Chapter 3 Pay Back Your Debt!

Kane swung the desk lamp at the back of Noah's head with all his strength, causing a whooshing sound.

"Watch out!" Charlotte cried as soon as she noticed Kane's sneak attack.

Immediately, Noah turned around and caught the lamp from Kane's hand.

The next second, the lamp crashed onto Kane, shattering against him.

"Ah!" Kane screamed in agony.

"Do you dare to try to attack me again?" Noah asked with a blank expression, his eyes as cold as the arctic winds.

"N-No! I won't try again!" Kane pleaded, his face grimacing in pain.

"I'm sorry! I'm an idiot! I won't dare to go against you again!" His voice shook as an overwhelming fear took over him.

"The next time you see me, you'd better not say a word!"

Noah shot a cold glance at him before picking up Gianna. With Charlotte beside him, the three of them left the Pierce family mansion.

It was only when Noah was gone that Kane dared to stand up from the floor.

"Charlotte! Just you wait and see! You'll live to regret what you've done!"

Kane gnashed his teeth as he watched the three of them leave, his eyes aflame with pure hatred.

He vowed to himself that he would make Charlotte understand the cost of messing with him.

Suddenly, it dawned on him that Charlotte just borrowed a loan last month.

As the thought crossed his mind, Kane's eyes lit up. He then took out his phone and made a call.

"Hello, Mr. Manson? This is Kane. There's something that I want to discuss with you."

Because Noah had returned after being missing for four years, the engagement banquet with the Fernandez family had to be cancelled.

With Gianna in his arms, Noah returned to Charlotte's residence.

Since Charlotte chose to marry Noah, she had become a disgrace to the Pierce family. As a result, the Pierce family expelled her entire family from the mansion.

Now, Charlotte, along with her parents, was now living in a run-down house in an old city district.

As soon as Charlotte opened the door, she saw that her parents were already home.

"Charlotte! Why did you bring this loser back with you?" Julian scolded, his face crumpling into a frown.

"This guy already caused the engagement banquet to be cancelled. What else does he want?" Hazel chimed in, rolling her eyes at Noah in disdain.

"Let me guess. This guy wasn't able to make it outside, so now, he's come back to leech off of us!" Julian said.

"Dad! Mom!" Charlotte cried in an aggrieved tone. "He's Gianna's father. Would you rather have me continue raising Gianna alone?"

"So what if he's back? Does that mean he's capable of raising Gianna?"

Hazel sneered as she turned her attention to Noah.

"Four years have passed! Did you bring a house or a car with you?"

Noah's brows furrowed as he thought about the question.

After a while, he flashed an awkward smile and answered, "No."

Although he was a bona fide tycoon who owned top-notch villas and luxurious yachts in various countries, he didn't personally buy any of them. Rather, they were just gifted to them.

As the God of War, countless people fawned over him. In the eyes of ordinary people, he never seemed to run out of luxuries.

As for buying a car, Noah had never driven himself. He had his subordinates arrange these matters for him.

Thus, he didn't need to buy any private vehicles or properties.

Both Julian and Hazel laughed at him in contempt. "So what you're saying is you own nothing? You beggar! And you claim that you're not here to leech off us?"

"Don't think that just because the engagement banquet with Tommy fell through because he offended some big shot, you can come back and be my son-in-law again!" Hazel shouted at him.

"Mom!"

Charlotte wanted to say something else, but the sudden knock on the door interrupted her flow of thought.

With a tired sigh, she held back her words and turned to open the door.

As soon as she did, she saw Kane and a man wearing a suit outside.

"Kane? What are you doing here?" Charlotte asked with a frown.

"What am I doing? I brought someone with me to make you pay the money you owe me!"

With a smug smile, Kane pointed to the man beside him.

"He is the person in charge of the Beacon Bank's business. He has come personally to collect the 20 million debt that your company has borrowed before!"

"What?" Charlotte's face changed dramatically.

In the living room, Julian and Hazel were eavesdropping on their conversation. As soon as they heard this bit, they immediately rose to their feet.

In the past, after Charlotte had lost her position as president, she wanted to start a new business. To do that, she had to borrow money from Beacon Bank as startup capital. However, due to Kane's persistent sabotaging, the business failed.

As a result, she incurred a debt totaling 20 million. The bank only extended the repayment period upon Clara's guarantee.

Because of this, Charlotte was forced to return to work at the family company. She mainly relied on her monthly salary to pay off her debt. However, once the Pierce family withdrew their guarantee, the Beacon Bank would collect the debt she owed immediately, plunging her back once again into despair.

"Kane, can't we settle this matter in another way?" Julian pleaded, his tone trying to be friendly. "You don't have to be so ruthless towards us, right?"

"That's none of my business!"

With a sneer, Kane pointed at Noah and continued, "If there's someone you want to blame, blame him! He's an ignorant man who dared to provoke me!"

Julian instantly turned his head and stared daggers at Noah. It turned out that this loser had offended Kane.

He had already caused this family so much trouble four years ago, subjecting them to a barrage of mockery and insults.

Now that he was back four years later, he was still bringing nothing but disaster to this family!

"How can this loser claim to bring happiness to my daughter?" Julian cursed to himself as he gritted his teeth in rage.

Noah, on the other hand, didn't utter a single word. Instead, he simply took out his phone and made a call.

"Hudson, you have three minutes. Bring me 20 million in cash to the old city district!"

As soon as Noah said this, he hung up the call.

"Are you pretending to be a big shot by calling someone? How ridiculous!" Kane mocked as he looked at Noah in disgust.

"Do you think a loser like you can get 20 million in cash? Dream on! You might as well kneel and lick my shoes. If I'm in a good mood, I might let my friend here from the bank spare you," Kane said with disdain.

Noah scoffed arrogantly and retorted, "It's just 20 million. I have plenty of that."

As soon as Kane heard this, he burst into laughter.

"You beggar! You really have the guts to talk big now? If you can really come up with 20 million, I'll kneel in front of you and call you daddy..."

Before Kane could even finish speaking, loud honks started echoing outside the door.

There, thirteen imported luxury cars, each worth millions, lined up at Charlotte's doorstep.

Seeing this, everyone's jaw dropped, the look of shock clearly etched on their faces.

"It's people from the Reynolds family!" Hazel exclaimed.

After a while, a well-dressed man stepped out of one of the cars. From the looks of it, he was clearly a business elite. With a briefcase in hand, he walked inside the living room.

Kane narrowed his eyes in confusion as he stared at this well-dressed man.

In his mind, he wondered: why would someone from Bayhedge's top aristocratic family come here?