Chapter 7 Forced sale.
“Weren’t you the one who brought it up in the first place? Laurs frowned, displeased.
had trampled on her dignity, using mone
money to buy her time.
“Bert, you were the one who told me not to have any illusions about you. What are you regretting it now?”
Best was taken aback, thinking to himself that he wasn’t regretting anything!
“Since this happened. I need to take responsibility for you.”
“There’s no need for that,” Laura refused. “We’re both adults, it is consul I don’t need Bert to continue re
i taking responsibility, nor do I need Bert to use
responsibility as an excuse to renew the contract. As for the things you gave me before, consider them compensation for w. i’ll gladly accept them, ”
¿Three years ago, before they got their marriage license, she had hoped for this manage.
Until Bert presented her with that agreement, turning the sacred event of forming a new family into an exchange of benefits
In this exchange, she was the one being traded while Bert was the one making the deal.
From the beginning this man had never respected her, treating her as a tradable commodity and drafting that contract
Back then, she was short on money and could let him manipulate her, but now, if he wanted to manipulate her, he could dream onl
Ben caught the key point. The cars, the house, and the check wire for your contract renewal. Since you’re not interested, they’re off the table. I’m not going to let my
woman take my money to support another man.”
Laura thought, “Bert is as much of a dog as ever!”
Bert is as m
Just like three years ago!
“Fine, keep them! As if I care!” Laura retorted, pushing away the man who was holding her. She went inside to change, not even bothering to tidy up the place. Seeing the
hickeys all over her neck and bollarbone in the bathroom minor, her cheeks flushed red.
The dog of a man was not only a dog, but he had never seen a woman beforal
She grabbed some powder to cover the marks on her neck. There were too many to completely hide, but she covered as much as she could,
Seeing her change and head out. Bert asked coldly. “Where are you going?”
Don’t you know I’m going to the Higgins Family for the weekend? Oh, right! Mr. Higgins has been abroad and probably don’t know about these things.”
“at for me, Fl go back with you.”
Laura ignored him, grabbed her bag, opened the door, and went downstairs in one swih motion,
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By the time Bert came downstairs, the car had already driven off, leaving only exhaust fumes behind.
No, she needed to get back to the family estate! If she brought up the divorce, it would be a huge mess!
Although Laura had left first, their cars arrived at the estate around the same time.
If the winding mountain road hadn’t been so narrow, only allowing one car to pass at a time, Bert might have amed sooner
The butler and the estate staff were already lined up at the entrance, cheering as they saw them get out of their cars, “Welcome home, young master!”
Laura’s lips twitched slightly as she walked through the gate first, with Bert quickly following behind.
The butler hurried to bring the electric car, which was only allowed to be driven within the estate, and parked it in front of them.
The Higgins Family estate was quite large, bulit up the mountainside. The central courtyard belonged to Old Master Higgins, and the family lived around him, with each courtyard housing a household, totaling about twenty households. The outer circle was for the guards and servants.
Bent had four older brothers and one older sister. Bert also had four nephews and nieces living there, two of whom already had their own courtyards.
In addition, Old Master Higgins’s brother and his entire family also lived at the estate.
However, except
for major holidays, everyone usually stayed in their own courtyards.
Even now, Laura hadn’t managed to remember the names of everyone in the old house. There were too many people, and their attitude towards her wasn’t very welcoming, so she couldn’t be bothered to deliberately maintain relationships with those sisters–in-law
After the car arrived, they still had to walk about a hundred yards to reach the courtyard.
Bert grabbed Laura’s arm and whispered, “Don’t mention the divorce at the old house.
—— vurmael her head to glance at the man. “Mr. Higgins, are you trying to force me into something I don’t want?
