Chapter 182 Fallout and Suspicions.

Ethan’s headache was getting worse.

Before he could say anything, Lillian spoke again. “Ethan, does this mean I can’t be discharged?”

“Of course you

u can. Just wait a little longer.”

But about Verdant Villa…”

“The owner isn’t selling. I’ll find you somewhere else.”

As far as Verdant Villa went, Ethan had given up.

He hadn’t told Lillian that Stella was living there, and that the house’s owner was the man behind Stella now.

With that kind of backing, no matter what price he offered, he probably wouldn’t be able to get it.

“Oh… I see,” Lillian replied, her voice tinged with disappointment. Weak from illness, she sounded even more delicate and pitiful.

But what was really on her mind was the bet she’d made with Stella–and Stella’s smugness back then-

So now Ethan was telling her she’d never be moving in there? Lillian felt like she couldn’t breathe.

Jason came back with the contract in hand.

“I’ve got something I need to deal with. I’ll call you later,” Ethan said quickly.

Right now, meeting with the Luke family’s representative was the priority.

picture, they couldn’t

Lillian’s reply, Ethan hung

Lillian stared at her phone, her expression

up on

bathroom. “Did you get through

He hung

tightened

to say with

earlier, but Susan still believed they couldn’t afford

Lillian and Ethan, what was going

up on her what

have a fight? Were you pressuring him too much about Verdant

it as a recovery

ude

canceled engagement with Stella had already made the Keene

4:42 PM

Fallout

that promise. And now that he couldn’t deliver, she

Finished

smug face, she could already imagine how the girl would mock

bold wager, had Stella already known

darker her expression grew. Even

hospital, where Susan and Lillian were clearly not having a

when Lillian was first admitted, both Jonathan and Ethan used to stop

neither of them had shown up in

What they didn’t know-

wasn’t doing well either. After returning from a meeting with Honest Corp. Jonathan

Patrick, “It’s Sterling

what he needed, the man asked him. straight out if they had

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