Sebastian stammered, "I-I shouldn't have pr-provoked Lucille? Why would you say that? What exactly have you done?"
Jenny was sobbing so hard she could barely catch her breath. In between sobs, she recounted everything that had happened in the bank.
Sebastian took it all in, with great effort: Jenny had tried to make a move on Lucille, which had led to Lucille pulling some strings—until there was a complete breakdown in the Zanes family's financial chain!
The color drained from his face.
No wonder.
He was just saying that he had cleverly patched up all these loopholes, or at least on the surface it didn't look like there were any holes.
By the time he had weathered this period and managed to borrow a little more money to get through the current crisis, there was a good chance the company's crisis could be resolved.
By then, even if he couldn't recover it to the way it was before, at least he wouldn't have to declare bankruptcy!