Chapter 1042 - Loyalty (2)

Jeff took the gun from one of his bodyguards and pointed it at Chelsea's forehead. "I should punish you for this insolence." He moved his aim toward Mrs. Davis. "Or should I punish your mother for not educating you properly?" The gun moved toward Mr. Davis. "Or should it be your father to pay the price because he brought you here?"

Jeff looked at Chelsea coldly while pressing the barrel of the gun on her forehead. "I can do much more than just pulling the trigger, Miss Davis. I can erase you, and no one will dare to ask if Davis family ever existed. Do you understand?"

Jeff narrowed his eyes at non-responsive Chelsea. "Do. You. Understand?"

She nodded weakly.

"Good." Jeff lowered the gun and gave it back to the bodyguard. He gestured with his hand and the other bodyguards kept their guns back in the holsters.

Chelsea's knees gave up and she plopped on the floor while her eyes stared without focus in front of her.

Jeff looked at Mr. Davis. "Was that all or is there something else you wanted to talk about?"

"Oscar never treated us like this.", Mr. Davis protested bitterly.

"You are welcome to bring that up with my father. If there is nothing else, I suggest that you leave before I change my mind."

Mr. Davis clenched his teeth and glared at Jeff.

Mrs. Davis was the first one to recover. She tugged her husband's arm and helped Chelsea on her feet.

Dylan walked out first with the rest of his family following closely without a word.

Jeff gestured with his hand, and the bodyguards left as well.

When everyone was out of the earshot, Jeff looked at JoAnna and flashed a smile. "How was that?"

"You are amazing!", JoAnna exclaimed happily and pounced on his lap while her arms wrapped around him. She gave him a smacking kiss on the lips. Her husband is so powerful! Ah, if they don't have guests, they would go upstairs and get busy! Hugs will need to suffice for now.

JoAnna thought about the Davis family who just left and frowned. "Do you think that they will shift their loyalty to Marcus?"

Jeff nodded. "They need a backer, and he is the only one they can turn to. But this was necessary... We should freeze their assets. Without money, their connections will be useless, and without money and connections, Marcus will have no value keeping them."

JoAnna agreed. "On it."

She got her phone and called Sarah, telling her to freeze all assets for Davis family members.

"I hope you are hungry, because dinner is served.", JoAnna told Emma and Charlie.

Over dinner, they discussed 'apology tokens' that four families gave to Emma.

During the day several couriers delivered documents to Charlie's villa to transfer various assets to Emma. She only needs to sign them, and it will be final.

As expected, Emma was not comfortable with this.

"Sweetie, those four families are financially done for, even thought they still don't know. I told you before that you should accept their offerings as a compensation for your emotional suffering. If you don't want these, someone else will take them.", JoAnna advised.

"I know…", Emma sighed. "Stocks, bonds, three apartments, four large lots, shops, office space… what will I do with these?"

"It's the other way… four apartments and three lots.", JoAnna corrected Emma. "What will you do? Keep them or sell them. No matter what you decide it's money, and you need it, right? We talked about you opening the rehabilitation clinic. This can be your starting capital and you don't need to look for a loan from the bank."

Emma pursed her lips while thinking about JoAnna's words.

JoAnna smiled seeing that Emma is considering it. "I was thinking that you can open your rehabilitation clinic as a branch of LA Medical Center. You will be the director and make all the calls. In this way you will have access to resources of LA Medical Center, and my patients who need rehabilitation will be referred to your clinic automatically…"

"Your patients?", Emma asked with confusion apparent in her voice.

"Oh, I guess I forgot to mention… I am the majority owner of the LA Medical Center." JoAnna flashed a smile and continued: "If you think that doing business with me is a good idea, we can have a draft contract ready by tomorrow. To give you a separate legal advice as well as a second set of eyes in order to make sure I don't cheat you, Charlie agreed to have his team look for your interests."

Emma felt her head buzzing. JoAnna is the majority owner of the LA Medical Center? Emma saw JoAnna's huge corner office, and she thought that it might be because JoAnna is Mrs. White, even though everyone is calling her Dr. Hill. But an owner? Wow! Her mind just exploded.

Her rehabilitation center to be part of the LA Medical Center? Another wow! In her mind, suddenly a small building with five-six treatment rooms expanded into a multi-story mansion with a private park where people can relax before and after treatments while enjoying the soothing silent oasis in the middle of the city.

Charlie agreed to help out already? She turned to Charlie. "You knew about this? Since when?"

"We spoke earlier today.", Charlie didn't deny it.

Charlie knows that Emma is passionate about having her own rehabilitation center. During their talks after his surgery she mentioned it more than once. As Mrs. Smith she will not have a need to work in order to earn money, but he is not the one who will prevent her from doing what she loves. And Emma loves to help people heal. 

"I think that Anna's idea has a potential and you should consider it.", Charlie advised Emma.

He saw that Emma nodded in agreement and offered: "If you wish, I can help you look into these assets in order to decide if it's better to sell them or to keep them as a source of income."

"Based on the percentage LA Medical Center has, we will contribute to the cost of building and equipping your rehabilitation center. But let me warn you, I want at least one third ownership.", JoAnna said. "Oh! You should think about a name…"

Emma was overwhelmed by everything that happened this evening. She saw icy-Jeff mode for the first time. Bunch of guns flashing around. An arrogant young woman was literally brought to her knees… and her rehabilitation center moved from a distant dream into something so close that she can almost touch it. And that is thanks to the three people who are sitting at the same table with her, an arrogant young woman and one ruined gown.

Emma decided not to cut it into a minidress. She will keep it as-is, wine stain included, and preserve it as a memory that the most unpleasant event can turn into a blessing. Maybe she puts it in a glass display in the entry hallway of her rehabilitation center… maybe.

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