Chapter 12 – He Gave Her Five Million Dollars
She married him only for the love she had hidden in her heart for years, not for his money.
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Baird Lane’s face hardened a few times, no one had ever turned him down so neatly.
“By the way, I’ve got some things to do with my mom right now, can you give me a ride there?”
She’d been delayed out there for so long, and she didn’t know if her mom would still be waiting at the hospital, so maybe she’d already gone home.
“Could be.”
Baird Lane turned the car around and dropped her off directly at THE WHITE’S MOTHER, and out of courtesy he followed along.
Christine White was very uncomfortable clutching her bag, they had been married for so long and this was the first time he would go to his mother’s house with her!
“Not there yet?”
“It’s here it’s here! Almost there!”
Christine White’s face reddened and she hurriedly accelerated her steps, not daring to look at what exactly his expression was.
The door to the house was ajar when the two men passed.
Christine White pushed the door open and looked in and asked, “Mom, are you back?”
“What took you so long to come over? Have you recovered that money yet, show me!”
the White’s mother emerges from the room and reaches for her bag, not even seeing Baird Lane following behind her.
“How come there’s only a few tens of thousands?” She took out all the money in her bag and roughly counted it, her face darkened, “How can you help your brother with just this much money! I don’t even know if you truly care about your brother!”
“Mom, that’s all the money I have on my card. How’s Mick doing? Why don’t I come over?”
“What are you looking at?” the White’s mother gave her a blank look, “Your brother, he didn’t even wreck someone else’s car, he went with a few of his friends to speculate on stocks, and the stocks lost about a million or so, let’s put it this way, Christine, you hurry up and go to Baird Lane to ask for it, you guys are already married, so his money is naturally your money, it’s all the same! It’s all the same!”
“Mom!”
Christine White blanched, not expecting her mom to say those words, and naturally, she couldn’t stop them.
Damn! Baird Lane must have heard it too!
She looked back in panic, desperate to close the door immediately and not let him in, and wondered what he would think of her?
“A million is it?”
Just as her hands were busy, the man’s unique low voice came from outside. Immediately afterward, a tall silhouette walked up beside her, his cold gaze slightly sweeping over her.
Christine White lowered her head in embarrassment, how she wanted to say that it was all a misunderstanding, but … if she didn’t have that million dollars, how could she help her brother?
Is there anything she can do other than ask Baird Lane to borrow it?
“Oops, Baird you came over too? Christine, really, why didn’t you tell me earlier since Baird came over too?”
the White’s mother quickly smiled warmly again and reached out to try to invite Baird Lane, “O Baird, come in and sit down first-”
“No, Auntie.”
He appropriately declined, ergo took out his cell phone and dialed a set of numbers, “Prepare a check for five million dollars and bring it.”
Five, five million!?
Christine White looked up in shock, why five million dollars? Her brother clearly owed less than a million dollars!
“Baird, you … ouch, I said a long time ago, our Christine can marry you, it is simply a blessing for us!”
The White’s mother had a wider smile on her face, having known that this rich son-in-law wouldn’t leave them alone!
“Auntie, I think more than that, shouldn’t you ask Christine why she’s in the hospital?”
He grimaced and bit back a heavy tone of caution.
“This, this ah … “the White’s mother laughed, full of embarrassment, “I have asked all, Christine she just has an upset stomach, she often did this before, as long as eat on time and then take some medicine it’s nothing.”
Christine White stood by and didn’t know what to say, growing up, her family preferred her brother and never really cared for her.
After so many years, she had gotten used to it long ago and didn’t bother counting so much.
“Auntie, I hope you know that frequent stomach aches aren’t a good thing, and it’s time to see a doctor.” With that, he glanced at his wristwatch, “I have other things to attend to, Auntie, I’ll be leaving now, my assistant will bring the check over later.”
“Go.”
Without waiting for Christine White to react, her wrists were grabbed, and a strong but somehow gentle effort wrapped around her, taking her straight out of the house.