Chapter 316 Two Choices +8 Pearls

Owen snapped. “He’s already married! It doesn’t matter if you’re unwilling—you’re the other woman, you know that?”

“Yunice was able to cut her losses in time. Why can’t you? She left Paul, and now she’s doing just fine with Wyatt.”

Again with the comparisons to Yunice. Why was everyone suddenly on Yunice’s side?

Elsie said, “But if I don’t sell the car, I won’t be able to pay back the five million I owe…”

Owen said righteously, “Then why did you borrow it in the first place?”

“Why did you bring Jason’s wife to the birthday banquet?” Elsie argued. “Owen, it really wasn’t me. Yunice set me up. That day at the birthday banquet, she’s the one who locked Paul and me in there together!”

Owen shook his head. “You’re still making excuses. Elsie, when did you become so calculating?”

Elsie’s heart thudded. She knew Owen’s patience with her was running out.

Her gaze instantly dropped, looking like she was about to cry. “Owen, I know I was wrong. I’ll return everything Paul gave me right away."

Owen finally softened. He patted her shoulder and comforted her, “Elsie, believe me, things will get better. I’ve already lost Yunice. I don’t want to lose you too. So please… don’t let me down again.”

Yunice sat in the car, the window cracked just slightly, but Owen’s words came through loud and clear.

So in Owen’s mind, even now, he still thought she left because she had let him down?

He probably hadn’t realized that the bigger disappointment hadn’t even come yet.

After leaving the pawn shop, Owen and Elsie returned to the Saunders family home and gathered everything Paul had ever given—gifts, deeds, jewelry.

Then they charged over to the Powell family.

But what was humiliating was… they couldn’t even get the door open.

Just then, another car pulled up beneath the Powell estate’s arched entrance.

Yunice and Oscar got out of the car.

Yunice wore a loose-fitting qipao with a shawl draped over her shoulders. Without looking left or right, she walked up to the Powell family’s front gate and raised her hand to knock.

Owen saw it was her. A flash of something crossed his eyes, but he quickly remembered that Yunice had already cut ties with him.

His pride wouldn’t allow him to show anything else, so his face quickly turned cold again.

He turned to Oscar and asked, “Oscar, what are you doing here?”

Oscar gave him a sideways glance. “You alone represent the Saunders family now?”

Then he shot a look of disgust at Elsie. “When she made a fool of herself, it wasn’t just your face she disgraced.”

Owen swallowed his anger and asked, “Then what is she doing here?”

Oscar said, “If Yunice weren’t here, you wouldn’t even make it past the front gate of the Powell family.”

Even if the Powell family didn’t think much of Yunice, she had Wyatt behind her. Offending her meant offending Wyatt.

The Powell family still needed Wyatt. They wouldn’t make trouble for her over something like this.

Owen’s face flushed with embarrassment. Having to rely on Yunice to get in left him feeling humiliated.

Elsie was clenching her skirt so hard that the fabric was nearly torn.

Paul was being kept under house arrest in his own courtyard. When he saw Elsie, he was momentarily stunned.

But the next moment, his gaze shifted—falling onto Yunice, who had just stepped in behind her.

And then… he just kept staring.

Elsie noticed immediately, and her eyes turned red. She stepped in front of him, trying to pull Paul’s attention back.

“Paul, let’s break up. This is everything you’ve given me over the years—the car deeds, house deeds, jewelry. It’s all here. From now on, we owe each other nothing.”

“Break up?” Paul immediately flared up. “Why are we breaking up?”

Owen heard that and was instantly enraged. He stormed forward and said, “Do you even hear yourself? You’re already married, and you’re still trying to drag Elsie into this?”

Paul turned to Owen and said, “But hasn’t it always been this way? Why didn’t you talk about breaking up before? Now that I’ve run into some trouble, now you’re all cutting ties with me?”

His sharp gaze swept across both Elsie and Owen. “What is it? You realized there’s nothing more to gain from me?”

Before they could say anything, Yunice stepped forward with a faint smile, giving Elsie a sidelong glance.

“Ms. Elsie and Mr. Owen are very principled people,” she said. “Aren’t they here to return everything you gave them over the years, just to settle things properly?”

Elsie bit her lip so hard she nearly broke the skin. Hearing Yunice say that made her stomach churn.

She had thought Yunice came just to watch her fall.

Yunice continued, “Mr. Paul, the way I see it, you only have two choices. One, divorce Taylor and give Ms. Elsie a proper title. Or two, break things off completely, go your separate ways—just like we did.”

Paul looked into her eyes.

And for a long time… he just kept looking.