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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.”

was the extravagance of the wealthy–not even asking for the price before deciding

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He asked, “Milly, do you like this house? If

house wasn’t large, it faced south, was well–ventilated, and looked clean and tidy despite being filled with items. It was

most important

she guessed correctly, Viola must be Stephanie’s biological

moment she first saw Viola, she noticed an uncanny resemblance between Viola and Stephanie, especially in their facial features. However, there were many people in the

240 Viola’s Suspicion

Pearls

the first thing she thought of was to save herself and run away with

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

help, leaving her now penniless and incapable of causing significant trouble.

biological parents‘ house was advantageous for Milly.

the Burnetts, it would be her good fortune. If she failed, having this house would help Milly control Stephanie’s situation to some extent. It was a

pretended to be unaware of the situation and informed her brother. “Jordan, I think this house is

no

seem oblivious to his hints? Should I try

breath to make another hint, Jordan spoke up, “Ivan, contact the staff to

was puzzled. What?

the boss

replied, “Okay,

was final

sale. Moreover, there was an ill elderly person living in it. The potential buyer was clearly from a wealthy family, and wealthy families are typically most concerned about the risk of infection. Because

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

the whole process was smooth. Within an hour, all formalities were completed, and the house deed was in Milly’s hands.

With this money, they could finally