Trading My Ex for His Uncle by Hello Spring

Chapter 962

Sullivan wrote that if Ruby chose to stay and build her career in Saintornia, the apartment could provide her with a sense of security.

If she decided to leave, she could sell it and use the money to start fresh elsewhere. Whatever choice she made, he would support her.

Ruby knew most of the money Sullivan had used to buy the apartment had been misappropriated from Prospectus Technology's pharmaceutical research fund.

Somehow, he had managed to keep his accounts clean and avoid suspicion from the authorities. On paper, the apartment had no connection to him and hadn't been seized by the police. With his salary, however, it would have been impossible for him to afford an apartment in downtown Saintornia outright.

At first, Ruby intended to sell the apartment and use the proceeds to repay the misappropriated funds. After a sleepless night, though, she began to hesitate.

An apartment in downtown Saintornia was worth millions. Selling it could provide her with the means to leave the country and cut ties with her toxic family for good.

With her skills, finding a job abroad wouldn't be too difficult. At the very least, she could support herself.

throughout the day. Her distraction was

her to sell the apartment and start

other reminded her that the money came from a wrongful source, and accepting it would

two choices and unable to confide in anyone.

the temptation of a chance to change the course of her

ate dinner

leaving her tossing and turning in bed,

stop overthinking and try to rest, a strange noise came

up quickly, she reached under her pillow for the stun baton she kept there.

being abducted by a thug sent by her mother, she had taken to stashing self-defense tools

quiet footsteps moved toward her

her eyes had already adjusted to the darkness. She could make out the figure of

blanket. The stun baton crackled to life as she jabbed it into the man's

he screamed, collapsing to