Chapter 202
Listening to the hoarse male voice coming from the phone, Rachel fell silent. She thought, 'Is ZH's voice really that unpleasant? He doesn't sound young either, probably over forty. Men in their forties are often either pot-bellied or bald.' The thought of having slept with a man like that made Rachel's stomach churn, and she couldn't help but gag.
Michael heard her reaction and his face instantly tensed up. "What's wrong with you?"
He almost answered with his own voice but managed to control himself in time, continuing to respond with the disguised voice.
Because her stomach was really uncomfortable, Rachel didn't notice anything strange about him and weakly shook her head. "I'm fine, thank you for your concern, Mr. Hamilton."
Hearing this address, Michael immediately understood why she had come to him.
"You're here about the loan, right?" Michael asked, lowering his head.
Rachel took a deep breath, her expression becoming serious. "Yes, I want to know why you did it."
"I told you, I have to take care of you because you're the mother of my child," Michael said, his voice deliberately strained.
Rachel pursed her lips. "But I said I don't need it."
"I must take responsibility for you!" Michael said firmly.
Rachel was stumped by his words. Indeed, she didn't need him to take responsibility, but she couldn't stop him from insisting on it.
"Alright then. But helping me pay off a loan of over a billion dollars is a bit too much." Rachel said with some distress.
Michael chuckled. "A billion dollars is nothing to me."
Rachel almost choked, "Over a billion dollars is not a lot?"
Michael replied calmly, "Yes."
The market value of Smith Corporation was in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and his personal assets were also in the tens of billions. So, he was indeed very wealthy.
Hearing Michael casually say that over a billion dollars wasn't much, Rachel couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy. The disparity between people was truly immense. If Skyline Corporation could have come up with that kind of money, she would have been over the moon.
"But it's still too much for me. Even if you want to take responsibility, it can't be this exaggerated. Mr. Hamilton, please have the money withdrawn. If you want to take responsibility, a house or a car will suffice." Rachel said, rubbing her temples.
In any case, she couldn't accept this over a billion dollars. That night's incident should be the responsibility of both parties, and this money made her feel uneasy.
"Sorry, the money has already been transferred, and the bank has canceled your debt record, so it can't be returned." Michael said calmly.
Rachel bit her lip. "How can this be?"
"I did this voluntarily. So, don't feel pressured. Alright, I'm still in a meeting, so I'll hang up now." Fearing she might refuse again, Michael quickly ended the call.
On the other side, Rachel looked at the phone screen that had returned to the Facebook interface and sighed. She thought, 'It looks like there's no way to return the money. But I've decided that I won't accept it, no matter what.'
So she lowered her head and typed a message: [Consider this over a billion dollars as a loan from you, I'll pay you back when my company makes money in the future.]
As Michael was about to enter the conference room, his phone suddenly vibrated. Seeing a message from Rachel, he opened it and his brows furrowed slightly.
He thought, 'As expected, no matter what I say, she still won't accept it. Fine, if she insists on repaying the money, let her. By the time Skyline Corporation starts making billions, it will be years from now. By then, she won't be able to find me since she doesn't know my true identity.' He smirked, pocketed his phone, and entered the conference room.
At Skyline Corporation, Rachel called Lily, "Notify the senior executives of each department to have a meeting."
Since she had figured out who was behind the loan and there was no conspiracy, she could tell everyone the truth. And she believed that this matter could strike Frank again. After all, this time she helped Skyline Corporation clear the debt, while Frank did nothing. This way, the company's employees would gradually side with her.
"Okay," Lily nodded and went to arrange the meeting while Rachel headed to the conference room.
A few days later, the auction was held as scheduled.
In the evening, Rachel put on a gown, did her makeup, and attended the banquet with John. When she arrived at the hotel entrance and got out of the car, Joseph ran over. "Rachel, you look beautiful tonight." He looked her up and down, amazement evident in his eyes.
Rachel tucked a curl of hair behind her ear and smiled. "Thank you. Why are you waiting here? Aren't you going in?"
"Been waiting just for you." Joseph explained.
John got out of the driver's seat and glared at Joseph. "No need for you to wait!"
Joseph replied unceremoniously, "I'm waiting for Rachel, not you."
John was furious.
Seeing that the two were about to argue again, Rachel quickly intervened, "Okay, okay, cut it out. People are watching. Let's go in."
With her intervention, the two men naturally didn't dare to say more.
John adjusted his tie as his phone rang. Glancing at the screen, he raised an eyebrow. "Rachel, it's Robert calling. It's too noisy here; I'll step outside to take it. Wait for me here."
"Okay, go ahead." Rachel nodded in agreement.
John glared at Joseph and walked to the side to take the call.
Joseph pouted. "I didn't provoke him at all. It's really baffling."
Rachel chuckled. "Sorry Joseph, John has a bit of a temper."
"It's okay; I'm not angry." Joseph waved his hand, suddenly remembering something, and asked seriously, "By the way, I heard Skyline Corporation's debt is all cleared. What's going on? Where did you get so much money? Is there some hidden story?"
Rachel couldn't help but laugh. "How could there be? A gentleman helped me pay it off. He said it was his responsibility to the mother of his child."
Joseph immediately understood. "So it was him. He is indeed very wealthy, with personal assets in the tens of billions of dollars. Over a billion dollars is nothing to him."
"He's that rich?" Rachel was surprised.
Although Leroy had mentioned he was wealthy, she didn't expect his personal funds to be so much, and combined with the group behind him, it was simply unbelievable.
In short, this Leroy was as rich as Michael.
"Yes, he's the richest person in our circle. Didn't I tell you before?" Joseph asked, looking at her.
Rachel sneered. "You never told me that he was a middle-aged man in his forties."
Joseph almost burst out laughing. "How do you know he's in his forties?"
""I talked to him on the phone a few days ago. His voice was hoarse and rough, like a middle-aged, pot-bellied, bald man. I bet he looks just like that," Rachel said with a look of disgust.
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