Chapter 456:

With a mocking tone, Kristopher taunted, “Hiding it again?”

“Think that will make it all vanish?”

As he spoke, he leaned slightly, peering around her to survey the extent of the damage.

Staggering to maintain her balance and propping herself against the couch, Carrie retorted sharply, “It’s just a rug. I’ll get a new one.”

She recalled the money Kristopher had recently given her for a pen; to her, replacing a million-dollar carpet seemed trivial.

Kristopher, understanding her intent instantly, sat down beside her and asked, “Planning to use the pen money to cover this, then?”

have to make

replied, “A million hardly justifies scheming.

grimaced, pondering where she could possibly conjure

I’m the only one you could possibly swindle out of

forever, but her thoughts were clouded, dulled by the alcohol, and she couldn’t find the words

Albin rushed in. The door to the living room was slightly open, so he pushed it the rest of the way and

his sentence when his eyes landed

quickly crossed the room, knelt beside her, and gently patted her. “Baby, why

stirred groggily and slowly stood up. As Albin reached out to steady her, he accidentally knocked over a bottle of beer, spilling

pointed at the beer spilling on the floor and said to Albin, “You’ve ruined the carpet. Pay up. It was imported from abroad, worth

the carpet—only to knock over a few more bottles,

for help,

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