Chapter 245: Chapter 245

Then he pulled Yvette Hughes aside and said, "Cousin, you know that I’m the only son in our family, and everyone is counting on me. You surely hope I can make something of myself and bring honor to the family, right?"

Yvette nodded, and seeing this, her little cousin quickly added, "I’ve been working on a project with friends recently, and it’s really profitable, you know? But I don’t have enough money right now. If you, Cousin, have some spare cash to invest, you’ll definitely get your share of the profits once I start making money."

Yvette was taken aback. So he’s playing the sympathy card with her just to lay the groundwork for asking for money?

Yvette’s expression immediately cooled, "I don’t really understand anything about project investments."

The little cousin said, "Even if you don’t understand, I do! You provide the money, I handle everything, and we work together to achieve big things. What do you think, Cousin?"

Yvette said she didn’t understand investments, which was just an excuse. She knew very well what kind of person her cousin was, and giving him money would be like throwing meat buns at dogs, never to return.

Besides, if she gave him money this time, he would definitely come back for more in the future, and it would become a bottomless pit.

"Cousin, this project has people scrambling to partner with me, and I’ve turned them down because I want to bring family into this big opportunity. Don’t you think if you made money from investing, your husband would also look at you differently?"

Having been married to Jared Sullivan for so many years, Yvette knew very well that Jared didn’t need her to earn a lot of money.

She only needed to be a gentle and lovable wife.

Seeing Yvette making excuses to decline him for so long, the little cousin was getting a bit unhappy.

"Cousin, I’m your family. If I become successful, wouldn’t that give you another support? And you know my talents. Now, just because I don’t have money, I can’t unleash my talents and ambitions. Can you stand to see me so dispirited?"

Yvette said, "It’s not that I don’t want to help you, it’s just that I really don’t have any money."

"Cousin, you must be joking. You’re the lady of the Sterling family, always decked out in gold and silver. How could you possibly not have money?"

From Yvette’s attire, it was clear that Jared treated her well, so how could he not give her money?

Moreover, with Yvette’s frugal nature, she must have saved quite a bit over the years in the Sterling family, right?

Yet Yvette said, "I truly have no money."

Paige Sterling was very capable and naturally didn’t need her to worry.

But she had a biological daughter, Skylar Hughes, who was depending on her, and the money she saved was meant to be Skylar’s dowry in the future—nobody else could have it.

"Cousin, we consider you family, but you’re treating us like strangers. Is it really that now you’re successful, you don’t recognize us poor relatives anymore?"

"If I didn’t acknowledge you, where did you get your house and car? Over the years, the reason I’ve been able to stay in the Sterling family and be liked by Jared is because I’m not greedy. I know how to exercise moderation, I know what’s my responsibility and what’s not. I hope you understand too. Don’t cross a line that makes the Sterling family angry because that consequence will definitely be something you can’t bear."

Both Jared Sullivan and Paige Sterling are highly capable people.

Even though these were her relatives, once they angered the Sterling family, there would be no mercy.

Due to family ties, Yvette couldn’t really do anything against these people, nor could she take any severe actions, but she did wish Jared Sullivan and Paige Sterling would really step in and teach them a lesson so they wouldn’t overstep their bounds, thinking they could do anything as they pleased.

"Cousin, what do you mean by that?"

The little cousin looked displeased, "If it weren’t for being cornered, we wouldn’t have listened to Chloe Hughes and tried to cheat those charitable organizations. How could someone like you, living in luxury, understand the struggles of us poor relatives?"

Yvette caught a key word, "You said Chloe asked you to do it?"

"Of course, she prepared all the materials for us, or else how would we know how to do such things?"

Yvette’s face turned grim, and she immediately went to the beauty salon to find Chloe Hughes.

Though Chloe used Aura’s products, since she spent money on them, the beauty salon naturally sold them to customers at a higher price, so if they could buy them directly from Aura for cheaper, why not go straight to the source?

Thus, business at the beauty salon was still somewhat slow.

Seeing Yvette arrive, Chloe still complained to her, "That girl Paige is a thankless little brat, so selfish and cold. No matter how nice I am as her aunt, she’d still let my salon fail right before her eyes without offering any help. In my view, you should start planning for yourself more, or else when Jared Sullivan leaves before you do, that girl might even throw you out on the street too..."

Yvette didn’t say anything. You’re calling someone selfish and cold, but what have you ever done for her?

Paige Sterling isn’t your daughter; what obligation does she have to help you unconditionally?

After Chloe’s lengthy complaint, Yvette finally coldly said, "Did you order them to cheat Paige’s charitable organization?"

Chloe’s expression faltered a bit, and seeing her look, Yvette knew she had done it.

Yvette angrily said, "How could you tell them to defraud the charitable organization Paige’s mother left her?"

Chloe indifferently said, "Who knew that organization was Paige’s? You never told me."

Moreover, Paige even created a fuss about this online without any regard for family ties.

"Anyway, it’s something they chose to do themselves, nothing to do with us, and even less with you. Why are you so agitated?"

What do you mean nothing to do with it? Didn’t Chloe understand that the more those shameless relatives showed their presence at the Sterling family, the more difficult Yvette’s situation there became? Check latest chapters at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝕟𝕖𝕥

Yvette felt she never let her relatives down, yet no one ever considered her situation.

"Can’t you just behave yourself? Do you really have to make it so I can’t stay in the Sterling family anymore before you’re satisfied?"

Seeing even good-natured Yvette getting angry, Chloe felt a bit guilty.

Jared Sullivan wasn’t interested in her; her several attempts to approach him had failed, and even less did other wealthy men have an interest in someone past her prime. Her only reliable support now was her sister Yvette, and she certainly couldn’t afford to offend her.

"Sis, do you think I want to? They come to me for money; you know they’re a bunch of rascals. If you give them money once, they’ll keep coming back, a bottomless pit. But if I don’t give them money, they create a scene at the entrance of my beauty salon every day. How am I supposed to do business ? I just mentioned it offhand; how was I to know they’d really go through with it..."

What does it mean, ’mentioned it offhand’? Without Chloe, how would they have gotten those fake income proof and medical records?

Yvette felt a splitting headache; in this entire large family, there wasn’t anyone who spared her the trouble.

"In any case, don’t do this kind of thing again in the future. If you keep this up, we can’t be sisters anymore!"

Yvette put her foot down and returned to the Sterling home, worried that this matter might cause some misunderstanding with Paige, so she quietly discussed it with Jared Sullivan.