect you now? They pamper you for taking you as a novelty, what happens when the feeling wears off? You''ll be left unmatched in status, only to be discarded."


    "Whether I get discarded is not for you to worry about. You''d best just sign the papers."