Chapter 125: Payback Time

In just one week, Vivian and Nathaniel had shorted Swain Group's stocks. They grabbed most of the available shares from the market, getting them at a bargain. Before Howard knew it, his personal investment projects had disappeared, leaving him deep in debt. The bank took his real estate properties, except for one mansion in the city center - a property caught in an ownership dispute - which the bank couldn't claim just yet. This mansion was where Vivian was currently living. It was only when he was going broke that Howard remembered his old house. He hoped that Fiona could give him the money he desperately needed. But when he got back to the mansion, he was reminded that Fiona wasn't there. He remembered the weird things that happened in their room that night. Scared and annoyed by what he thought was Fiona's strange behavior, he had left alone. He didn't bother to find out where Fiona went or what she was doing. A typical example of his cold, selfish attitude. He didn't care