Life After Prison

Chapter 153

“Keep dreaming, Rufus!” Diane replied coldly as soon as she heard that.

Manuel’s complexion turned ugly in an instant, and he said to Diane, “Why would you say that, Diane? We are a second-tier family. You’ll be one step up the social hierarchy if you marry my son. You should’ve been grateful that he still fancies you even though you’ve been married once and had already given birth to a child. Where did you get the nerve to say tell my son to keep dreaming

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After making that remark, Manuel turned his head to Rufus and said, “You’re a disappointment, Rufus. You could’ve chosen any woman in the world, and you just had to choose her. You’re my son, after all. Don’t you have hordes of women to choose from?”

Rufus pouted. “But Dad! The woman I truly like is Diane! It just has to be her!”

I trust that Severin wouldn’t’ve gone so far as to hit him if your son didn’t cross the line!” She then paused briefly before continuing. “Your son is alive and well. He doesn’t seem to be seriously injured. On that note, we can’t let you go off empty-handed either. How about you give us a number, and

that. Diane, Judith and everyone else was overjoyed. As long as the old lady was willing to stand up for Severin, then things would not turn out so bad after all. Rufus was not seriously injured anyway, and Severin

when he

laughed. ‘My son was beaten and you’re here talking about money?’ He gestured with his hand and said, “Fair

nearly fainted when she heard how much Manuel was

million!” Other members of the Shanahan family gasped too because they did not expect that

is excessive, don’t you think? You’re demanding fifteen million? It’s not

only have yourself to blame. You’re the one who willingly asked me to raise the price!” He then paused briefly before continuing, “If you’re reluctant to fork out that money, you can always let us take Severin away with us. That’ll be problem solved! Honestly, if I had such a useless son-in-law like you, I’d just let him be taken away. Think about it, he

Stanley began to protest. “That’s too much money. If we spend all that at once, there will be problems with the company’s turnover! Just let them take him away, Grandma. They’ll probably spare his life since he’s the Shanahans’ son-in-law. The most they’ll do is probably

his limbs. That’s not so