Penny panicked and she ran over to the table to grab a fountain pen, then pointing the sharp end towards Jerry. "I'm warning you. Don't do anything stupid."
Jerry still had that sly grin on his face. "Don't you want the money to save your father? You need two hundred million. Who else could loan you that amount of money besides me?"
"I'm pretty sure your husband, Nathan, has gone to see T-Rex. I wonder if he'll get pummeled to death?"
Penny's eye widened in shock. "How do you know so much? You...”
"That's right. I'm the one who orchestrated the whole thing. I was the one who had someone run a scam on your father, and asked T-Rex to extort two hundred million out of him," confirmed Jerry smugly.
"The cops have determined that your father is solely responsible for all the damages. And I also have proof on the authenticity of the porcelain vase. So even if you took this to court, your family would still be at the losing end. There is no way out for you but to cough up the two hundred million of compensation."
"Of course, if you were to give yourself to me willingly now, I would instruct T-Rex to let all of you go."
Penny yelled angrily, "You are such a disgusting low life! You can dream on."
"Tsktsk," Jerry continued mockingly, "So you're not going to do anything about it? You're just going to watch T-Rex sue your father then throw him into jail?"
"And even if you were willing to sit back and watch your father go to prison, what about your husband?"
"I'm guessing he has already met T-Rex by now. Just one phone call from me and T-Rex and his men will beat him senseless."
Penny was almost hysterical as she cried out, "You're so sick!"
Jerry was completely unaffected and continued staring at Penny's figure underneath her tailored suit. He chuckled coldly, "If you don't want your father to spend the rest of his life in jail or your husband to become a cripple; then get rid of the pen in your hand, get on your knees and crawl to me!”
Jerry had just finished his sentence when two loud howls could be heard from outside the door.
Outraged with the disturbance, Jerry yelled at the bodyguards outside. "Didn't I say I wanted absolute silence and to not be disturbed? Who on earth is making all that noise?"
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