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?" Kelly was slapped back to reality.

She had been on guard against Larkin and Erica's revenge.

Never had she expected that Jacob, who was hurt and abandoned by Erica, would retaliate against her!

Shouldn't he be seeking revenge on Erica?

Kelly reluctantly signed the divorce agreement.

Just as she was preparing to have a good cry, Calvert came home.

Jack had just been arrested, and Tomas Shields was in trouble.

He got mixed up in a gang fight, was severely beaten, and was still in the hospital in critical condition.

At first, Calvert thought it was his son's trouble.

But as problems started cropping up in the family business, and learning that Jacob had shorted his son-in-law's stocks.

Even Calvert, as dim as he was, felt that something was off.

So, he asked one of Tomas's henchmen about the situation that day.

Only then did he replace out.

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!!!"

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