The True Heiress's Return

Chapter 267

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Shakira rubbed her eyes a few times, making sure she hadn't seen it wrong. She thought, 'So, Walter has really lost his mind!"

Apparently, her sharp scream had reached the study, as Walter sent her a voice message: [Look under the pillow.]

Puzzled, Shakira reached under it and pulled out a check. The amount on it was three million dollars.

Shakira gasped, too shocked to even scream.

Another voice message from Walter came through. "The app has a transfer limit. Happy New Year."

Shakira knew he had a nice voice, but this time, it was downright melodic.

She didn't hesitate and cheerfully accepted it, sending him a few playful "Thank you, boss!" emojis.

Just as she was basking in the joy, a message from Skyla popped up.

Skyla, as wealthy as her nephew, transferred 3,333,333 dollars to Shakira.

A voice message quickly followed. "Shakira, Walter told me you spent all your savings on the necklace for me. This is a New Year's gift from me. Accept it, alright?"

Shakira couldn't bring herself to accept it, so she began thinking of a polite way to refuse. But Skyla's next voice message shattered that plan.

[This isn't just from me; it's also from Walter's grandparents and parents. If you don't take it, I won't have a happy New Year.]

Shakira knew if she didn't accept, it would genuinely hurt Skyla's feelings.

So she took the money, thanked Skyla, and started to think about what gift she should prepare in return.

If someone treated her poorly, she would make them suffer.

But for those who were kind to her, she would repay them doubly.

In the days that followed, Shakira's phone buzzed more than ever with messages of New Year's greetings.

Matthew, Ethan, Sean, Gideon, Kyle, Calton, Gavin, Benji, Kevin and Michael all sent her New Year's greetings and gifts.

lunch, Levi slipped a box into her hand, and inside were small gold

had never received so many gifts

finally understood how a

she hadn't even felt such care and warmth from the Nelson

was not deserving of

finally realized that it wasn't her who was undeserving but those foolish people who couldn't tell right

wrong.

but Shakira deleted and blocked him.

Benji returned to the villa, and even Brian and Levi joined them at the table.

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Valley Estate, there was a designated area for fireworks, and they had been going off nonstop since nightfall. From the dining room's floor-to-ceiling windows, Shakira and the others could see bursts of brilliant fireworks

Shakira felt a warmth

her hand. "Pace yourself with the cola;

her tongue. "I

phone buzzed with a message-it was a New Year's

few words, and shortly

it, raising an

post from Yvette, showing off the holiday gifts she had received along with an extravagant New Year's feast. Her caption read: [Grateful to have family who love me and whom I

just smiled

had been asking Yvette for money, so there was no way he would give her any of the valuable gifts the Nelson family had

that fraud show off to

few photos of

at it. [Not quite. It doesn't look like as

replied: [Damn it! Only my parents and a few close relatives give me gifts. The Nelson family has

she'd sent a New Year's greeting to the man she'd been flirting with, and he hadn't even bothered with a gift in return. He owned such a large company, but he was so cheap.

but she couldn't share those publicly.

she began bombarding Shakira

them to text, which turned

thing she didn't play the audio; she could imagine

[Oh my gosh! I've never seen a

aunt is incredible! 3,333,333 dollars?

Skyla adored

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