Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica)
Chapter 338

A part of the surveillance footage was missing.

The paintings and scripts must have been substituted during that period of time.

Jason still couldn't figure out how it'd got divulged that he had those paintings and scripts and howall their imitations had been produced in such a short time.

Downhearted, Marina opened the door of the study and saw Jason sitting on the ground indejection. His sparse and grizzled hair fell down and covered his forehead.

He looked disheveled.

They were doomed this time.

Jason had thought that he could sell those paintings and scripts to pay for the compensation.Now, he had nothing.

"Jason, what else do you have? Sell them all. We can't get away with it this time," Marina sighed."Why on earth did you sell that painting? Why the hell did you sell it to Oliver? You knew he didn'tlike us. Now we're fucked, because of you.”

"Don’t blame it all on me. If you had any money, I wouldn't have done that. Go get all the moneyyou invested back."

Marina had messed around with Luk for so long but Luk hadn't been honest with her.

He'd just said that his boss was the real big shot and he just ran errands for him.

Marina had been infatuated and completely believed him.

She would doubt him if he bragged about how capable he was.

Admitting that he was not so capable had made him very convincing.

Jason said, "I'll try."

He just wanted to stall for time. He wouldn't quit until the last second.

He was lying in saying he would try.

Fortunately, Marina hadn't squandered the money Oliver had paid so they could give it back to himimmediately.

However, how were they going to pay for the compensation?

Marina kept urging Jason to withdraw his investments.

Being downcast and nagged by Marina all day, Jason flared up.

"Stop nagging! We're done. All the money is gone."

"What do you mean? We just want the money invested on the mine back. We can pay the handlingcharges. If you can’t get the money back, I'll go talk to Luk."

Marina was in such a fluster that she called Luk by his name unthinkingly.

She'd called his name too many times so she just blurted it out.

Marina realized that she'd called his name too naturally and explained casually, "I'll ask Mr. Weaverto give our money back. You're too proud to do that, but I'm not."

Jason hadn't noticed Marina calling Luk by his name.

He was too preoccupied with the thought that if Marina really went to talk to Luk, he would getrumbled and Marina would make a huge fuss.

He needed to fool Marina first and get through the crisis with her.

Jason let go of what he had found off with Marina. The family was now hanging by the thread andall he had achieved might become nothing.

Before Jason responded, Marina drove to meet Luk.

After she got into the car, she called Luk.

Luk was to flirt with her on the phone but Marina cut him off and said that she needed to have atalk with him face to face.

After all, this would involve Luk's boss and she was afraid that she couldn't make herself clear on thephone.

She wanted Luk to persuade his boss to give the money back.

Marina went to Mose Clubhouse to wait for Luk.

Luk teased as he walked in, "Jason wouldn't allow you to leave home? You've been dodging me andnot answering my calls these days. What is it that made you call me out today?"

"I called you for serious matters.”

"What is it?"

"I want you to tell your boss that we need the money Jason invested on the mine back. We needmoney now. It's an emergency.”

Marina looked at Luk expectantly, hoping that he would agree on the spot.

Luk snorted, thinking that Jason was so interesting. He was still lying at this time. Perhaps he haddeluded himself into believing that he had really made some investments.

Luk's silence put Marina on edge. She said, "Just tell me if you will help me. If you won't, give meyour boss's number and I'll talk to him myself. I must get the money back no matter what.”

She was determined to retrieve the money even if she had to make a fool of herself.

Luk looked at Marina and thought her ridiculously naive. She used to call him stupid but it turnedout that she was the stupidest one.

"Jason asked you to talk to me?"

"No. It's my decision.”

So Jason hadn't become completely shameless.

"To tell you the truth, Jason doesn't have any investments here," Luk said to Marina thoughtfully."What?"

Marina's hand holding the glass trembled and water spilled over her body.

Then where was the large amount of money that Jason had taken from the company?

"I'm telling you the truth. You must have many questions but there is only one answer. Your man is agambler.”

Luk was not good with words and didn't notice that he was in a way her man too.

"Jason is a gambler?"

Marina stared open-mouthed at Luk.

She knew better than anyone how stingy Jason was. How was it possible that he'd gone gamblingand lost so much money?

Luk nodded as a reply.

"I know my husband. He's not that kind of person.”

Marina found the truth so unacceptable that she defended Jason.

But after she thought carefully about the whole thing, she was convinced.

Marina broke down. Things could always get worse.

She denied it on the surface but knew inside that Luk was right.

Marina rushed back home and saw Jason in a drunken stupor.

In a fit of anger, she greeted Jason with a flurry of blows.

Jason had been badly beaten in Mose Clubhouse and his injuries hadn't fully recovered, so he wasdirectly knocked senseless.

Marina was scared. She'd been so furious that she'd beat him with all her strength. She hadn'texpected him to be so fragile.

She wouldn't let Jason die now and leave all the debt to her.

Marina asked the servants to carry Jason to the bed and feed him some water.

She didn't send him to the hospital because they couldn't afford that now.