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.

pained by my rejection. “Tay, come on! We genuinely loved each other, didn’t we? Why are

I said, hanging up to cut short his

a loan

my calculations

a few years ago. Bidders acted as though they had too much money and wanted to get

minimum amount I should prepare for the bracelet wasn’t 2,000,000 dollars. It

had, estimating no more than 1,500,000 dollars at best. I was still

sleep that night.

afternoon, Edward came to pick

me up

my

offer. Instead, I drove myself.

many people seeking to transfer legal ownership today, so we waited

from a stroll with a cup of hot chocolate, handing it to

Chapter 30:

usual. Warm yourself with

like chocolate,” I replied

knew it. He was trying to win the over, but it was too

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chocolate,” he said, sitting next to me and pushing the drink toward

I ignored him.

rang. He glanced at the

it

“Hello, what’s wrong?”

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