Charming Lady Hard to Chase After Being Dumped novel Chapter 778

In other words, it was a loss of nearly 40 million dollars!

Mrs. Hunt felt as if her heart was being tightly squeezed. Her cell phone rang at this time. When she answered, Mr. Livingstone's voice reached her.

"Mrs. Hunt, have you seen the gold price? My friend didn't lie to me! It's the end of the line for gold futures, we've already suffered a loss of 40 million dollars! If this continues, we will really incur a loss of 50 million dollars!"

Mrs. Hunt took a deep breath and looked at Fanny.

"What is Nora doing right now?"

Fanny replied weakly, "I just called Mr. Hunt's villa. The butler said... he said... that Ms. Smith is still asleep, and that she has forbidden them from waking her up unless it's a matter of life and death."

Mrs. Hunt:

She felt like her heart condition had gotten even worse. She took a deep breath, yet she felt as if she could neither expel that breath of air nor force it back down. It was stuck in her chest, making it feel terribly stuffy and uncomfortable.

After hanging up Mr. Livingstone's phone call, Mrs. Hunt got onto her feet with Fanny's help. She said, "Come on! Let's go and wake her up!"

"To sell the gold?" Fanny asked.

"No, we're not selling it anymore." Mrs. Hunt said firmly, "We'll lose 40 million dollars if we sell it now. Even if we wait a while longer, the most we will lose is just 50 million dollars. After all, it's not like gold prices will ever fall to zero. There's no real difference between 40 million and 50 million dollars anyway, so let's not make her slap herself in the face."

Fanny held the old lady's arm and looked at her faltering appearance. "Then you're going over because...?"

"I'm going to wake her up!"

Mrs. Hunt tapped her walking stick against the floor. "Even if she's just all form and no function, she still has to behave the way she should be behaving! Which family's matriarch sleeps in every day? Besides, how can anyone even sleep for twelve hours a day?! Her health will eventually suffer if she stays in bed like that every day!"

Fanny nodded.

To be honest, she'd wanted to bring this up a long time ago—she had never seen anyone as lazy as Nora! She could sleep for more than twelve hours a day? She must be hiding in her room and secretly playing with her cell phone instead, right?!

The pair arrived at Justin's villa.

Mrs. Hunt walked up to the door and knocked.

Nora was extremely grouchy after being awakened, but when she saw that it was Mrs. Hunt, she didn't say anything.

Mrs. Hunt stood where she was and reprimand her with gusto. "Can you open your eyes? It's already nine, yet you're still asleep?! Do you know that gold prices have reached another new low?!"

Nora yawned."... Oh."

Mrs. Hunt:

She felt like she was about to suffer a heart attack!

Just how unconcerned about the matter was she?!

Mrs. Hunt took a deep breath. Only then did she speak again. "Nora, I'm really not trying to scold you, but can you stop being so lazy? I have never seen a woman as lazy as you! From now on, you will get up at eight... no, you must get up at six every morning and exercise!"

Nora:"?"

Exercise?

Just as she found herself somewhat puzzled, Mrs. Hunt said, "No matter what, you must make sure you stay alive for a while longer! I don't have that many years left to keep Pete company, so you'll have to keep him company for a few more years!"

Nora:

She wanted to say that she would be able to live a few more years if she gave her a few more hours of sleep.

If she slept only eight hours a day, she would totally die right in front of her!

But when she saw how Mrs. Hunt's chest was heaving up and down intensely, she slowly swallowed the words back down.

She must have been pretty furious with her the day before.

The old lady sure was a pain.

Nora heaved a silent sigh and very reluctantly replied, "Okay, I suppose."

Suddenly, Nora thought of something and she looked straight at Tanya. She asked, "I see. What about Dad?"

Tanya replied, "Dad has been paying a lot of attention recently to what is happening to you but he didn't offer to give you any money this time. When I bumped into him while I was on my way here today, he didn't mention anything about it, either. I reckon it probably didn't occur to him? Is the money not enough? I still have some, and so does Joel. How much more do you need?"

Now that Joel was Ian's son, Tanya had also become his daughter-in-law.

Therefore, she also addressed Ian as Dad now.

Upon hearing what Tanya said, Nora suddenly understood.

As it turned out, Ian was still using that account? Didn't he already give it to Joel? Why did he take it back? Honestly...

With that in mind, Nora cast her eyes down and slowly asked, "How is Joel doing lately?"

At her question, Tanya glanced at Nora. A moment later, she finally sighed and said, "Actually, there's something I don't know whether I should say or not."

Nora replied, "Is there still anything the two of us shouldn't be saying to each other?"

The two were already close friends when they were still in Switzerland.

Now that Tanya was with Joel, she was leading a blissful and happy life. Coupled with how much of a cutie Mia was, even her firecracker-like temper had significantly changed for the better.

She had always been a straightforward woman, though, so she simply decided to come straight out and say it. She said, "To be honest, Joel's relationship with Dad did become a little delicate after your return. Dad had given all of his shares of the company to Joel, but now that you're back, Joel often says that everything that the Smiths own should have been yours."

Just as Nora was about to speak, Tanya sighed and went on. "But Dad said that you are lazy and don't like taking care of such things, so he wants Joel to continue taking care of the company. You should also know that the management of a family business requires absolute control in company shares, so this led to Dad having to give him 51% of the shares. Dad only had 70% of the shares, so he can only give you 19% now. Because of this, Joel keeps saying that you're at too much of a disadvantage, so he has decided that for as long as he's alive, he will give you half of all the dividends he receives."

Nora:"!"

He really didn't have to.

She was fine as long as she had enough to spend. What would she need that much money for?

She refused her right away. "No, it's fine. I will set up my bank account to reject the funds."