Patricia was a little thrilled to receive a gift, but it was not in her hands yet, so it was still purely hypothetical.

“What’s there to be happy about? I don’t even know if there’ll be something I like.”

Isaac was taken aback at first, but soon, his eyes flashed with amusement.

“Miss Aniston, all the items at the auction are quite valuable. Do you mean to say that money can’t buy you happiness?”

Patricia did think that money could make her happy, but it was not a given.

“Ahem… I might be poor, but money can’t guarantee my happiness!”

She was happy if her kids were happy! Yes, that was her ultimate source of happiness.

Everything she did right now was for the sake of her three precious children.

Isaac frowned. She was even refuting him now. His fingers started tapping on the armrest once more.

“In that case, what I said earlier no longer applies.”

to look at him. “Mr. Arnold, money does make me

she was trying to goad him into doing what she wanted, but he refused

man of my word. That includes

just fooling around. He never intended to give me anything in the

case, everything at the auction would be something of serious value, and she was not that greedy of a person

saw her

three, they arrived at a small countryside town. It was a community with a long history and

which was actually a large compound built in a style

entire fleet of various luxury cars parked at the entrance. Patricia followed Isaac out of the car and immediately felt a chill. The countryside was a lot colder than the city;

was so cold that she began to shiver. Isaac glanced at her before removing his dark

he was already far ahead of her, so she pulled the coat tighter around her. It had the faint smell of his cologne, as well as a warmth that must have come from his

a lot better now; a

beside her and

should put on more layers next time,

today. She wore a purple sweater paired with a pale

neat and elegant look, but not a very

very

she dressed just as formally as the others, but soon after that,

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