NovelEnglishAt the Aguirre Residence, the family was looking bitter. Connor had just shamelessly. contacted Benjamin, wanting to know if Jared intended to give him smoney. However, Benjamin's attitude took a turn, and he asked Connor to wait for his news.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAt that moment, Connor was walking around the room anxiously. When he thought about his future life, he was filled with sorrow. Meanwhile, Selena shared the sworry as she initially thought her father could get scompensation. Now that Jared found out the truth, there was no way he would not return the saving grace to Ellen! Nonetheless, she was good at scheming and succeeded at sowing discord between the couple. Otherwise, he would have spoiled Ellen to the extreme! “Mr. Presgrave is such an ungrateful man! Doesn't he know the person who suggested. signing the papers to save his life? It was me. | was the one who asked your dad to sign the papers. Would he have survived if it weren't for my insistence?” “Really? Selena felt like that was the best. decision her mom had ever made. She would not have enjoyed such a good life had it not been for her mom’s decision.
“Of course. Your dad was even reluctant to sign the papers, so it’s naturally because of me.” “Mom, you're so kind!” “Do you know why | agreed so quickly? Kevin was about to get unplugged anyway, and | saw those people wearing expensive clothes, so | assumed they had to be rich. That's why I did that! Since they're rich, they would certainly pay us heftily if we donated Kevin's heart.” Everything Olivia did was for profit.
“I told you we shouldn’t have lied to him. We should've told him that Kevin is Ellen’s older brother because if we did, he wouldn't think that we lied to him. | can’t even bear to go outside now.” Connor glared at her.
“No one made you do it. | was just giving my suggestion, and you're the one who took it. seriously. She refused to admit her mistakes. “You're... You're a doom.” [x | “I'm a doom? Would you have decided to sign the papers without this ‘doom’ right here?” When Connor heard that, he was immediately enraged. “Had we pushed that matter back at little, perhaps we would've gotten more money. from the Presgraves!” Stunned, Olivia realized that her husband was right. At that time, Kevin's heart was Jared's only hope! Maybe we could have gotten a better deal! Gosh, was | too eager? “H-How would | have known that they were the richest family in the city?” She pouted.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmOn the side-lines, Selena grew frustrated while watching her parents argue, so she brought her phone back to her room. After closing the door, she wondered about Ellen and Jared's current status, prompting her to call her enemy.
Ellen had just finished her shower when her phone rang. When she saw it was a call from Selena, she hesitated before answering, “Hey.” “Ellie, it’s me. How are you? Don’t you think of doing anything reckless!” “I'm fine.” “How's your relationship with Mr. Presgrave? Do you hate him?” Selena probed. The frowning Ellen remained silent.
Selena eagerly added, ‘Ellie, we're your only family. If you're down, you can always cby and stay at our house. We can help you get through this.” Faced with Selena’s sudden enthusiasm, Ellen finally recalled what Connor and his family had been doing all these years. She had been too preoccupied with the matter of Kevin's heart, so Selena’s fake kindness triggered her realization of how selfish and greedy their family was.
“I'll pass, but I heard that the Presgraves had given your family fifteen million as compensation. So, can you ask your dad where my share of the money is and why he hasn’t givenany of that?” Ellen’s voice was cold as ice.
“What? Ellen, what are you insinuating? Do you think my dad deliberately kept your share away from you? You were a kid back then! Also, money comes and goes! My family is broke now.” Selena’s face instantly turned gloomy.
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