Knowing full well that Xavia was finally back for her revenge, she begged to be released from her imminent torture.
“Count it. Don’t make me repeat it a third time!” sneered Xavia as her second aunt instantly began crying out of fear.
Not knowing what else to do, she squatted down and began counting the dollar bills, one by one.
“Remember, I want the exact amount! No more and no less! Again, the money is yours once you get the final amount right. Get the amount wrong, however, then you can just keep on counting forever!” added Xavia with a smile before walking over to the side and drinking a glass of water that her subordinate had gotten for her.
At the same time, a youth wearing a cap frowned under his mask as he continued observing Xavia’s actions from a far corner.
He had just gotten into earshot, yet to think that the first thing he would hear was Xavia’s cruel order. For her to even think up of such a sadistic punishment, the youth wondered to himself how distorted her mind already was.
“How on earth did you end up like this…” muttered the youth to himself.
Of course, the youth in question was Gerald.
He had been stalking Xavia for a while now with two reasons in mind. Firstly, he wanted to see if the Longs were currently up to anything.
As for his second reason, Gerald had initially wanted to find out whether Xavia had any unfulfilled wishes. She had, after all, saved him back then. Before witnessing what had just taken place, Gerald had planned to repay that huge favor by granting a wish of hers.
To his disappointment, here she was using her money to take revenge on others again!
“Humph! Since she can have anything she wants now, she probably doesn’t even have any wishes that she can’t grant herself! Regardless, that won’t last for long once I’m done with the Long family. I’ll have my revenge on them sooner or later, so you best enjoy your power while you still can!” said Gerald as he shook his head.
Taking one final glance at her, he was just about to leave when he suddenly heard her say, “You know my family placed all their hope on you back then. Do you remember when my dad prepared the money for you back when you first came to the Logan Province? Despite that, you actually had the nerve to chase me and my mom away like we were stray dogs when we needed your help! You didn’t even allow us to enter the house! So how am I the cruel one now? After all, I’m only giving you this much money since you love it so much!”
As Xavia’s eldest uncle and the others present in the room began begging her for mercy again, Gerald himself was left stunned.
So that was why she was exacting her revenge… To think that Xavia had endured through so much humiliation and pain as a child…
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