Chapter 2047 Insistence
Evan narrowed his eyes in suspicion. “What is so important that you have to make the call for him?” he asked calmly several moments later.
Patrick laughed sycophantically. “He says he has something huge to ask of you. Hold on, he wants to do the talking.” Pushing the phone against Davin’s chest, the older man snarled, “Here, Davin. Speak to your brother. Don’t be afraid to be specific.”
Davin took the phone forlornly. “Hello, Evan? I’m sorry to be calling you like this given how busy you must be right now, having to adjust to the jet lag and all. I hope the foreign clients aren’t being a handful! Anyway, my father-in-law has something urgent he wants me to ask you. Do you have a few minutes to spare?”
Jet lag? Foreign clients? Evan put the cryptic message together quickly.
Looks like Sheila’s old man must have forced them to make this phone call. Davin isn’t the one who needs my help. Patrick is! That was pretty smart of Davin to convey the situation subtly.
“What is it?” Evan asked in mock concern. “My father-in-law needs a loan of two billion. Would it be convenient for the company to lend him this amount right now?”
Evan smirked as he listened to the masterful way his brother was delivering his lines with just the right amount of hesitance. “Though two billion isn’t much for us to spare and we would approve the loan under normal circumstances, there’s been a hiccup in the finance department. We would need a couple of days for that amount to be liquidated.”
“Is that so?” came Davin’s voice. “All right then. In a couple of days, we’ll-”
“Evan,” interrupted Patrick in a commanding tone. “I’m afraid I can’t wait that long. How about you make a call to have it delivered to me?”
Davin turned to regard his father-in-law with disgust. Who the hell do you think you are to have your creditor deliver your loan to you?
Evan, too, was taken aback by the old man’s audacity. He’s only acting this way because he knows about Dad and is using that to blackmail us. If he weren’t the father-in-law of my brother, I’ll tear him into pieces! Let’s see if he dares bring it up with me. I will completely neutralize the threat of any leverage.
Even Sheila felt the need to step in. “That’s a little too much, Dad. Evan has already told you there’s been some trouble with the money. Don’t you think it’s rude to insist he deliver the money to you?”
“This isn’t a negotiation, Sheila. Calling it a loan is sugarcoating it. To be perfectly honest, this is a transaction. The loan will ensure their family remains in harmony for as long as necessary. It’s a minor investment for them.”
Turning back to the phone, Patrick added smugly, “I’m sure you get my drift, Evan.”
“I’m afraid you’re not worthy of conducting transactions with me, Patrick,” said Evan coldly.
“I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, Evan, but something’s happened to your father. He-”
Patrick was losing patience. He was about to resort to blackmailing him with his father’s mistress when Evan cut across him.
“Please don’t concern yourself with my father’s personal life, Mr. Muir. You may find it more prudent to worry about your own instead.” At that imperious tone, he hung up.
Patrick turned an ugly shade of gray. “What is the meaning of this? How dare he hang up on me before I finished speaking?”
Davin glared at his father-in-law irritably. “Didn’t Evan say it’ll take a couple of days for the money to be ready?”
“How many days, exactly? I know when I’m being played, son!” Patrick’s scowl grew increasingly grim. “This necessitates a trip to the Seet residence.”
