Therefore, he didn't think much about it. Them, Evelyn looked at the time. "It's getting late. I want to go back to get some rest now." At that moment, Marty was reluctant to part. After all, they had just decided to be together. However, he also knew that it was better not to act too hastily in the beginning. Otherwise, it would be easy to make a mistake and end up in a lose-lose situation. Hence, he nodded as he took her hand, and said, "I'll send you upstairs." This time, Evelyn didn't refuse. Then, he sent her all the way to the door and watched her entered the house. He kissed her on the lips again as he was reluctant to let go, as he waved goodbye to her. With a smile, Evelyn watched him leave. At that moment, they were really acting like two intimate lovers. She continued to watch him until the elevator arrived. As he entered the elevator, the door closed, and went down. Only then did the smile on her face fade away.
However, she knew that no matter what Forbos was thinking, he must have ulterior motives. Therefore, she would never agree to let him take care of her mother. With that in mind, Evelyn rejected him without hesitation. "No, thanks. She is fine now and doesn't need your care." After Forbos heard what she said, his face immediately darkened. "Evelyn, what are you talking about? No matter what, she is my wife! You are my daughter. Since your mother and I are not divorced yet, we are still legally married. Of course, I may visit when she is ill." Tilting her head, Evelyn looked at him coldly. After a while, she sneered. "Come on, you don't have to act like this in front of me. Over the years, my mother has always been in poor health. If she hasn't been hospitalized for more than ten or twenty times, there must be at least eight or nine times, right? When have you ever been concerned about her well-being?" "Now that you know she's going to have
Immediately, Forbos reached out to grab the check and said greedily, "No, no, no. 20 million is enough." However, before he could land his hand on the cheque, Evelyn took a step backward and avoided his hand. For a moment, Forbos was stunned. Then, he heard Evelyn said word by word, "If you want the money, I'll give it to you, but you must promise me one condition." Immediately, Forbos frowned in displeasure. "Nonsense, I am your father. What do you mean I have to agree to your condition in order to get money from you?" Hearing that, Evelyn almost laughed out of anger. Last time at the bar, he was just about to gang up with an outsider to bully her. Now, he was calling himself her dad? She really didn't know how was he such a thick skin! Without wanting to talk nonsense with him, she said directly, "After you get the money, you have to get a divorce with my mother. Otherwise, I rather burn the money than to give you a penny."
"Didn't you just say that I should pay you some of it first? I only have this card with me, and this is what's left." However, Forbos smiled obsequiously and said, "Don't you still have a cheque for 20 million dollars? You can give the check..." Before he could finish his words, Evelyn took another step back while clutching her bag, and quickly picked up the knife she had placed on the cabinet. Then, with a cold gaze, she looked at him while holding the knife in front of her chest vigilantly. "No way. You are on guard against me? Don't you think that I should be on guard against you too? If I pay you 20 million right now, and you don't show up tomorrow, it's basically a one-way street!" As soon as she said that, Forbos choked up. Needless to say that this was actually what he had in mind. If he couldn't get 50 million, he would've been happy with the 20 million dollars. After all, as long as he didn't divorce her mother, he could manipu
The 20-million-dollar cheque in her bag was actually the combination of her commission for her last movie, and the profit from the two endorsements. Initially, she wanted to save the money, so she would be able to take it out in case of an emergency in the future. But now that Forbos had finally compromise, naturally, she didn't want to miss this opportunity. With that in mind, Evelyn sighed, as she put the half-peeled apple aside, and held up her mother's hand. "Mom, I know you are worried about me and the money. But we shouldn't underestimate Forbos. The sooner you get a divorce, the sooner we can live a peaceful life. Otherwise, he will make a scene every other day. How can you live that way?" In truth, Evelyn was not worried about herself. She was worried about her mother. Since her mother was going to have an operation soon, the process to recovery would take a long time. During this process, she had to avoid being overjoyed and angry. She did
Suddenly Iris felt a little embarrassed to be scolded by her daughter at such an old age. However, she realized that Evelyn's words made sense. She just got too anxious that she spoke without thinking. So, without retort, she just went with it and said, "Okay. Okay. I got it." Only then did Evelyn smile and stand up confidently. "Then I'll call him right now." "Okay." Evelyn found Forbos's phone number and called him. A few rings later and the call was connected. On other end of the phone, she could hear Forbos's casual voice. "Hello, who's this?" With a sullen face, Evelyn said, "It's me." After she said that, a brief moment of silence could be heard on the other end. Then, she heard him laughing as he said, "Oh, it's you. What's up?" "You promised yesterday that we would go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce. Why don't you come over now?" "Oh!" Forbos suddenly slapped his head. "Look a
When it came to this surgery, she was already pretty sure it was going to be successful. But as long as she didn't hear the result with her own ears, she would still be worry about it. However, everything was fine now since the surgery was successful. In the end, he lived up to Evelyn's expectations. While she was thinking about that, Marty had the doctors go take a rest. Naturally, someone had already sent Iris back to the ICU and had someone looking after her personally. Because of the 48-hour critical period, Evelyn still wasn't allowed to visit her yet. All she could do was watch her from a distance through a thick pane of glass. And all she saw was her mother lying on the clean white bed, skinny and pale from the surgery. Fortunately, she could also see that her heartbeat was beating regularly through the heart rate monitor. As she watched it, tears rolled down her cheeks. Suddenly, Marty walked up from behind her.
Two days later, the doctor finally announced that Iris had survived the critical period. This was the moment the surgery could be deemed an actual success! Evelyn was extremely happy. Although her mother was still very weak, as long as she had a good rest, it was only a matter of time before she recovered. Meanwhile, she had delayed filming for too long and they couldn't delay it any longer. So, the next day after Iris had regained consciousness, Evelyn left the hospital and went back to the filming site. On her day back, the production crew had lit some fireworks to celebrate the success of Iris's surgery. They even paused filming at night just so they could have a decent banquet to celebrate the event. Evelyn was deeply moved. Seeing all the enthusiastic faces around her, her heart instantly melted as she felt hope revive in her heart once more. That night, she had a lot to drink. She was happy and she also let loose. In the past