Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

20 million!

Now, it was Marco and his brothers' turn to be stunned. They exchanged uneasy glances, caught off guard by the demand.

They hadn't expected the other party to ask for such an astronomical amount-twenty million.

Technically, they could afford it, but they had no intention of handing over that much. Twenty million wasn't a trivial sum, especially given their current situation.

For Marco, personally coughing up twenty million was unsettling. Compared to the average person, he was well-off, but most of his wealth was tied up in assets. His liquid savings barely reached tens of millions. Handing over twenty million in one go? That was out of the question.

After a brief, silent exchange with his brothers, Marco finally spoke. "That's too much. We don't have that kind of money. Sure, you see us as rich, but it's not what it looks like. Our wealth isn't as substantial as you think."

claim to the family fortune. When our mother was alive, she supported us privately so we could live comfortably. But now that she's gone, Kathryn has taken over everything. The three of us

we still work for the

under a million. And soon, it'll be even less. Liberty is now in charge-she sees us as enemies. Do you think she'll

us? No job means no income. We'll have to survive on our savings, which aren't as much as people assume. We're already dipping into them just to get

brothers nodded in agreement as Marco vented

and education isn't cheap. The competition is

"Mom only

The rest-the mortgages, the car loans, the kids' tuition, and even supporting the elderly-all fall on us. Sure, our monthly income is higher than the

we barely have three to five thousand left