Chapter 88: If you can do it, I’ll call you dad.
“Just look at yourself, what are you?!” Harlow jumped out again and pointed at Lachlan with disdain.
“Willis, who do you think you are to criticize others?”
“That’s right. If it weren’t for you, Mr. Austin would not have been really angry!”
“If you had just obediently died, our family wouldn’t have been punished by Mr. Austin!”
“Worse yet, like before when Mr. Austin still had patience with Miranda! It’s all because of this jinx that our family is in trouble!”
Even Romeo and his wife as well as Miranda’s other uncles and aunts were all cursing at Lachlan. They even blamed him for everything. In their mouths, it was as if it was wrong that Isa didn’t kill Lachlan.
Lachlan sneered and looked at Victoria and the rest of the Lowe family with an expression of contempt.
“A bunch of trash! You’re all incompetent cowards who only know how to blame others but don’t dare fight against Isa!”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone from the Lowe family became furious. They felt like they were being looked down upon by this nobody.
“You bastard! Do you even know how powerful the Austin family is?”Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.
“What kind of fight can we put up? He’s just a low-level loser who doesn’t understand anything about power struggles!”
“Do you have what it takes to unfreeze the company’s account?”
“You’re just a useless person who talks big but can’t do anything!”
Lachlan chuckled, “Alright, so all I have to do is unfreeze the company account? Leave it to me! If I can do it, will you stop pressuring my wife?”
Everyone was stunned by his words.
The next second, the Lowe family burst into laughter.
“Just you? This time Mr. Austin used his family’s connections and network. Can you shake their connections and network? What a joke!” Romeo sneered.
Others also mocked Lachlan for talking big without any substance.
“Fine then, if you can unfreeze the account within a week, I won’t pressure Miranda anymore! Otherwise, she’ll marry Isa and you should stay as far away as possible,” Victoria said dismissively.
Lachlan replied confidently,”Not in a week – tomorrow! Tomorrow I will unfreeze the account!”
“Hah… did I hear that right? You think you’re almighty now? If you can really do it tomorrow then from now on we’ll call you brother-in-law or even dad! But if not… you should kneel down and learn how to bark like a dog because what you say is nothing more than hot air,” said Harlow aggressively.
How many times had Harlow lost face because of Lachlan? After the incident at the gambling den last night, she hated him even more. She saw it as a matter of Isa’s relationship, how could Lachlan possibly shake it?
“Tomorrow? This kid talks big all day long and hyped himself up. Does he think he can really do it?”
“Alright, let’s come tomorrow and watch him embarrass himself!”
“Haha, we’ll appreciate how he learns to bark like a dog!”
Others joined in on mocking Lachlan; no one believed that he could actually accomplish anything.
Emmanuel and Cara remained silent but exchanged disappointed glances. They had slightly changed their opinion of Lachlan before but now they thought this young man was naive and shallow.
“Honey, do you believe in me?” Despite what others said about him, Lachlan turned to look at Miranda.
He did all this for her; if she didn’t believe in him either, then his heart would truly be cold.
“Mhmm, I believe in you.” Miranda bit her lip and nodded firmly.
“Miranda, you’ve really been fooled by this man’s sweet talk! I can’t believe you still believe him. It’s hilarious!” Harlow mocked loudly.
Others shook their heads, feeling that the Lowe family’s renowned businesswoman had been fooled by this guy.
On the way home with Miranda…
The beautiful CEO’s mood remained low.
“Lachlan, what are you going to do to unfreeze the company account?” Miranda hesitated for a moment before asking.
“It’s simple. Which bank executive is responsible for freezing our account? We’ll invite him to lunch tomorrow afternoon,” Lachlan said casually.
Hearing this, Miranda exclaimed in disappointment and her eyes showed a hint of disdain. “Just like that? Invite him to lunch and beg for mercy? I’ve checked it out. The person in charge is Otto Gallagher, the manager of Absolute Bank and Kayden’s cousin. Their relationship is so close; how could we possibly win him over with just one meal?”
“Rest assured, I’ll call a friend. My friend’s great,” Lachlan chuckled.
Upon hearing this, Miranda let out a sigh in her heart.
She didn’t understand where Lachlan’s confidence came from. What kind of friend could have such great influence? Could they be more powerful than Kayden’s cousin?
Miranda knew that Lachlan had some connection with Erik, but even if it was Erik, he wouldn’t be able to pull off something like this.
The Lowe family couldn’t afford to offend the Austin family. Could they really afford to offend the Ward family?
With Isa as their backing, Otto wasn’t afraid of anyone and didn’t need to give anyone face!
But seeing how much Lachlan cared about her affairs, the beautiful CEO felt touched in her heart and couldn’t bear to dampen his spirits.
…
The next morning in the bank manager’s office.
Otto answered a phone call with a playful smile on his face. “Oh? Ms. Lowe? What can I do for you?”
“Is it Miranda?” Kayden was also in the office at this time.
“Mr. Gallagher, is Lowe’s Pharmaceutical account still frozen?” Miranda hesitated for a moment before asking again.
“Ms. Lowe, there seem to be a lot of issues with your company’s accounts. We suspect that your company may be involved in money laundering and we are currently investigating the matter through proper channels. Unfortunately, until the investigation is complete, we cannot unfreeze the account. I apologize for any inconvenience.” Otto spoke in a cold and professional tone.
In reality, many companies’ accounts had some issues here and there – big or small. It all depended on how the bank handled it.
Usually banks wouldn’t do much about it, but once they found an excuse to freeze an account, there was nothing one can do.
“Well… Mr. Gallagher, my husband and I were thinking of treating you to lunch today. Would that be possible?” Miranda changed her tone and asked with a pleading voice.
“Lunch? I don’t know if…” Otto was about to refuse but Kayden gave him a look signaling him to accept.
“Alright then. Where should we go?” Otto smiled knowingly.
After Otto hung up the phone, Kayden had a mischievous smirk on his face as he said, “Haha! Miranda and her little boy toy actually want to treat you out for lunch?”
“They’re really pushing their luck!”
“Why not accept? This is our chance to humiliate them both – especially that little boy toy!”
Thinking back to the last time he was humiliated, Kayden decided to get revenge this time around.