Chapter 4
“Odin, I’m not a slave, and of course, I won’t do whatever you order me. Besides, if I hadn’t come forward, let alone 33 million dollars, I’m afraid the Leopold family would have gone after you.”
Mira’s words were harsh and key to the point.
Odin had the urge to strangle her, yet he could do nothing “Fine. I’ll transfer 8.3 million dollars to you tomorrow.”
“Thanks, Odin,” Mira said sweetly.
Odin left angrily.
Seeing that he had left, Elle pulled Mira. “Mira, don’t blame him. He’s been in a bad mood lately because of Paige, and he’s worried that if he gives it all to you, you’ll take me to leave.”
“Don’t take yourself too seriously, Mom,” Mira said directly. “We’re talking about 33 million dollars here. Who wants to give it away after having it?”
Elle was choked on her words. Then Elle said, “Well… He’s nice to us. If it hadn’t been for him, you wouldn’t have had a chance to go to school,”
“Mom, you can’t just focus on what he has done. You have been doing chores and taking care of his daughter all these years. You’re like his wife and maid at the same time, and it
doesn’t cost him a dime. Can he find another such a great wife for free?”
Mira disagreed with Elle’s opinion.
She figured that Elle was way too honest and traditional.
“Besides, I agree to let him take the most of the money after I save the Boyle family.”
In Mira’s eyes, she was being reasonable enough.
Elle didn’t know what to say for a moment.
It was the next day.
Mira was sleeping in when Elle knocked on the door. “Mira, the Leopold family is here.”
“Coming.”
Mira got up, brushed her teeth, washed her face, and walked out of the room, feeling good.
The one from the Leopold family was a man in his thirties, with a sharp suit and the appearance of a business elite.
“Hi, Ms. Boyle. I’m Mr. Leopold’s a**istant.” The man handed over his business card.
Mira glanced at it and saw the name on it was Lucas Yeates.
“Come over here to talk.” Thinking about the 5.3 million
dollars Hugh had agreed to give her, Mira led Lucas to the balcony outside, as she didn’t want Odin to know.
Lucas was confused. Till there was no one else around, the innocent–looking young woman in front of him asked, “Have you transferred the money Hugh had agreed to give me? I’ll sign only after getting the money.”
Lucas said nothing.
He was a bit speechless.
He thought, “Are young women so shrewd these days?
“No wonder experts say young people today are way too sober.”
“Here is the thing. Mr. Leopold doesn’t want a divorce anymore.”
After Lucas finished speaking, he saw her face going pale in an instant.
It looked like she had lost her parents.
“No way!” Mira said hastily. “Hugh hates me and asked me to piss off!”
Lucas smiled, “He said the same thing to me before, and yet I’m still working for him.”
“It’s not April Fool’s Day, is it?” Mira took out her phone and checked the calendar.
“You don’t have to check. It was Mr. Leopold’s grandpa’s
decision. Mr. Leopold’s hands were tied, I’m here to pick you up,” Lucas said.
Mira was in despair. “What’s wrong with divorcing me? The Leopold family wanted me to wake him up, and now he’s awake, right? To be honest, my family is not worthy of them.”
Lucas was unmoved. “It’s no use saying this to me. Mr. Leopold said that you had to go back, or he would ruin the Boyle family easily.”
Mira felt helpless.
She admitted that she was grateful to the Boyle family, and she was not heartless.
“Fine. I’ll pack up and go back with you.”
Mira went feebly back to her room to pack up.
Knowing that Hugh didn’t want a divorce, Odin and Elle pulled long faces.
When Mira was packing up, Odin was aside, and he nervously reminded her, “Mira, you’ve got to find a way to get Hugh to divorce you as soon as possible, or you should make him fall in love with you. Otherwise, we won’t be able to hide the fact that you’re not my daughter for long.”
“I’ll try to make him hate me.”
Mira sighed. Making Hugh fall in love with her was the toughest thing in the world.
An hour had pa**ed.
Mira was sent back to the VIP ward of the hospital.
After a few days of recuperation, Hugh seemed to be doing much better.
Hugh was leaning against the bed in his expensive pajamas. Seeing her, he coldly said sarcastically, “You are very complacent now, aren’t you? Who knows what tricks have your family pulled to pressure my father, forcing me not to divorce you?”
His slander shocked Mira, and she was speechless for a second.
Then she said mockingly, “You’re right. How come the Leopold family is so useless? How come you, the richest family in Chvatsland, get controlled by us, the insignificant Boyle family? If our family was that bada**, we may have replaced the Leopold family and become the new rich in Svallion City long ago.”
Lucas chuckled.
Lucas came in with her suitcase and hadn’t left. He happened to hear her words.
Then someone looked at him gloomily.
His body stiffened, and he pretended, coughing violently.
Hugh was furious. He was finally getting better, yet he was
so pissed off by her that his face turned even more sullen than before.
“Who told you to bring her here, Lucas? My dad likes her, doesn’t he? Send her back home so that he can enjoy her company as much as he wants.”
Lucas thought, “You are taking it out on me!”
Yet he could only explain helplessly, “He asked me to send Mrs. Leopold here so that you two could bond.”
“She will just make me fall ill again.” Hugh glared at Mira
She blinked. “Your voice is getting louder, which means that your blood is running in your veins more smoothly
Lucas closed his eyes in fear.
The chill from Hugh was almost freezing him.
Yet Mila had no idea. He finally figured out why Hugh trashed the ward yesterday.
“Get lost! Go to the next room! I don’t want to see you!” Hugh was furious and hit Mira with a gla** on the table.
She frowned and dodged.
“I don’t want to see you either, OK?”
She picked up her suitcase and went to the room next door.
Hugh wagged his finger and asked Lucas to come over to the bed. In a low voice, he asked, “Was she happy when you picked her up?”
Furat Chuboil for a second and then said, “No… I don’t think & ”
“I want the truth,” Hugh questioned again.
Line as lowered his head. “She wasn’t. In fact, it looked like she had just lost her parents”
Hugh said nothing
He snorted and tugged at his collar. “She was pretending.”
Lucas sighed silently.
He thought, “Paranoia is a disease, and it’s a shame that Mc Leopold isn’t aware of it.”
***
Mira was in the room next door.
She sighed that the Leopold family was worthy of being the first rich family after all. Even Hugh’s ward was a suite.
She picked a lounge.
Anyway, Hugh didn’t want to see her, and vice versa.
She chose to stay in the lounge writing papers and playing games.
She ordered takeout when she got hungry or thirsty.
While recovering, Hugh could often hear the delivery man at the door, and sometimes she would order durian pizza.
hapter 4
Hugh hated durian the most.
“Mira, get your a** over here!” Hugh felt a headache because of the durian’s smell.
She didn’t respond at all.
