You Are My One and Only

Patricia only managed to read Isaac’s text after bringing the triplets home, and just as she wanted to ask him if he could take some heat or how he’d like the stew prepared, his second message came.

With that, she hurriedly deleted her question and asked, ‘It’s a paid leave, right?’

This was her number one concern; she didn’t mind not having any breaks since she owed him so much money, after all.

Just the thought of Poppy’s potential medical funds getting stolen got her feeling awful, so she wanted to use labor to punish herself.

Now, not only would she have to work hard to pay off her debts, but she’d also have to put in extra effort to help Darcie pay off Poppy’s medical bills.

Meanwhile, Isaac had just come out of the shower. While drying his hair with a towel, he checked his phone and replied to her text, ‘Of course.’

Patricia replied instantly, ‘You’re the best, President Arnold! xoxo.’

Does this mean I’ll be getting every Sunday off thereafter? She thought that Isaac was pretty nice, and he was a decent boss the more she thought about it.

frowned upon seeing

woman. How dare

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that she had probably gotten from the hospital’s cafeteria. Judging from how reluctantly she

Poppy smiled upon seeing the

when she heard Poppy’s barely audible ‘Miss Patricia’. “Tricia, what brings you

she knew the woman had been agonizing over

to Darcie and handed her one of the lunch boxes. “I’ve brought some of Mrs. Zimmer’s cooking. They are all your favorite

lunch box out, intending to feed the

eat while sitting on her bed. Poppy was rather spirited that day, but it still pained

up her alley, and while she ate, she said to Patricia, “Mrs. Zimmer sure knows how to

eating so much takeout lately that she had the urge to puke just by

the hospital bed. “Darcie, I wanted to pawn my ring and use the money to pay for Poppy’s medical bills. However, a thief snatched it right out of my hands

are getting more and more savage. To think they’d

gaze dimmed a little. “At the end of the day, it’s all my fault. I’ll buy you one when I

anyone how the ring came into her possession, for the story was rather absurd. Even she wasn’t sure if it really