Julian’s Stand-In Wife

Unfortunately, she had thrown all the money in her bag.

She wanted to continue pelting Noel, but there was nothing left to throw.

In Cecilia’s eyes, there was a profound lack of trust.

At this point, whatever Noel said was useless—Cecilia simply didn’t trust him.

In fact, it felt like she had never trusted him!

At this point, Noel didn’t say anything further.

He simply crouched down, quietly picking up the scattered bills from the ground slowly. He lost count of how many bills he’d collected when he couldn’t pick up the next one.

It was because Cecilia’s foot had landed on his hand as he was trying to pick up the bill. She pressed down slowly, almost breaking his hand.

Seeing the conflicted and pained expression on Noel’s face, Cecilia felt a surge of satisfaction in her heart. It was as if the pent-up frustration of these days had finally found an outlet.

“Does it hurt?” she asked him.

Noel replied truthfully, “Yes, it hurts.”

“That’s good!”

only one crying in

only one with no time to think about dressing up, while Noel got

petty gains right in

you to be so anxious to pick up the money from the ground just because you can’t stand to see money

to use this money to buy

applied more force with her foot, and Noel’s hands were subjected to

forehead soon glistened with

yelled for the manager to come

manager

spine straightened further. See, this was the influence of the Jarvis family! No matter where she was, there was always someone who

And what about Noel?

pointing at Noel as she asked him, “I am Ms. Jarvis. Do

on his fingers, his facial features twisted, and there was a

the manager saw his

man, whom Ms. Jarvis

boss

Japanese restaurant since it opened, he had personally interviewed the manager during the hiring

was young and generous, treating their employees well and not hesitating to