Chris understood what Laura meant. He then squeezed his finger pulp and nodded.When the two of them returned home, Chris lowered his head, took out his phone and sent a text to his assistant. "Find a top medical team and tell them to go to the Empfield Royal Infirmary to treat my wife's grandmother. Put all the money spent on my tab."After sending the text, Chris raised his head and looked at Laura. "Do you have time this evening?""I do, why?" Laura was a little puzzled.Chris changed into his indoor slippers and walked towards his room. "Attend a banquet with me. I need a female companion.""Huh?" Laura was dumbfounded. "What banquet? A business banquet?""Yes," Chris answered indifferently.The type of banquet that Laura had attended the most would be the banquets of her friends' weddings. She had never participated in business banquets in the past.Deep down, Laura didn't really want to go."Are you going with Mr. Jacobs?" asked Laura.She felt that if Chris was going w
"Gr... greetings, Mr. Jacobs!"A middle-aged man in black quickly walked up to Chris with a big smile on his face as he reached out his hand.However, before he could finish, Chris interrupted him."Just call me Chris."The man was gobsmacked.How could he call Chris by his first name in public?Chris's voice was indifferent, but his eyes emitted a domineering aura. All the man could do was to say, "Chris."Laura felt that she had seen this man on television in the past. He was a famous entrepreneur in Empfield.From the looks of things, the man was quite respectful towards Chris.'As expected, the Jacobs Group is the top enterprise in Empfield, so as the CEO's special assistant, Chris must have a very high status,' thought Laura.Chris went to deal with his business. Laura felt bored, so she just sat in a corner and ate.Due to the fact that she was very attractive, she attracted the attention of some people."Hello, Miss. Did you come alone?"A middle-aged man used the m
Chris was confused at first, but he soon realized what Laura was talking about.He realized that Laura thought that he was unhappy because his business didn't go as planned.Chris pursed his lips. He seemed to want to say something to Laura, but Laura's voice sounded again. "Goodnight, Mr. Jacobs."This caused Chris to swallow the words he was about to say. He then said, "Goodnight."On the morning of the next day.Laura yawned and rubbed her eyes as she got out of bed. Coincidentally, Chris had just returned from his morning jog.He was wearing a vest. This meant that his arms were exposed and they displayed perfectly built muscles.There was sweat on his handsome face as well. Chris then lifted one of his hands to ruffle his hair. He took a set of fresh clothes and rushed to the bathroom.Laura saw what he was doing and asked, "What do you want for breakfast? I've made some oat porridge.""Oat porridge is fine." Chris nodded his head.When he came out of the bathroom, Laura
Jessica's gaze immediately landed on Chris's face. When she saw his cold face, Jessica could feel her heart had skipped a beat.When Jessica was secretly sizing Chris up and down, Chris glanced at her as well.At that moment, he was sure that he had never seen this person at work before."Hello, Jessica. I'm Laura." Laura greeted Jessica politely with a friendly smile."He, Laura. Luke has told me a lot about you." Jessica quickly moved her gaze from Chris and then let out a warm smile.She then pretended to unintentionally look at Chris. "May I ask who is this?""This is my husband." Laura introduced Chris to Jessica.Jessica reached out her hand at Chris in an attempt to shake his hand, but Chris pretended not to see it. He just nodded his head indifferently. This made Jessica feel a little awkward.Shona looked at the bags that Laura was holding. When she saw so many bags, she said unhappily, "There are lots of clothes at home. Why are you buying new ones? Don't you know to
Moreover, Laura and Chris were only in a contract marriage.Laura took a deep breath, but Shona was infuriated by Laura's words.'She's such a money waster!' Shona cursed inwardly.She wanted to continue to scold Laura, but didn't dare to try to hit her again.However, before Shona could say anything, Jessica grabbed her hand. "Mrs. Walker, I think we should go. There are too many people watching..."There were a lot of people looking at them. Jessica felt a little embarrassed and didn't want to stay any longer.Shona didn't want to leave just like that, but Jessica had spoken. Jessica was her future daughter-in-law, so she had to listen to Jessica."Just you wait!" Shone glared at Laura and then held Jessica's hand as she left.Jessica smiled apologetically at Laura.After leaving the shopping center, Jessica pretended to say unintentionally to Shona, "Mrs. Walker, I think it's better to speak reasonably with Laura. She ignored your words when you were being too domineering o
Chris nodded without hesitation.The number he gave Laura last time was the one he gave outsiders. The number this time was his own private number.After Chris left the house, Laura saved the new number. There was another hour before the furniture would arrive. Laura went for a nap on the bed.In the afternoon, when Laura woke up, the delivery man arrived as well."Miss Walker, is the water vending alright here?" A worker placed the water vending against a wall before he reached out a hand to wipe the sweat off his face."That's fine, thank you." Laura thanked the worker politely and passed a couple of pieces of tissue over.When all the furniture were in place, Laura passed a glass of water to each of the workers.After seeing the workers off, Laura turned and looked inside the house. The house didn't look empty anymore and felt much warmer.In the evening, Laura sent Chris a text asking him if he was coming home for dinner or not.Chris immediately replied that he had some w
Shona looked at Laura expectantly.Laura clenched her fist which was under the table. "Okay, I'll go to the hospital and pay the money.""There's no need. I know you're busy normally. You can just give me the money and I'll go to the hospital to pay for the medication fees." Shona forced herself to calm down after hearing Laura's reply.She was overjoyed that the plan Jessica suggested worked. She knew that as long as she mentioned Laura's grandmother, Laura would come to a compromise."I'll take a day off tomorrow to go to the hospital to make the payment." Laura looked at Shona straight in the eyes.She knew that Shona's attitude towards her tonight was fake. After Laura refused to give Shona the money, Shona felt that the money that belonged to her disappeared. Therefore, she could no longer remain calm anymore. "What's the meaning of that, Laura? Do you feel that I will keep the money for myself?""I'm planning on paying Grandma a visit tomorrow. I can just pay the medical bi
Laura took a deep breath. Just when she was about to say something, Shona had already hung up.Her grip on her phone slowly tightened. Around 10 minutes later, she got out of bed.No one was in the living room. Laura walked to the room next door and knocked on the door.The door was opened from the inside. Chris was standing at the door in his pajamas. He seemed to have just washed his hair. His hair was still wet."What's wrong?" Chris lowered his head and looked at the woman in front of him."I..." Laura suddenly felt really embarrassed. "I... Can I borrow some money from you?"After asking that question, Laura didn't even have the guts to look at Chris.After all, the marriage between them was only a contract marriage. The two of them had only known each other for a week and she was already borrowing money from him.When Chris heard the question, his eyes turned cold immediately.'Looks like she already can't wait to reveal her true self. She's already asking me for money,'