Christopher Xiao's shout startled Elizabeth Ma!

At this moment, she couldn't continue to hide the truth and could only stammer, "Honey, I'm sorry, I've lost all our money playing cards..."

She didn't dare to say that she was tricked by Betty Qian, because the Xiao Family was still frantically searching for Betty. If she revealed the truth and it got out, the Xiao Family would likely come after her.

It wasn't that she was considering James Ye; she just didn't want to bring trouble upon herself. After all, Lord Hong had sent those people to the black coal mine, and they were now missing persons. If it were discovered, she might be implicated.