Chapter 1765

Debra checked her watch. "His expertise is limited, so I sent him to learn from a pro. Should be done soon." "Learn?" Randy and Erica exchanged puzzled looks.

At the Nichols Group headquarters, Drake glanced at his watch, antsy. "Time's up, right? The party has started."

"Ten minutes to go," Juan said from behind his desk.

"Ten minutes? Screw this, I'm out." Drake stood up.

Juan hit a buzzer, and some big guys blocked the door.

"Every minute you waste here, you're a minute late leaving," he said coolly. "I'm not going tonight. Got all the time in the world to wait you out."

Drake gritted his teeth, frustrated.

If Debra hadn't forced him into this, he'd have bailed ages ago. Back in the day, he wouldn't have taken this crap.

"Back when I learned such stupid lessons..." he grumbled.

"Forget back then," Juan interrupted, flipping through files. "Those were shady means. Nothing legit about it."

Drake had no comeback.

Those loopholes were the foundation of the Lowe Group. That was all he had got.

"Debra sent you here to learn real finance," Juan pointed out. "The Lowe Group's going straight now. Are you gonna keep using those old scams? Let your accountant take the fall when it blows up? You said you'd turn over a new leaf. Learn it or not. Your call."

Drake's head throbbed.

Days ago, he had faced two paths: study with Juan or rot in jail.

Debra was ruthless. After going through hell, she'd still turn on him. He had compromised to stay out of the cuffs.

Robert was right. Debra had him by the throat, and he didn't even know when it started. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ FιndNovel.net

He could've ignored her threat. He knew she wouldn't snitch if he refused. But he had agreed anyway.

The reason was simple.

He couldn't forget how Debra had stuck up for him and refuted Liza way back. That was when he decided to be a good guy.

But turning over a new leaf was not as easy as it sounded.

To wipe the slate clean, he had planned to pay with his life, but Debra told him dying was easy.

They'd all cheated death before. Death didn't scare them, but it changed nothing.

Living and doing good was the right path. The moment he chose that, his old self died. The world had one less villain and one more hero.