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Vanessa felt relieved.
“Johanna was thoughtful as always. I’ll just lie down for a while. You guys… you guys go out and chat first. I don’t have the energy to go out for a walk. Come back later to find me and Jasmin.”
Jasmin’s eyes rolled and she lay down to rest with Vanessa.
Theron looked at his mother and sister lying on the bed, the anger in his heart was almost uncontrollable.
Can Johanna just take advantage of it? They have no relationship at all!
He reached out to grab the luggage and tried to forcefully pull the two of them up.
However, as soon as he touched the suitcase, Johanna gently grabbed his arm. He didn’t use much force, but Theron didn’t dare to move too hard, afraid of knocking her over and hurting the baby in her belly.
Just let her, she pulled herself out of the room.
After leaving the room, Johanna immediately let go of the hand with a good sense of propriety.
“Mr. Howland, Madam Howland, and Jasmin had just come out of that kind of place, all shaken up. They really need to rest now, so let’s not bother with changing rooms. It’s tiring to keep moving back and forth.”
Johanna’s voice was soft and gentle, completely unable to cover up the faint, feeble moans coming from Vanessa in the room.
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“Ouch… my old back… feels like it’s falling apart…”
The sound was like a thin rope, tightening Theron’s heart.
He was always filial, so when he heard his mother humming like that, his heart softened and that little bit of resistance in his heart instantly crumbled.
“Okay, but the money can’t come from you,” Theron said, reaching into his pocket immediately.
Johanna declined, “Mr. Howland, don’t worry about it. You’ve helped me so much before, I’ll cover the room fee this time. Consider it my way of saying thank you.”
“Well, you’ve been suspended from work now, and you need money. How can I let you spend it?”
Mentioning the word “suspension,” there was a momentary freeze in Johanna’s gentle smile, with a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes.
The resentment towards Lizzie in my heart grew quietly like vines, all because of Lizzie!
But she still had that gentle and warm look on her face, even as she hesitated and politely declined, “Mr. Howland, you’re being too kind, really no need…”
Theron’s fingers dug around in his pocket for a while, but all he could find were a few bills, the biggest one being a five–dollar bill.)
His movements paused slightly, a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face, and his hand holding the money tightened.
He didn’t spend much money in the army, so he sent most of his salary back home. Recently, his expenses have been quite high, and suddenly he found himself tight on cash.
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The other day I spent a lot of money buying things to please Lizzie, even though those things ended up being given to Johanna. But he can’t make Johanna pay for the rent because of that.
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“…I didn’t have enough money on me, I’ll get some later and give it to you.”
“No worries, I’m not short of money. Even though I’m currently on leave, I found out that the bookstore in town is actually looking for someone to translate foreign documents. I’ve already inquired about it, and the pay is pretty good. So, I can still afford to stay at Redstar Hostel.”
She sounded relaxed, as if the expensive cost of Redstar Hostel was just “a drop in the bucket” for her.
Theron thought, “Lizzie is also doing translation, which made him feel a bit relieved.”
He thought Lizzie could handle it, being just a middle school student. Johanna, on the other hand, had graduated from high school, so she definitely had no problem.
Meanwhile, Lizzie held the prepared report letter and had Colton push her to Equinox Research Institute.
At the entrance of the Research Institute Residential Building, the sentry stood tall.
Lizzie was pushed forward by Colton, she lifted her head and calmly explained her intentions.
“Hello, sir, I’m looking for Mr. Schmidt. I have some important matters to discuss.”
Security guards knew Lizzie, even though she didn’t talk much, they had a good impression of her.
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Mainly because she was Acdan’s real sister, and he had served under Aedan in the army.
Therefore, he was very polite to Lizzie and responded immediately.
Before long, the security personnel let us through.
“Mr. Schmidt asked you to come in.”
Zaire Schmidt’s office.
Lizzie was pushed into the door by Colton.
Zaire hadn’t said anything, and Lizzie pulled out the report letter.
“Mr. Schmidt came to report Theron, saying he had a bad attitude. He wanted to marry a wife outside, then force me to be his lover and keep me in the countryside.”
