Chapter 958


    However, Mia would never give in.


    Her tone was cold. "You''re underestimating me, Mr. Shelbert. Do you think that the life and death of the Barretts would bother me?"


    "I dared not underestimate you, Ms. Mia. But there''s no point for both our families—or even the three families—to be on bad terms because of such a


    trivial matter. It won''t do anything good to us."


    "So how would you like to settle this?"


    Raymond suggested, "I know that my daughter is at fault, but I can hand over the project to you to make up for it. For future projects, I will consider


    your family first. How''s that? You won''t lose anything from this."


    "Do you think I need that?"


    "Ms. Mia, if you have other conditions, tell me. I will do my best to fulfill them."


    "Simple. Let Luna pay for the price." Mia turned around, looking at the bodyguards by the door. "If you insist on not letting me leave the room, I will


    call Dominic right now. Since you have something over his head, he might as well talk to you personally. That''ll be better."


    She reckoned that Raymond didn''t want Dominic to get involved in this at all.


    "It was just a joke, Ms. Mia. Don''t take it seriously.” Raymond motioned for the bodyguards to make way for her.


    He was trying to threaten her, but he didn''t expect the loafing woman to be this confident. She wasn''t afraid at all.


    Furthermore, he wouldn''t want her to contact Dominic. Not only was Dominic a difficult opponent, but he was also famous for pampering his sister.


    Feeling agitated, Luna looked at Raymond. "Are you going to let her go like this? She hasn''t agreed to your conditions yet."Content from N?velDr(a)ma.Org.


    Raymond didn''t respond to that.


    Timothy eyed Luna. "You better watch out in the future.”


    Then, he followed Mia out of the room.


    Mia was standing before the elevator. Hearing the footsteps behind her, she spun around. "What did you leave? Not going to spend time with your olc


    friend?"


    "I seriously didn''t know about her rtionship with Mr. Shelbert. I was in Nord City at that time, so I didn''t know what happened back in Bern City. It


    was only when I saw her today that I realized that someone had released her."


    "Do you think I''ll believe in that, Timothy? Why did you bring Luna and that boy back to Barrett residence then? You even misled everyone that


    Asher''s your son."


    "Because I don''t have ns for marriage and having kids. I intended to raise him as the heir."


    "So who is his father?"


    Timothy wouldn''t raise Asher as the heir without a valid reason.


    He went silent for a moment before admitting, "Luna''s boyfriend is my father''s illegitimate son."


    Hearing that, Mia understood the whole connection of the rtionship.


    Since Luna''s boyfriend was Timothy''s father''s illegitimate son, Asher was indeed one of the Barretts.


    "So, Asher isn''t your son, but your nephew."


    "Yes. Four years ago, Luna came to me pregnant. That was when I found out that my father had an illegitimate son. However, he passed on in a car


    crash.


    "Luna had no one to depend on, and she was going to give birth soon. That was why I let her stay.”


    "Does your mother know the existence of the illegitimate son?"