The Secret Heir's Return to Wealth and Love novel Chapter 1720

Jacob, basking in the sunlight, casually picked up the phone.

Before he could even speak, a trembling female voice came through, "Jacob, I've paid my dues, what more do you want from me? Death?!"

Jacob's pale fingers rested on his knee.

His eyes were filled with deep hatred, "Of course not."

His voice remained calm and soothing.

"You have to survive," Jacob continued, "Kelly Shields, I'm in this mess because of you, and of course, you have to survive."

The call was from Kelly.

Since yesterday, her husband's stocks were being shorted by the biggest bearish firm in the industry.

In just two days, the stock price had plummeted by seventy-three percent.

The short-sellers didn't even bother to hide their intentions.

Kelly's husband did some digging and found Jacob's name.

They quickly called Jacob.

Jacob didn't beat around the bush: "It's been half a month, why haven't you divorced Kelly yet? Seems like you really love your wife, and even willing to bear my revenge together."

"It’s her who doesn’t want it!" the man cried, "Mr. Strand, we're disgusted by her actions too. The moment we found out the truth, I proposed a divorce. It's in the process now, you can check!"

"I'm only interested in the outcome, I don't have time to waste." Jacob replied, coldly.

Kelly had been cooped up at home, she was afraid to go out.

When she found out her husband was coming, she thought he was reminiscing about the old times and didn't plan on divorcing her.

Boy, was she wrong...

She happily ran out of the house.

Only to be met with a harsh slap across her face.

"Don't you care about me, our family, or our children? What will they do if the family goes bankrupt? Don't think the Shields can escape this, if Jacob can hit me hard, do you think the Shields can get away?"

Tomas didn't even know those two guys who beat him up.

He was just having a drink when he got dragged into the fight and got beaten up.

At this point, Calvert finally understood. Apart from Jack rushing into Larkin's gunpoint due to his reckless behavior, everything else was probably Jacob's doing.

Calvert immediately drove home.

He ran into his son-in-law, who was leaving in a hurry, at the front door.

Just as he was about to say something, the man shot him a hateful look and sped away.

His son-in-law used to always respect him.

Calvert's anger was boiling over.

He stormed into the house, and seeing Kelly's swollen cheek, his rage was impossible to contain.

"You brought disaster to our family!" Calvert yelled angrily, "Your brother got beaten up because of you, and our business is on the rocks! All thanks to you!!"