Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 28 Running Into Caleb

Cherry cried on the phone for half an hour. Erin had no choice but to promise her that she would find a solution.

Holding her phone lightly, she got out of the taxi. She felt as if she’d been drained of all her blood.

Grayson, who had hit someone and caused the victim’s death, was actually Erin’s stepfather, Grayson Lawrence. Cherry remarried Grayson when Erin was eight years old.

Grayson was a decent man and had always treated Erin and her mother well. He paid for Erin’s tuition since she was young. Two years ago. Cherry took 100 thousand dollars from Erin and opened a small supermarket in her hometown to pay for her son, Gavin Lawrence’s.

tuition. She said she didn’t want to burden Cherry and that they should be responsible for their son’s future tuition.

Apart from that 100 thousand dollars, Cherry rarely asked Erin for money. She always told Erin to only worry about herself.

Now that they needed help. Erin would definitely help Grayson since he was in trouble.

It was midnight when Holly came back home with her keys in hand.

She was startled to see Erin sitting alone in the living room in the dark. She turned on the lights immediately. “Erin, why are you still awake in the middle of the night?”

Erin held the bank card that contained the five million dollars she had to return to lan. lan had left it behind in the guest room last night.

She looked at Holly and said, “Holly, are you tired? If you’re not, can we talk for a while?”

Without hesitation, Holly took off her high heels. She then walked over to the couch and sat down next to Erin, full of concern. “Erin, what’s wrong? I’m not tired, so feel free to talk to me.”

“My mom called and said that Grayson hit and killed a high school student. He has to take full responsibility because he was driving under the influence!”

right? How could he drink and drive? The crackdown on drunk driving is very strict all over

when teaching. There was this one time when a female student made a mistake in class, and he punished her by making her run laps. She held a

job, but my mom was optimistic. She said that our family’s small supermarket business is doing well, and we often need extra help, so she asked Grayson to help out. But he drank some white wine before going to buy

held her hand and said, “Erin, try to stay positive. Since things have already happened, the only thing we can do is figure out a way to solve them. Do you need money? I can lend

I spend the five million dollars

five million dollars to that male escort? How

a male escort! He’s the president of our company, my boss…” Erin sighed and leaned back

Such a plot twist! It sounds like a novel. Anyway, don’t worry about lan for now! Send the money back home first. After all, someone died in the accident, and we must deal with it! If lan insists on getting the five million dollars, we can collect evidence of his affair

we’re still married, and I also approached a male

Holly kept silent.

can have an amicable divorce! If things don’t work out, I’ll lend you two million dollars! I’m not in a hurry for you to repay me. Just give it back to me when

what Holly said. In fact, she had wanted to ask

thought through

talking to you. Don’t worry. If I really need

already late now. Let’s go to bed. You still have to go to work tomorrow,

and said goodnight. Then they both went back to their rooms.

have to pay me the money. If you want a divorce, it’s okay. Come home after work

that she didn’t need to repay the money, Erin felt a sense of relief and excitement wash over her. It took her over an hour

to apply for leave. Ms. Xander was in charge of human. resources

at the bank, Erin called her. Cherry sounded delighted. She told Erin to focus on

bank, she ran

“Hello, Mr. Grant!”

casually. She wore jeans and a red ruffled chiffon blouse, with light makeup on her face. Yet her face was exquisite enough to make people stop in their tracks. His black pupils

take care of. I’ve

to give her another glance.