Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 840

Upon hearing the amount of the money, Lorenzo blinked in shock with a hint of excitement. "One million? Really?"

"Yes! Why would I lie to you?"

Mrs. Jacob was so excited that she blushed gleefully. "Maybe we can extort more money from him. If he refuses, he can't take Elaine with him!

It was obvious that the man had feelings for Elaine. Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

Nodding in acknowledgement, Lorenzo patted his wife's hand and called for Zoe. "Take your mom to the sofa."

Zoe came over and helped her mother up. "Let's sit over there."

Sitting not far away from them, Mrs. Jacob ordered, "Zoe, go and buy some food and ask Elaine to stay for dinner. We will be a family soon!" Pouting in dismay, Zoe whined, "Why should I? I don't want to! Let Elaine go! She's always the one to go to the market and then cook for us."

Her mother glared at her and chided, "Shut up! Just do what I tell you to do!"

Lorenzo added, "Your mom's right. Just go, hurry!" Usually, Elaine was in charge of all the house chores and Zoe had never done anything at home. Now that she was forced to do it, it annoyed her.

However, she did not dare to confront Elaine now like she always did as Elaine had a strong support.

As her parents glared at her with a hint of warning, Zoe reluctantly went to the stairs and even glared at Elaine when she passed by her.

Elaine just pretended that she didn't see it.

On the other hand, Vincent looked at Zoe with his frigid and intimidating gaze.

However, Zoe failed to sense the emotions behind those gaze but only noticed that he was looking her way, so she blushed and hurried downstairs.

As soon as she went downstairs, she was shocked to see the people coming to her house and quickly rushed up the stairs. "Dad, Mom!"

As soon as she entered the house, the people behind her caught up. "B*tch, shut up!"

The same group of gangsters came again.

In a blink of an eye, two men caught Zoe, and one of them muffled her mouth and asked fiercely, "Is Lorenzo home?"

Frightened, she nodded profusely.

"He's upstairs?"

"Hmm..."

Zoe continued to nod.

Bob spat in disdain and urged, "Boys, keep your voice down! We don't want that old fart to run away this time!"

"Okay!"

Then, they tiptoed up the stairs.

Scared, Zoe wanted to scream but she couldn't make a sound.

Meanwhile, her parents were hatching a secret plan in their mind.

The man seemed to be a wealthy man, so they wanted to extort as much money as they could from him!

"Ahem!"

Clearing his throat, Lorenzo started, "Elaine, you haven't introduced him to us yet. What's his name?"

Before she could say anything, a few people suddenly rushed up to the second floor.

Sensing the commotion, Vincent's first reaction was to pull Elaine to his side and frowned.

Astounded at first, Elaine looked down and found that he was holding her hand.

She struggled and tried to pull her hand out of his, only to find that he was holding her very tightly.

Persevering, she tried again and Vincent glared at her fiercely. "Stay still! You'll hurt yourself!"

It was the first time that she had seen him like this. She moved her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, she held it back.

Looking up at the group of people who came up the stairs, she recognized them as the same gangster from yesterday.

Seeing them, Lorenzo's first reaction was to run, but he suddenly thought as something crossed his mind, and he turned to them with a smile. "Hey, Bob! Come, sit down!"

Donning a cunning smile, Bob wrapped his arm around Zoe's shoulder and smirked at Lorenzo. "Don't you want to run just now? Run! What's stopping you?"

Zoe was so scared that she didn't dare to move a muscle.

Lorenzo froze for a second, then blurted, "You're here, so why should I run..."

Bob glanced at him. "Where is the money?"

Lorenzo pursed his lips silently.

Panicked, Mrs. Jacob stood up and cried, "Calm down. Zoe's innocent and scared. Please let her go."

"I need a leverage to get my payment, and she's perfect as my hostage." Bob smiled sinisterly. "Pay me, and I'll leave, but if you don't pay me today, haha! Your daughter is quite young and pretty; I'm sure she's worth a good price. Consider it as your interest!"

"You can't do that to my girl!" Jumping up from the sofa, Mrs. Jacob wanted to rush to them but she was afraid. "We'll pay you, but please let her go."

Bob's smile turned into a grimace. "B*tch, don't you understand what I just f*cking said? Pay me, and I'll let her go!"

Lorenzo broke out in a cold sweat. He wanted to pay his debt but he didn't have a penny on him.

Hence, he simply pointed at Elaine and blurted, "Take the money from her! She will pay my debt! She found herself a rich man. The car you saw outside our house? It's his, and it's worth a few million dollars. He can pay for the three hundred grand debt that I owe you!"

Listening to Lorenzo's ridiculous remark, Elaine laughed instead for she didn't expect there was such a shameless person.

Bob turned to look at them.

Since Vincent and Elaine stood in a dark corner, he couldn't see them clearly.

Before he came in, he did see the luxurious car parking outside the house. The informant he assigned near the house told him that a rich man came to their house. Hence, he was convinced that he could get his money today!

"Are you the owner of the car outside?" Bob pushed Zoe away and asked with a smile.

Vincent looked over and said, "Yes."

With a giggle, Bob asked, "What's your relationship with her?"

He said, pointing at Elaine.

Squinting his eyes, Vincent asked, "What do you think?"

Shocked by his bizarre attitude, Bob was taken aback for a moment before rebuking, "I'm asking you questions! Answer me!"

As Vincent came out of the darkness with a smile on his face, he asked, "Do you really want an answer from me?"

When Frankie saw him, he was so frightened that his legs went limp. "B-Bob, it's him! He beat us up yesterday!"

After Elaine fainted yesterday, Vincent came over and wanted to take her with him, but the punks refused to, so he beat them up and took her away.

When the punks told Bob about it, he doubted them because he didn't believe that one man could hurt so many of his men.

He thought of it as a lousy excuse since they couldn't get the money from Lorenzo.

But he didn't expect that there was such a person.

Eyeing Vincent carefully, he noticed that he was tall but not sturdy. He didn't look like he was good at beating people.

How could a scrawny man like him hurt so many of his men?

It was impossible!

Skeptically, Bob pushed Frankie aside and glared at Vincent. "Enough with the b*llsh*t. Lorenzo said that you're his daughter's man. If he can't pay me today, you, his future son-in-law, will responsible for it!"

Vincent nodded slightly. "Okay, I can give you the money..."

With that, Elaine tugged his arm hurriedly. "No! You can't!"

She would be so ashamed and guilty if he paid her father's debt.

"Shut up, b*stard!"

Panicked, Mrs. Jacob rushed forward, wanting to pinch Elaine, but a single cold glare from Vincent was enough to make her froze in fright while cursing Elaine in her mind.

She should just be quiet since the man had agreed to pay those gangsters!

Lorenzo hissed anxiously, "Elaine, we're your parents. You can't do this to us! Or we'll have to pay the price today!"

"Cut the crap!" Bob growled impatiently. "Give me the money!"

"The money is not meant to pay their debt," Vincent uttered, expressionless.