Chapter 257

“Calm down. Esme is already suffering like this, and we’ll need more money to treat her. If something happens to the company at this juncture, how are we going to survive?!”

The door to the ward was still open. Fia listened to her aunt and uncle’s argument as they walked further and further away. She then glared at Conrad coldly.

“Looks like my husband has been quite generous lately and gave my uncle’s company some more projects?”

Conrad’s expression froze. “I promised to give Grandmother Thea’s project to Esme before. I didn’t do what I said, so I’m simply reimbursing them.”

“A good explanation. But you need to be clear about something. My grandma owns that project and she gave it to me. You don’t owe the Mannings anything!”

Fia looked at him with her eyes getting even colder as she slightly raised her chin. “Or maybe you’re still thinking of her?”

Conrad became extremely irritated. “Why are you splitting hairs about that?”

“So I did that too late and you got used to it?”

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