Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 1351:

“The money has been transferred. You’ve done an excellent job recovering most of the hundreds of thousands owed. Here’s your bonus,” Barry said.

The money Barry handed Milford appeared to be nearly ten thousand dollars.

Milford pushed Barry’s hand away and said, “You don’t have to give me this. Without you, I’d probably be panhandling somewhere.”

He hadn’t had an ID before. He couldn’t return to Wist Land to obtain a new one and had been penniless. Even construction sites had refused to hire him. Although he had rescued Lisa, Barry could have simply given him some cash and dismissed him. But Barry had chosen a different path. He had offered Milford a way to make a living.

“Today’s success is all due to your own effort. Don’t hesitate. Take it!” Barry firmly placed the cash in Milford’s hands. “I’m not sure what you’ve been through, but I know you need money. Take a few days off, buy what you need, and then come back. The construction site will be active again soon, and there are some business deals you’ll need to handle for me.”

aware of Milford’s knack for debt collection, using his personal connections to retrieve almost all

money now in his hand, paused for a moment, and then tucked it into his pocket. “Thank you, Barry. I will go and buy

away in

to the bus stop and caught a bus downtown to the

made his way directly to the

dolls, priced from a few hundred to several thousand

the one he felt was the best, priced just over two thousand dollars—a mid-range option among the dolls. After

her family weren’t home for Christmas. He placed the

winter sunlight bathed the tall, green trees in a soft glow. Their sparse branches barely concealed the doll, still in its packaging. Milford paused at the entrance of the

a while, pulled a sticky note from his pocket, scribbled a few words on it, and affixed it to the doll before hastily turning