“Mr. Julian, I know what you’re thinking, but I still advise you against suing. The Sterling family could make this city crumble with a snap of their fingers, and this Miss Sterling is the most notorious for her wild antics in the last twenty years.
The next second, I saw pity and helplessness in the Officer’s eyes, then heard him sigh heavily.
“Instead of dreaming big, you should try to get more money when Miss Sterling arrives.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside.
“Miss Sterling, this way, please.”
As the words fell, two figures emerged from the automatic sliding doors.
I had never seen Seraphina like this.
She was dressed in an expensive haute couture dress from a luxury boutique’s display window, every inch of her radiating nobility. She held the leash of a pampered poodle, and Dominic stood beside her, strikingly conspicuous.
“…Seraphina!” I instinctively moved forward, desperate to demand what was going on.
“Dominic! My ‘poor girl‘ bet expires next month. If you keep clinging to me then, I won’t be so nice!”
What ‘poor girl‘ bet?
Seraphina’s words froze me in my tracks.
Dominic shrugged nonchalantly. “Why are you mad at me? Isn’t this your family’s bet?”
“I don’t necessarily think you’ll win. Who knows, maybe once you’re tired of playing with Julian, you’ll come home and fulfill your engagement to marry me?”
Seraphina scoffed. “Delusional! Julian will always be my only husband!”
I stared at Seraphina in shock, but her gaze didn’t shift an inch.
Even if someone stood directly in front of me, she’d only need to turn her head slightly to see me, the “only husband” she spoke of.
But she didn’t spare me even a glance.
Instead, she walked past me, chin held high, with an arrogant demeanor I’d never seen from her before.
Soon, Seraphina and Dominic entered the glass–walled office just a few feet from me.
Their conversation inside was clearly audible.
“Miss Sterling, the victim’s family is here. Would you like to meet them?”
I couldn’t help but look at Seraphina. Her legs were crossed, propped on the coffee table, her eyes closed as she massaged her temples.
“No need! These poor people, once they get involved, they stick to you like superglue! Can’t you even handle this small matter?” Seraphina’s dismissive attitude instantly ignited my fury, Just as I was about to burst in and confront her directly.
Dominic’s voice drifted into my ears..
A slight smirk on his lips, he said, “Sera, I have a great idea. Let Julian pay the money back. If he doesn’t help you, you lose the bet.”
Seraphina opened her eyes and glanced at Dominic, scoffing.
“Don’t dream about it. Julian has stayed by my side all these years, even when I was faking poverty and illness. I don’t want to bother him with something like this!”
Dominic didn’t get angry, just clicked his tongue “Lwende.
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Dominic didn’t get angry, just clicked his tongue. “I wonder if you’re just scared. Is Julian really incapable of coming up with a million dollars for you?”
I couldn’t listen anymore.
But as soon as I took a step, a sweet, metallic taste filled my throat, and after spitting out a mouthful of blood, I passed out cold.
Seraphina’s voice pulled me back to reality. She held me in her arms, speaking softly.
“Julian, I accidentally ran over someone last night while making a delivery. They’re demanding an exorbitant sum, saying if I don’t pay, they’ll make me go to jail.
I stared at her, my eyes bloodshot. “But you can’t drive, can you? How could you hit someone?”
Seraphina’s eyes darted away, her voice tinged with guilt.
“I didn’t want to stay in bed, being a burden to you. I wanted to earn some money to send Chloe to enrichment classes.”
Tears instantly welled up in my eyes, but I swallowed them back.
I abruptly pulled Seraphina closer, pressing her.
“Seraphina! Then I ask you, do you know who you hit?”
Hearing this, Seraphina frowned, displeased.
“What’s wrong with you? Why are you so emotional?”
Looking at the indifferent expression on Seraphina’s face, a raging fire burned in my chest.
At this moment, I began to doubt myself, wondering if I had ever truly known the woman I married!
“Seraphina!! I ask you! Do you know *who* you hit?!”
My emotions were completely out of control now, unstoppable tears bursting forth with my trembling voice.
“I think it was an old woman and a little girl. I figured they just wanted to extort money from me.”
I didn’t miss the fleeting look of disdain that flashed in her
All my strength drained away in an instant. I said weakly,
“Seraphina, I don’t have the money for you.”
eyes.
This was the first time I had ever refused Seraphina’s request.
Her face instantly soured, visibly hardening. She stood up abruptly.
“Are you really that unwilling to part with a million dollars? Are you just going to stand there and watch me go to jail?! I’m your wife!”
In that moment, I suddenly wanted to rip off her disguise.
The Sterling family was one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the city. A mere million dollars, what did that amount to in her eyes?
“Seraphina, my mom…”
