Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell

Chapter 35

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“What’s 30 thousand dollars? Last year, a player sold a piece of equipment for over 200 thousand dollars! That was equivalent to a luxury mansion!”

“Wow, are things in the game really worth that much?” Gordon felt like his worldview was about to

collapse

“They’re valuable, but it’s like playing the lottery. I’ve been playing since 2001 and haven’t made any money. Gordon, you’d better forget about making money in the game while you can!”

“I was just asking casually. I’m almost 40 years old. Where would I find the time to play games?” Gordon laughed.

“Oh, Gordon, where are you working now? Are they still hiring? I think I might be laid off soon!”

Gordon pretended to cough. “Let’s discuss that later, I have something to attend to. I’ll hang up now!” With that, he promptly ended the call.

Gordon didn’t want Hilda to know about his layoff until he found another stable job.

Hilda stared suspiciously at Gordon and asked, “What’s with this ‘talk about it later? Do you have a

mistress outside?”

Gordon didn’t react as explosively as Hilda had earlier. Instead, he grinned and replied, “Seems like you still have high expectations of me. Do you think I’m capable enough to find a mistress?

Hilda scoffed, “You’re hopeless. You’re not even as capable as our son. Can you earn these 20 thousand.

dollars?”

if my son

table and

it only proves his old man

thick as armor,” Hilda scolded, albeit with a smile.

Carlisle up for

dining table, Gordon

county at the end of the

Kelly’s SATs results

ET

just ended yesterday. Shouldn’t the results take longer to come out?” Gordon

wasn’t hard to check the results!” Gerard’s tone was

score?” Gordon asked with

five points shy of making it

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But, in reality,

2 universities. It could even secure her a spot in some

1 universities.

“What a shame! Only

relationship with Gerard,

but, feel a tad sorry for her missing out on Riverland

have plenty of summer job openings at my construction site this year. Should I have Carl come over for some work

need. My son’s scores won’t be lower than your

softly. “It’s good to be confident. But you know Carlisle’s grades better than anyone. Listen to me. Don’t push him to retake the exam if he doesn’t

of repeating won’t help. It’s better for him to start working early and

matters are none of your business, I’m hanging

the call.

Gerard to use his connections to check Carlisle’s scores. However, after hearing Gerard’s words,

“Hold on…”

anything else?”