The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family

Shawn was so frightened by Charlie's words that he nearly fainted.

He secretly thought to himself, 'When that prodigal son, Rudy, provoked Charlie, Charlie extorted ten billion US dollars from him within a span of ten years. I offended Charlie's father twenty years ago, and I even went back on my own word. According to this perspective, this crime of mine is even worse than Rudy's...'

As he thought of this, he almost cried as he pleaded repeatedly, "Mr. Wade, I'm to blame for not being trustworthy and reneging on my promise. I really know that I was wrong now. I am willing to fly overnight to repent and admit my mistakes in front of your father, Curtis's grave. I'm also willing to grovel before Janus and apologize to him. As long as you can forgive me this time, I can assure you that I will never make things difficult for Janus again in the future. From now on, Janus will be my brother, and I will definitely do my best to do anything that you want me to do!"

Charlie sneered and said, "Mr. Long, you and I have known each other for some time now. Do you really think that I'm so easygoing?"

Shawn was speechless, and he then said again, "Mr. Wade, please... please spare me this time on account

of my age..."

Charlie then asked him again, "Do you think that I'm such a merciful person? You are indeed old, but don't you think that Rudy is also old? Is he any younger compared to you?"

"W-Well..." Shawn saw that Charlie was being oppressive and not willing to accommodate him in any way at all. So, he could only say, "Mr. Wade, please give me a chance to turn over a new leaf for Marianne's sake, then!"

"Marianne?" Charlie smiled and said seriously, "Miss Marianne is indeed a good person, and she is fundamentally different compared to you. You are a villain who does not believe in keeping your promises, but Marianne has always kept her promises!"noveldrama

After pausing for a moment, Charlie then added, "She made a promise to the vendors at the food street more than a decade ago saying that she would never raise the rent, and she has always kept her promise. What about you? Have you ever done anything to keep your promise for more than ten consecutive years?"

Shawn suddenly did not know how to answer Charlie.

Charlie continued, "Shawn, if you can name me one, two, or three of your commitments to keep your promises, I can also consider giving you a lighter sentence. However, if you cannot say it, don't use Miss Marianne as a shield, then. After all, you're already a fifty-year- old man this year. Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed when word gets out to the public that you tried to use your daughter as a shield when you got into trouble?"

Shawn's expression was extremely ugly at this time.

He wracked his brain, but he could not think of any instances where he had truly kept his promise.

After thinking about it, he did not

know how to respond, so, he could only look at Charlie and say pitifully "Mr. Wade, the three things that you've mentioned are all my fault; and also do not dare to recourse to sophistry. I can only ask you to tell me how you want me to make amends for it..." Content Belongs to

Charlie said indifferently, "It's up to you to tell me how you are going to make amends for it. Let me see how sincere you are in repenting."

"I..." Shawn was at a loss for words. He really did not have the guts to say it himself.

If he was not sincere enough, Charlie would definitely not agree to it, and he might even be angrier because of it.

If he was more sincere, Charlie might agree to it, but it would definitely be extremely painful for Shawn himself.

After thinking about it, Shawn

stammered and said hesitantly, "Mr. Wade, I'm willing to spend one hundred million US dollars a year for the next twenty years in order to make up for the mistakes that I've made over the past twenty years. What do you think?"

After saying that, he looked at Charlie apprehensively out of fear that Charlie would suddenly get mad.

A total of two billion US dollars over twenty years was a huge amount of money to most people. However, Shawn knew that this was nothing at all to Charlie.

After all, Rudy had agreed to pay ten billion US dollars over a span of ten years in exchange for Charlie's forgiveness.

If one were to compare two billion

US dollars in twenty years and ten billion US dollars in ten years, the difference would not just be five

times the amount. If one were to et

consider the interest rate with an

extra ten-year cycle as well

as

multiple factors of ten extra years of

inflation, Shawn's two billion US

dollars would actually only be one-eighth or even one-tenth of Rudy's. 1

Therefore, Shawn felt extremely uneasy when he took the initiative to name this price because he was afraid that Charlie would get angry immediately if he was dissatisfied. 4 Charlie simply looked at Shawn expressionlessly at this time, almost as if he had already seen through this guy's nature.