Marrying The Supposed Gold Digger (Valerie) novel Chapter 713

Patrick was dumbfounded when he heard that. "400 million dollars? What is that bastard Dale trying to do?"

Vivian was filled with regret. 'If I had known things would turn out like this, I would have acted differently. Did Dale really see us as some kind of a cash machine? Now, he was demanding an enormous sum of money, or he threatened to sell Katherine. What am I going to do about my daughter? What can I do?'

Vivian looked at Patrick, panic in her voice. "What are we going to do? How can the company possibly come up with that much money right now?"

"My jewelry! Yes, the jewelry! Quickly contact someone to sell all of my jewelry and your antiques! Hurry, Leon!"

Patrick grabbed her hand tightly, his face stern. "400 million dollars? Even if we combine all our assets, we wouldn't be able to gather more than 42 million dollars!"

"Even if we sold everything, it wouldn't be enough to reach 2.8 billion!"

Vivian burst into tears. "Then what are we going to do? If Katherine doesn't come back, we'll lose everything. Dale said he has so much dirt on us, and if we don't pay, he'll expose it all! The company will be ruined!"

Patrick staggered, feeling lightheaded. It took him a long moment to steady himself.

"No, the company cannot collapse! It's my life's work; I won't let anything happen to it!"

Vivian looked at him intently, and then it became clear to her as well. She understood that the company could not afford to collapse; it was their last line of defense for survival.

"But what about Katherine?" She asked.

Patrick fell silent. He knew that his daughter was very important, but it was absolutely impossible to sell everything and even risk the company's foundation.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open with a bang, startling them.

Vivian turned to see who had arrived, and a trace of grief crossed her face.

"Louis!"

"Mom, what's going on?"

"That bastard Dale is demanding 400 million dollars. Otherwise, your sister will... We can't possibly come up with that amount!" Vivian clutched her chest, overwhelmed with tears. "My Katherine, that monster!"

Louis' eyes were red as he gritted his teeth. After a long pause, he said, "That bastard! I'll sell all the assets under my name. There's no time to waste. We need to act immediately. And as for the company—if it comes to that, we'll have to mortgage it!"

He was about to go upstairs to gather the materials when Patrick called out, "Stop!"

Louis halted and turned to look at his father.

Patrick said in a deep voice, "You don't need to think about selling the company. No matter how desperate the situation becomes, Santos Group is still the result of our hard work."