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,'
"Do you know what you're saying?" Nicholas was obviously a little mad.Shona knew that she had gone a little too far. Nicholas still cared quite a lot about his mother. "Alright, alright. I'm only saying. I was the one paying for all the medical bills in the past. I even went to take care of her for some time. I also hired a care worker. Don't worry. I'm busy with Luke's matters lately. After everything is set for Luke and Jessica, I'll go to the hospital every day to take care of Mom."After hearing those words, Nicholas's face softened. "You should treat Laura better in the future."Shona couldn't help but pout her lips. "I know, I know. When have I not treated her well..."On the morning of the next day. Laura headed off to work on her electric scooter with Chris sitting in the back seat."Good morning, Miss Walker." Shannon waved at Laura and greeted her with a big smile on her face."Morning." Laura also greeted Shannon."Miss Walker, I've bought breakfast, would you like s
Nicholas clenched his fists.Shona actually began sobbing. "It's all our fault. We're just useless. We don't even have enough money for our mother's treatment..."Nicholas patted Shona's shoulder.The attending doctor sighed once again. He turned around and walked towards the leader of the medical team. "Sorry for all this trouble, Dr. Shaw.""It's alright." Dr. Shaw wasn't really bothered.The medical team was allocated by Chris, so they would need to inform him of what just happened.Just when Dr. Shaw took out his phone and was about to leave. At that moment, a woman's voice suddenly sounded. "Wait..."Laura was full of sweat.There were too many people waiting for the elevator, the waiting time was too long. Therefore, Laura took the stairs."Wait, please don't leave. We agree with the treatment. I'll pay for the medical fees." Laura's eyes were a little red. Her chest heaved up and down."Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be at work?" Shona's face changed when she
To Laura, this was a sudden surprise."Okay, they can observe. Thank you, doctor."The attending doctor breathed a sigh of relief as well and a smile appeared on his face. He looked at Laura and said, "Miss Walker, you should go prepare the operation fees so we can proceed with the operation as soon as possible.""Okay." Laura quickly nodded. She then walked towards Nicholas, who had been quiet all this time."Dad, where's the 5,000 dollars I transferred to you yesterday? Let's use it to pay for the operation fees."Laura looked at Nicholas straight in the eyes.Shona began feeling unhappy. She had just received the money and had to spend it on an old lady for her treatment."Okay, I'll go make the payment now." Nicholas finally nodded."You..." Shona wanted to say something, but Nicholas had already turned around. She quickly picked up her bag and chased after him.Seeing their receding figures, Laura wanted to find Dr. Shaw, but realized that he had already led his team into
Shona snorted at Laura's words.Nicholas nodded. "I will."Laura lowered her head to hide the look in her eyes.What Nicholas did today made her feel disappointed.It wasn't hard for the Walker family to take out 100 thousand dollars. Nicholas had made quite a lot of money after all these years of doing business outside.It didn't matter if Shona didn't want to spend money on Linda, but Laura couldn't believe that her father didn't want to spend money as well.Laura took a deep breath. She walked to the side of the road to take a taxi back to the convenience store."Miss Walker, you're back!" Seeing Laura return, Shannon's eyes lit up. "Miss Walker, the Jacobs Group bought a lot of bottled water from us today.""Really?"Laura felt that Chris came to take care of her business again.She remembered that she told him last time it wasn't necessary to take care of her business. If his colleagues found out, it would cause him to leave a bad impression.With that thought in mind,