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!”

should she be the only one

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

only saw petty gains right in front of

anxious to pick up the money from the ground just because you can’t stand to see money disappear? Don’t

use this money to buy

Noel’s hands were subjected to what seemed

forehead soon glistened with

thought something had happened here, and someone yelled for the manager to come

was Cecilia, the manager immediately called

matter where she was, there was

And what about Noel?

raised an eyebrow, pointing at Noel as she asked him, “I

was pressing down on his fingers, his facial features twisted, and there was a layer of sweat on his

saw his

man, whom Ms.

the boss of this

since it opened, he had personally interviewed the manager during

manager rubbed his eyes, and confirmed that he wasn’t mistaken. Their boss was young and generous, treating their