Chapter 30

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“I can stay anywhere I want. It’s easy when you’re alone. Besides, I hate that house. Staying in it disgusts me,” 1 said pointedly, exaggerating how much I hated it.

The truth, however, was the complete opposite.

Everything in that house was by my design. I loved every inch of it, but nothing was more important to me than reclaiming my mother’s keepsake.

“Fine. How much do you need?”

“One million,” I claimed.

Frankly, both the furniture and the interiors should have undergone depreciation, meaning the price should have been lower.

However, I wasn’t about to play fair with this jackass–he was the one who had betrayed me first!

“I’ll give you 2,000,000 dollars,” he said, unexpectedly generous. “We’ll handle the transfer of ownership tomorrow, but you don’t have to move out right away. You can stay as long as you like.”

“I just want 1,000,000. Nothing more than that. And I’ll definitely move out as soon as possible.”

I was uncomfortable accepting his money.

What if he used me as a source of blood if his disease flared up again? It felt as though the extra million was his way of buying me as his blood bank.

on! We genuinely loved each other, didn’t we? Why

said, hanging up

probably use my company to secure a loan of 2,000,000 dollars or less from the bank. That

down, I knew my calculations were off.

and wanted to get rid of it. They wanted to

bracelet wasn’t 2,000,000 dollars. It was 13,000,000 dollars. Where was I ever going

of every friend I had, estimating no more than 1,500,000 dollars at best.

sleep that night.

next afternoon, Edward came to

me up at

at my

offer. Instead, I

legal ownership today, so we waited

a stroll with a cup of hot chocolate, handing it to me with a caring smile.

Chapter 30:

Warm yourself

pass. I don’t like

chocolate, and he knew it. He was trying to win the over, but it was

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I remember! You love hot chocolate,” he said, sitting next

I ignored him.

He glanced at the screen and

later, it

“Hello, what’s wrong?”

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