Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress by Vera Fiore

Early the next morning, Thalia was awakened by a telephone call.

She groggily pressed answer, her voice heavy with sleepiness. “Hello? Who is it?”

“Thalia, you need to come to the hospital to see Drake.” James‘ urgent, worried voice came through the line. “Drake nearly died, do you know that?”

The mere mention of Drake’s name filled Thalia with irritation. She’d already been exhausted from the

previous night’s activities, hadn’t slept nearly enough before being rudely awakened, thinking it must be something important–only for it to be about Drake.

Thalia was thoroughly annoyed, her temper flaring. She responded testily: “If he dies, just arrange the funeral. Let me know when it’s happening, and out of respect for our past relationship, I’ll send a generous condolence gift to his mother.”

With that, Thalia promptly hung up, not caring about James‘ reaction, and switched her phone to silent.

The commotion had awakened Asher. From beneath the covers, he tightened his arm around Thalia, his voice deep and magnetic. “Stay and sleep a bit longer with me.”

Thalia nestled closer to Asher, like an affectionate kitten seeking warmth.

The two of them lay snuggled in the same warm duvet, holding each other close.

The world seemed to contain only the two of them.

No matter how fiercely the snow and wind raged outside, it had nothing to do with them.

When James placed the call, Drake was already awake.

The call had been James‘ own idea, though he knew exactly what Drake was thinking.

Drake was clinging to an unrealistic hope–he desperately wanted to know if Thalia would be concerr about him nearly dying. Would she come to see him?

So he had anticipated this call eagerly.

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He had instructed James to put it on speakerphone.

However, when Thalia heard he had nearly died, not only did she offer not a single word of concern, but she responded with such cold–hearted words.

Drake’s hands clenched into tight fists, the veins on the backs of his hands protruding, his face paper–white, his lips completely drained of colour.

swallowing nervously. He thought Drake would explode with anger, and he barely dared to breathe.

into a rage as he typically

he simply said quietly: “Leave

room, he

had actually traveled all the way to Annecy.

face was full of concern. “How is Drake?”

shaking his head helplessly.

happened? How did a simple vacation

explained: “Last night was freezing with snow falling, about five or six degrees below zero. He was wandering around in just a thin shirt, eventually collapsed in the snow. Some passerby

would he do something like that?”

seemingly caught between speaking

hadn’t said anything, James could guess the reason–it could only be because of Thalia.

place where Drake had collapsed last night was near their accommodation in Annecy, where Thalia and her boyfriend were also

could he explain this?

was such a headache.

returned from abroad, Drake and Thalia were still together.

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no regard for Thalia’s feelings. Now the tables had turned, and karma was catching up to

men are natural actors, and

necessarily because he loved Thalia so deeply–it might simply be an

Sienna, James

herself at him. Anyone willing to be

wasn’t so difficult to speak after

saw Thalia and her boyfriend

no idea–he nearly died. If that passerby hadn’t found him in time and brought him to hospital, we probably would never have

this, James surreptitiously observed Sienna’s expression.

drained from Sienna’s

murmured: “For

indeed. Just look at him, isn’t he pathetic? Ah, only learning to

with anger, her voice rising sharply. “You’re saying he nearly threw his

for Thalia?”

her disapprovingly: “Madam, this is a hospital. Please keep

down.”

shifted from white

hospital room door. “Drake! What’s

his gossipy eyes peering curiously into the

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