CHAPTER 598: CHAPTER 623: ARE YOU WORTHY?

Francine Howards toyed with the smartphone in her hand; it was an identical model to the one Mabel Quinn had, while on the table lay another phone just like the one Kyle Kinston had.

These phones could be paired as a couple set, and they had many interesting features.

She was somewhat surprised; she didn’t expect Kyle to use something labeled as a "couple" item. If she hadn’t seen Mabel Quinn’s phone, she might not have thought much about it.

But the moment she picked up Mabel Quinn’s phone, she understood why he suddenly changed phones.

"You asked me here just to watch you play with your phone?" The man sitting opposite Francine Howards spoke up, his face handsome yet with a slightly sinister edge. Dressed in a suit, he looked like a top executive at a corporation. How many people would have guessed this was Gu Fengtian, the president of the East Bamboo Assembly?

"Is the phone nice?" Francine Howards asked, her red lips slightly parted.

"What, did you fall in love with this phone and buy two?" Gu Fengtian raised his eyebrows.

"I do quite like this phone; maybe it can help me out," she said, stretching her open palm towards Gu Fengtian, "Where is the thing I asked for?"

Gu Fengtian directly grasped Francine Howards’ hand, "If I give it to you, what’s in it for me?"

"How much money do you want?" she retorted.

"Last time I helped you, money was enough, but money isn’t always the solution."

"Then what do you want?" she frowned slightly.

"Isn’t my intention clear enough?" he said, his thumb rubbing the back of her hand, suggestively.

Francine Howards sharply pulled her hand back, stood up, and looked down coldly at the man in front of her, "Gu Fengtian, do you think you deserve it?"

Her expression revealed clear disdain.

Gu Fengtian merely smiled, appearing indifferent. This was the eldest daughter of the Howards Family, seemingly aloof and looking down on the lowly. However, he truly wanted to see what would happen if this lady one day fell into the dust.

"Consider this information my apology for offending you this time; there’s no need for you to give me anything," Gu Fengtian said, placing a document folder on the table, then stood up and left.

This time, he asked for nothing, but next time, it might not be so easy.

Francine Howards pursed her red lips, and after a moment, she opened the folder, took out a stack of documents, and began to examine them carefully.

If Mabel Quinn were present, she would surely be shocked, as the documents in Francine Howards’ hand contained personal information about her mother, her older brother, her friends, and colleagues...

Ultimately, Francine Howards’ gaze settled on the recent information about Mabel Quinn’s mother, Evelina. The data showed that Evelina was in severe financial trouble, frequently borrowing money and taking out loans on multiple online platforms, with many already overdue. Currently, Evelina was in a dire situation, and it wouldn’t be long before debt collection agencies came knocking at her door.

Francine Howards quietly put the documents back into the folder, a certain idea already forming in her mind.

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Because Mabel Quinn and Alice Conley were locals, they stayed at the studio on New Year’s Eve.