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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.”

asking

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

bit her lip and glanced around. Although the house wasn’t large, it faced south, was well–ventilated, and looked clean and

most important thing

Viola must be Stephanie’s

their facial features. However, there were many people in the world who look alike; therefore, she

Viola’s Suspicion

Pearls

Stephanie was proud and arrogant. In her previous life, when the Burnetts went bankrupt, the first thing she thought of was to save herself

now that she has been reborn, Stephanie was even 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 past few days, it was

had emptied her savings to ask Milly for help, leaving her now penniless and incapable of causing significant trouble.

house was advantageous for

the Burnetts, it would be her good fortune. If she failed, having this house would help Milly

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

no words.

seem oblivious to his hints?

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

puzzled. What?

boss would agree?

replied, “Okay,

was final

in it. The potential buyer was clearly from a wealthy family, and wealthy families are typically most concerned about the risk of infection. Because of this, Viola hesitated and decided to ask for 90 thousand dollars.

lower the price if they didn’t agree, but to her surprise, they accepted immediately and even added an extra 15 thousand dollars. This unexpected turn of events left

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

they could finally get