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

thousand dollars on the table and

it only proves his

is as thick as armor,” Hilda scolded,

woke Carlisle up for

the dining table, Gordon received a call from Gerard.

come to the county at the end of the month

Kelly’s SATs results come

ET

yesterday. Shouldn’t the results take longer to come out?” Gordon asked, puzzled an arprised.

wasn’t hard to

score?” Gordon asked with a

of making it into Riverland University!” Gerard

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the surface, it seemed disappointing. But, in reality, this score was enough to

was sufficient for various Tier 2 universities. It

Tier 1 universities.

a shame!

strained relationship with Gerard, Kelly was still

feel a tad sorry for her missing out on Riverland University by just

reaction as gloating. He remarked, “We’ll have plenty of summer job openings at my construction site this year. Should I have Carl

instantly. “No need. My son’s

“It’s good to be confident. But you know Carlisle’s grades better than anyone. Listen to me. Don’t push him to

years of repeating won’t

I’m hanging up!” Gordon exclaimed angrily,

the call.

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

“Hold on…”

there anything