There were still some deep whiplash marks on Liam�s shoulder, so Liam immediately winced in pain.

Leia instantly spoke up for her brother. She said angrily, �Dad, Liam has been courting Renee for years. Now that he finally managed to open up Renee�s heart a little, you� smashed everything into pieces and made them cut off all contact! How can you be so cruel? You�re even more cruel than the people who broke up Romeo and Juliet!�

�And I�m surprised you still know that he�s your son. You were threatening to kill him! Sure enough, everything changes when the money arrives. It appears other people were right to call our Osborne family a nouveau riche; we change our attitude the moment we see money!�

�Shut up, you brat! You just have to argue with me every single day, don�t you!�

Geronimo�s face flushed red after being scolded by Leia, but he was too fond of his little girl to really get mad. Instead, he happily said, �What I�m doing is hitting two birds with one stone. Not only did I help your brother solve his financial crisis, I also helped him sever a bad relationship. You two are still too green behind the ears to understand my profound paternal love��

After that, he turned to Liam again with a rather serious expression and said coldly, �I believe your sister has already explained the situation to you. If you dare to get involved with that divorcee again, she�ll be the one paying the price.�

Liam snorted. The look he gave Geronimo contained no respect, only disappointment and indifference. �Can you tell me why? You�ve always let me do whatever I wanted. Why must you take a hard stance in this matter? Why is any woman in the world okay but not Renee?�

�If you want to know, I�ll make it clear to you today�� Geronimo took a deep breath. His gaze became extremely cold. �First, the Osborne family can accept a poor daughter-in-law, but not a second-hand product that was swept out of someone else�s house. Second, even if the

Osborne family were to take in a second-hand product, they can�t be a secondhand product abandoned by the Hunt family. Third, Renee Everheart is a woman who brings tragedy. She carries a curse. The Osborne family can�t risk getting wiped out.�

�If you�re just fooling around, I can still turn a blind eye, but you�ve clearly fallen for her hard. If I let you have your way, the Osborne family will be destroyed in your hands. I have to keep her away from you!�

�That�s bullshit!� Liam was naturally unconvinced. He was about to argue with Geronimo further when he saw Leia give him a wink.

He thus took a deep breath to suppress his anger and told Geronimo, �But since it�s come to this, I can promise you that I�ll cut all ties with Renee and stop seeing her, but� I have a condition.�

Geronimo felt that his good-for-nothing son finally grew a bit of brain. It seemed like he had not gone crazy yet. Geronimo quickly said, �What�s the condition? I�m all ears. If it�s not too ridiculous, I don�t mind granting your request.�

�Over the past few years, Renee and I have spent a lot of time together, especially on the Azure Group which we started together. To be more precise, she spent a lot of time and effort on the Azure Group, while we merely paid for it. If I really were to sever my relationship with her, the problem of the Azure Group�s ownership must be made clear. It will either belong to me or to her.�

Liam paused for a moment to study Geronimo�s expression before he said tentatively, �If it goes to me, then I�ll have to pay her compensation. If it goes to her, I�m too ashamed to ask her for money, so��

Geronimo waved dismissively. �It�s just a stupid company. I heard it�s been sustaining losses every year. It doesn�t have a good prospect. As long as you promise not to get involved with her anymore, she can have the company.�

In Geronimo�s opinion, the Azure Group was just a small project started by his hopeless romantic son to impress a woman. Although the Osborne family paid for the starting capital and held 80% of the company shares, they were negative assets. The sooner they got rid of those shares, the less losses they would sustain.

�You�re okay with this, but Laura is the Azure Group�s third largest shareholder. Would she agree to it?�

Liam let out a long sigh and said anxiously, �If Laura doesn�t sell her shares, the Osborne family will continue to be involved with the Azure Group, so how can I make a clean break with Renee?�

�Leave Laura to me. I�ll persuade her. I don�t understand why she would waste her time on a company that loses money every year anyway.� JrNovels.com