Chapter 24
There she goes again, talking like that.
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Victoria used to think of udia as a gentle and sweet person because of
how generous and modest she was in public.
But this was the second time she said something like this after her recent
return to the country.
The first time was about ric, and now it was about the house’s servants.
What appeared to be gratitude was actually her staking her im.
But the reality was udia had no right over either ric or the servants.
It would be reasonable for her to say these words now if she and ric
were lovers before.
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But they were never even together, Victoria thought. So, what gives her the
right to talk to me this way?
What’s more, if they were a couple back then, Victoria wouldn’t have
agreed to this fake marriage no matter how much she liked ric.
However, udia did help her before.
And so, Victoria could only bite her lip to calm herself down while she
repressed the difort in her chest. She only let out a small smile
without saying anything.
Herck of difort, or even reaction, was as frustrating as pouring
water into a leaking bowl for udia.
However, udia knew that she couldn’t dy this any longer. “Shall we
talk in the mini garden?” she asked with a smile.
It was probably due to how Victoriapletely ignored udia’s friend
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before that made udia panic. So, after she finished speaking, she
lowered her voice and added, “Walls have ears. Let’s not talk here.”
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“Okay.” Victoria nodded and stood up to walk outside.
If possible, she didn’t want to waste even one minute talking to udia.
However, “favor” was probably the hardest thing to return to someone.
When they reached the mini garden, Victoria led udia to a remote and
secluded area.
udia finally felt more rxed after she took a look around. Talking here
shouldn’t be a problem.
Still, she wasn’tpletely at ease.
“No one will eavesdrop on our conversation here, right?”
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Victoria came to a short pause before she shook her head. “The servants
rarelye here. The gardener usuallyes in the morning to water
and maintain the nts.”
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It was almost afternoon now.
“Good,” udia sighed, relieved. She then shed Victoria a friendly smile
as she took out an envelope from her pocket and handed it to Victoria.
“This is for you,” she said.
Victoria only took a nce without epting it.
Seeing her standing there without moving, udia took a step forward
and ced the envelope in Victoria’s palm.
It was a thin envelope that Victoria had a feeling she knew what was
inside.
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With her fingertips pinching the envelope, she felt her heart continue to
sink.
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The corners of her lips pulled into a smile as she looked at udia. “What
is the meaning of this?”
“Ahem…” udia had a guilty glint in her eyes. “Victoria, you are a smart
woman. I’m sure you know what this is. I won’t put it into words.”
“Oh, yeah?” However, Victoria seemed to have a fixation on something as
she bit her lower lip with her pearly whites. “I may not know what you
mean if you don’t say it outright.”
udia’s face darkened immediately.
She didn’t want to directly mention Victoria’s pregnancy.
ric was still clueless about this.
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Now that she came to Victoria to solve the problem, she could only hint at
it instead of being straightforward about it.
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She didn’t trust Victoria. If Victoria had a recording device with her and
recorded udia’s words, the beautiful image that udia created for Content ? N?velDrama.Org.
herself would crumble in an instant the moment Victoria sent the
recorded content to ric.
She could never let that happen.
She thought that Victoria would be an easy opponent to handle before
she came here.
But she didn’t think that now.
Victoria wouldn’t have gotten pregnant if she was easy to deal with.
Thinking of this, udia stepped forward and opened the envelope for
Victoria, showing a 7–million check.
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udia uttered softly, “You have worked hard in the past 2 years. You
helped Al a lot both in and out of thepany, and he told me that you
are a capable woman who can endure hardships. I’m sure it hasn’t been
easy on you to live a life like this when you were brought up as the young
miss of the Selwyn Family. This isn’t a lot of money, but I’m giving you this
sincerely. You can buy what you like and get some healthy food for
yourself.”
When she mentioned thosest few words, she deliberately tightened her
grip on Victoria’s wrist and gently pressed the palm of Victoria’s hand with
her fingertips.
Victoria raised her gaze and looked directly into udia’s eyes.
udia nodded at her and let out a soft, regretful sigh, and she even
reached out to lightly pat Victoria on the shoulder.
She looked as though she couldn’t say any more than this.
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Victoria suddenly felt suffocated looking at her.
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ric asked her to take a vacation in the office yesterday. Just like
udia, he was hinting at her to take good care of her health.
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For them to hint at something like this… They care about their dignity a
whole lot, don’t they?
Victoria’s cherry lips moved a little.
What should I say?
Should I thank them for worrying about my body? For giving me a break
from work and giving me money to let me recuperate?
Will I disappoint them if I don’t ept any of those?
Suddenly, she noticed how ridiculous all of this was. Here she was,
struggling with making a decision, and yet someone else was deciding
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her future for her.
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Seeing the grief and indignation in Victoria’s eyes, udia wanted to say
something, only to see Victoria push the check back to her.
“Victoria…”
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Does she not want the check? Why won’t she take it? Panicking, udia
urged, “Is the sum too small for you? This is all I can give you for now. If you
think it’s too little, I can-”
“It’s all right,” Victoria coldly cut her off. As she shook her head, she firmly
stated, “I don’t want money.”
udia was frozen in ce.
“You don’t want money?” she repeated.
What does she want then? ric?
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A mean look shed in her eyes when she thought that Victoria was
exactly like what her friends said. She refused to give up her position as
Mrs. Cadogan, now that it had been 2 years since she held onto the title!
Victoria nodded and insisted, “I don’t want money.”
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She had already made a decision she herself didn’t think she would make
before udia came.
She wanted the child.
She would give birth to it and raise it well without relying on anyone else.
The child had nothing to do with anyone but her.
Since she had decided to do that, it wouldn’t make sense for her to take
udia’s money.
Not only udia’s, but Victoria also wouldn’t even take ric’s money if he
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gave her any.
She would be indebted to udia again if she took the money.
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What if ric wants the child back? What if udia can’t ept the
existence of the child someday?
Because of that, she wanted neither udia’s nor ric’s money.
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