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

How dare you seduce me through the

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hospital with lunch boxes. When she entered the ward, she found Darcie eating takeout that she had probably gotten from the hospital’s cafeteria. Judging from how reluctantly she was eating, it

smiled upon

the door when she heard Poppy’s barely audible ‘Miss

she knew the woman had been agonizing over money

of the lunch boxes. “I’ve brought some of Mrs. Zimmer’s cooking. They

box out, intending to

Patricia,” Poppy said with a smile, so Patricia put the lunch box on the overbed table so the little girl could eat while sitting on her bed. Poppy was rather spirited that day, but it still pained Patricia to see the little girl was now skin and bones due to

while she ate, she said to Patricia, “Mrs. Zimmer sure knows how to cook. Now, this is

had been eating so much takeout lately that she

use the money to pay for Poppy’s medical bills.

eyes widened upon hearing so. “Theives nowadays are getting more and more

it’s all my fault. I’ll buy

her possession, for the story was rather absurd. Even she wasn’t sure if it