seeing that William hadn't made any moves, Stephen took out a business card and respectfully handed it to William along with a bank card. "Mr. Duane, I know you might not be able to accept this right away. You can take your time to think about it. This is my contact information. If you need anything, feel free to call me. By the way, I've also found a place to settle those orphans for you!"
With that, Stephen respectfully bowed and left.
Even after Stephen's figure completely disappeared, William still stood motionless in place. He was quite conflicted now. This money was stained with the blood of his parents, and he should refuse it.
But thinking about the past fifteen years since his parents passed away, he didn't find his life easy. He had endured a lot of scorn in Peter's orphanage and suffered bullies in the Mendez family.
All of this was because of the Duane family! Now that the Duane family was offering him compensation, why shouldn't he take it?
Moreover, Peter's medical bills still required a million dollars, which, for him, was an astronomical sum.
Thinking of Peter's sickly face, he clenched the bank card in his hand, frowned, and went to the payment counter, "Hello, I'm here to pay for the surgery!" He swiped the card and verified his identity, the next second, one million dollars was directly transferred to the hospital's account.
After doing these, he felt a bit unreal. Had he just gone from being a nobody to a rich man?
William returned home somewhat dazed, but the house was already in chaos. When Selena married William, they originally lived in the Mendez Mansion. But ever since Jude passed away, Mary Jane had directly kicked their entire family out, and they were living in a house of less than 1200 square feet.
At this moment, his mother-in-law Aurora Rivera was pointing at Selena and shouted, "William, that wuss, dishonored our family, yet you say you don't want to divorce him? What? Do you want our whole family to be kicked out of the Mendez Group by your grandma?"
Facing Aurora's anger, Selena just coldly replied, "I have hands and feet, I can work anywhere."
Hearing this, Aurora almost jumped in anger. "What is William worth? Solomon is so much better than him. If you divorce and remarry Solomon now, our family can return to the Mansion and regain our former status!"
At this moment, Selena's father Max Mendez chimed in, "Exactly, the Richmond family is much stronger than our Mendez family. As long as you marry Solomon, your grandmother will treat you as her favorite!"
Facing her parents' questioning, Selena frowned and said, "No matter what you say, I will not divorce William!" Aurora angrily threw the things in her hand at the door. "Why are you so stubborn?"
As she finished speaking, she happened to see William standing at the door, then she spoke disdainfully, "You trash. Away with you."
William knew very well that over the years, Aurora felt he had ruined Selena's life, so she humiliated him at every turn.
But now he suddenly felt a bit expectant. What would Aurora's reaction be if she knew he was the chairman of Star Global Enterprises and had a bank card with a monthly limit of one billion dollars?
However, he didn't plan to reveal his situation now. He had left the Duane family for fifteen years and didn't remember what the Duane family was like!
Moreover, in such a large family, there were bound to be many internal struggles. Since he didn't know anything now, it was best to be cautious and low-key!
Thinking of this, William apologized, "Aurora, I'm sorry for causing you trouble today!"
Facing his apology, Aurora became even more furious. "Causing trouble? I think you just want to completely remove us from the Mendez family! If you have any decency left, you should leave my house as soon as possible!"
Seeing Aurora humiliating William like this, Selena quickly said, "Mom, William is your son-in-law! Don't go too far!"
Aurora sneered, "Having a son-in-law like him is worse than not having one at all!"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Aurora, Selena gently pushed William and said, "You go to your room first!"
With Selena's protection, William gratefully glanced at her and obediently went to his room.
Although they had been married for two years, nothing had ever happened between them. Every night, he would sleep on the single sofa next to the bed, while Selena would sleep alone on the bed.
But tonight, William had a rare bout of insomnia. What happened today had completely overwhelmed him, and he felt a bit lost.
Seeing that he was still awake, Selena worriedly said to him, "Are you still worried about Peter? I don't have much money left, only two hundred thousand dollars. You can take it tomorrow to help out."
William shook his head and said, "No keep it. It's covered."
Hearing this, Selena was pleasantly surprised. "So Peter is saved?"
William nodded. "Peter has saved no less than a hundred orphans in her life. She would rather go without than let them suffer. Now, it's finally paying off."
Selena breathed a relieved sigh and said, "That's good. You don't have to carry such a heavy burden anyway."
William felt complicated and didn't say much.
Selena got into bed, a bit helpless. "There's a lot going on at the company lately. I need to rest early. I have to get up at six tomorrow."
Hearing this, William frowned. "What happened?"
Facing William's question, Selena sighed.
Selena let out a sigh and said, "Recently, the company's business has shrunk a lot. Mary Jane wants to cooperate with Star Global Enterprises, but the Mendez Group is too weak. They make light of us."
Hearing Star Global Enterprises, William was a bit surprised. "The Mendez family wants to cooperate with Star Global Enterprises?"
Facing his question, Selena smiled.
Selena smiled, "It's not up to the Mendez family. Even John only has a bit of cooperation with a subsidiary of Star Global Enterprises."
William nodded in understanding.
The Mendez family was trying every way to cooperate with Star Global Enterprises, but the Mendez family would never know that Star Global Enterprises now belonged to him, William!
William didn't reveal this. He didn't know why his parents left Starling City back then. But he knew that the internal struggles within the Duane family were definitely not simple.
It was best to keep a low profile for now.
But once he took over Star Global Enterprises, he could secretly help Selena. After all, if it weren't for marrying him, she wouldn't be bullied like this!
Thinking of this, William secretly vowed that one day, he would make the Mendez family unable to lift their heads in front of him!
A good night's sleep.