Chapter 263
Knock! Knock!
At that moment, Nancy entered with big bags of toys in her hands.
Ever- since she left Angeline''s home, she was so busy that there was no sign of her for a couple of
days.
“What bring you here all of a sudden?” Angeline was delighted to see her friend. “Also, why did you buy
so many things?”
Nancy responded with a snort before cing the items on Sebastian''s bed.
Grinning widely, she exined, “Stop being so narcissistic. I bought all these for my godson. Although
a long time has passed since he was discharged from the hospital, I, his godmother'', haven''t had the
opportunity to visit him before this.”
She then gave Sebastian''s hair a tousle. “Darling, open them up and see if you like them!”
Sebastian looked up at Nancy before ncing in Angeline''s direction.
“Go ahead.”
With her approval, he mustered the courage to begin unwrapping the gifts.
Given how short a child''s attention span was, Sebastian was now focused on the toys in contrast to
moring for Floretta earlier.
As for Nancy, she was more ecstatic than he was when he didn''t seem to resent her gifts.
After settling Sebastian down, Nancy was about to discuss business with Angeline when she noticed
Anna''s presence.
In an apologetic tone, she greeted tiretter, “Oh, I didn''t realize you were here, Dr. Bearbock. I''m sorry
to have missed you.”
“Don''t worry about it.” Hands in her pocket, Anna shed a casual smile. “We just finished for today,
and I was about to take my leave.”
“But you haven''t eaten...”
Just when Angeline wanted to persuade her to stay, Nancy''s frosty voice rang out. “In that case, thanks
foring, Dr. Bearbock. I''ll let you show yourself out.”
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Without another word, Anna picked up her medical bag and left the room.
Watching her leaving silhouette, Angeline couldn''t help but frown at Nancy.
“She''s Sebastian''s psychologist. Couldn''t you have been more courteous?”
“I can''t put my finger on it, but I just can''t bring myself to like her.”
Nancy settled down on the couch before taking a sip of coffee.
“You had better not let your good nature get the better of you. Don''t forget that she used to go to the
same university as Evander, and who knows, they might have already had a thing for each other back
then. That''s why I doubt her sincerity toward Sebastian.”
Nancy''s words served as an implicit reminder to Angeline.
Thinking back to Anna''s asional strange behavior, Angeline fell into a brief silence as a glint of
suspicion shed across her eyes.
However, the thought of her break up with Evander caused her expression to dramatically darken.
“That''s Evander''s business and has nothing to do with me now. I can also say the same about Anna''s
past. All that matters to me is that she''s a good psychologist.”
Shaking her head in resignation, Nancy shot Angeline a sympathetic look.
Ever- since that fateful night, Angeline stopped crying over the breakup and never mentioned Evander
in front of anyone.
In spite of tliat, Nancy, who had known the former for a long time, was well aware that Angeline hadn''t
moved on at all.
Instead, she was just enduring the pain until she could find a reason to do so.
“Anyway, don''t you have business to discuss with me?”
With her digressing mind pulled back by Angeline''s cue, Nancy retrieved a contract from her bag and
handed it over.
“Here''s the agreement for the contract cancetion.”
“Contr act cancetion?”
Unable to believe her ears, Angeline''s eyes sparkled with surprise as she quickly opened the
agreement.
It wasn''t until she saw thepany''s stamp and the management''s signature that she finally believed it
to be true.
“What happened? Why did they waive the termination fee? This isn''t consistent with thepany''s
usual attitude at all!” Angeline eximed as her eyes brimmed with shock.
She found it harder to believepared to winning the lottery.
All this while, thepany has milked its employees dry, so why would they give up on their final
opportunity to do the same to me? Is it due to my long service? Nah, that''s even more ridiculous!
Meanwhile, the solemn-looking Nancy was rubbing her hands anxiously.
“I, too, found it unbelievable until I went through the agreement in detail. It was at the end when I saw
that the termination fee had been paid for.”
“What?”
“That''s right. You can go through it yourself. There really is a use saying so. That''s the reason why I
rushed here to see you. It''s a whopping twenty million, Angeline! Have you gone mad?”
The sight of the huge figure on tire agreement caused Angeline''s hand to tremble.
It wasn''t until she gulped that she managed to forcefully calm herself down.
“I didn''t pay it.”
“What? Are you kidding me?”
This time, it was Nancy''s turn to be shocked.
“No.” A grave look descended upon Angeline''s face. “I''m sure you know my style by now. I would rather
not tenninate the contract if thepensation amounted to such a massive sum.”
Realizing that Angeline was telling tire truth, Nancy fell into deep thought.
“But who can fork orrt so much money on your behalf?”
“Who else can it be?”
Wearing a wry smile, Angeline borated in an unsettled tone, “It has to be him.”
Other than Evander, no one else is capable of paying so much money on such short notice. However,
isn''t he about to be engaged to Olivine? Shouldn''t he be so preupied with the preparations to bother
about something like this? So, what''s this supposed to mean? Is he trying to make amends?
Angeline''s response conjured up the image of Evander in Nancy''s mind. It was then that thetter
regretted her earlier words.
“In tliat case... What should we do? Thepany even transferred the final payment of the advertising
fees into your ount. It''s probably toote to terminate the agreement now,” Nancy reminded
Angeline warily.
“Tenninate the agreement?” Angeline chuckled. “Wiry should I tenninate tire agreement when I''m not
the one in the wrong?”
Nancy didn''t know what to say.
“Since hepensated me with such a huge amount of money out of guilt, why shouldn''t I ept it?”
Angeline''s words inadvertently delighted Nancy.
“Angeline, have you finally seen the light?”
"Mmm-hmm.”
As Angeline looked out the window, her eyes filled with bitterness.
“Besides, he must have done so in order for me to can get orrt of his sight by leaving the entertainment
industry as soon as possible. The least I can do is fulfill his wishes.”
This time, Angeline''s words triggered a frown from Nancy.
“Perhaps...” Nancy hesitated briefly.
However, she swallowed her words in the end when she felt what she wanted to say was inappropriate.
That didn''t change the fact that she knew how much Evander cared about Angeline.