A Film Queen

Chapter 240

Chapter 240 Viola’s Suspicion

Viola seemed embarrassed. She was nervously rubbing her palms as she explained, “It’s the old folks at home–she urgently needs medical treatment at a big hospital. We can’t gather that much money quickly, so we have to sell this house. Once we have enough money in the future, we’ll buy it back.”

Although she said this, Viola knew that once they sold the house, buying it back would be incredibly difficult. However, they had no choice; selling the house was their only option at the moment.

Philip glanced around and asked, “How many people live in your household?”

Viola didn’t understand what the number of family members had to do with selling the house, but she answered truthfully, “Three of us now–me, my husband, and my mother–in–law.”

“No children?”

“Yes, we have two–a boy and a girl. Neither of them is home. The boy dropped out early and now earns money playing games. The girl, she …

Before she could finish, a medicine bottle tipped over with a loud bang that echoed sharply in the silent

room.

Everyone turned to the noise’s source. Ivan quickly picked up the bottle from the floor and apologized, “Sorry, I knocked it over by accident.”

Philip snorted in annoyance. He scolded, “So careless! What’s wrong with you?”

Ivan said nothing.

He guiltily glanced at Jordan, who remained calm and composed, as if he truly knew nothing about the situation.

Boss is impressive! Always maintaining his composure.

After this minor interruption, Philip didn’t press for more details. He turned to Jordan and said, “This house looks good. Buy it.”

wealthy–not even asking for the price before deciding

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at Milly. He asked, “Milly, do you like this house? If you do, we’ll buy

clean and tidy despite being filled with items. It was clear that the

most important thing was

correctly, Viola must be

resemblance between Viola and Stephanie, especially in their facial features. However, there were many people in the world who look alike; therefore, she

240 Viola’s

Pearls

when the Burnetts went bankrupt, the first thing she thought of was to save herself and run away with the money. Even in this life, knowing her biological parents, she surely wouldn’t want to

more aware of her destiny and certainly won’t sit back and wait for things to happen. From the series of events that have occurred in the

for help, leaving her now penniless and incapable of

biological parents‘ house was advantageous

would be her good fortune. If she failed, having this house would

agree, fearing future complications. Milly pretended to be unaware of the situation and informed her brother. “Jordan, I think this house is nice. It’s in a

had no

Milly is always sharp; why did she seem oblivious to his hints? Should I try again?

another hint, Jordan spoke up, “Ivan, contact the

was puzzled.

boss would agree?

Ivan replied, “Okay,

was final and settled.

Moreover, there was an ill elderly person living in it. The potential buyer was clearly from a wealthy family, and wealthy families

didn’t agree, but to her surprise, they accepted immediately and even added an extra 15

own legal department, the whole process was smooth. Within an

this money, they could finally get proper treatment for her mother–in–law,

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