The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 659

Willa took a bite of the salad and asked nonchalantly, "I don't see the link."

"But there is!"

Karen exhaled heavily and pinched Willa's cheek. "Didn't Dad drill it into you since you were knee-high to a grasshopper that you can't be picky, that you can't just eat the steak and ignore the salad? Because that's just common sense, it's the basics, it's about not being wasteful."

Willa nodded, confused. "Isn't that how it should be?"

"But what if you just don't like the salad? If you don't want to eat it, then don't. Not everything you do has to please Dad, nor does every action have to benefit the Perez family before you decide to do it. Everything you do should make you happy, got it?"

Willa sort of got it, but not really. She had always told herself that whatever happened, she needed to put the interests of the Perez family first.

The only time she ever went against Jasper's wishes was when she had to leave the Perez family because of the F-Poison incident.

But technically, it was still for the benefit of the Perez family.

This mindset had become deeply ingrained in Willa.

Karen's sudden outburst today left her at a loss.

What were the things that she actually liked?

Seeing Willa's puzzled and lost gaze, Karen didn't press on. She knew Willa had to figure it out on her own.

Some things are buried deep in the heart and aren't so easily rooted out, especially for someone as stubborn as Willa.

Coming to a real understanding would take time.

"Alright, chew on that for a while. I'll give this notebook to Frost. If there's anything else, go straight to her."

As Karen got up to leave, Willa grabbed her wrist. "Sasha, where are you going?"

Willa, with a keen sense, sensed a farewell in Karen's demeanor. Her eyes held a tightness as if Karen would disappear the next second.

back; where could

Willa's hand gently, as light

I'm not going

but she guessed

wouldn't have said what

resolute as if to say, "Wherever you

we meet, I'll remember who they all are." Willa was silent for a long while before her deep voice finally broke the quiet. "Is

confirmed. Danger was not an absolute concern for her.

"I'm not

she had no talent in fortune-telling, but

to a ripe old age, surrounded by children

She believed him!

and decisions, and once she had made up her mind,

Karen left, Willa sat still, slowly eating the steak on her

the plate, quietly separating the steak from the

in front of her with only

up sharply to see Maddox, with a cheeky grin, watching her.

her thoughts that she had completely ignored the danger of

darted back,

quick on her

paid yet!

after her, the fast-acting steak house owner grabbed him. "Maddox,

you have to do this?"

Willa would have

"Fredrick already told me you're a gambling addict and a womanizer, too. Seeing how you

Maddox almost wished he could skin Fredrick alive. This was no way to spread rumors about

took out a stack of hundreds and stuffed it in the owner's hands. "From now on, I'm

steak house owner immediately let go of Maddox and said with a smile, "No

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