Chapter 69\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOne minute you want it, the next you don\u2019t. Why are you so fickle, Scarlet?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOne minute you won\u2019t give it, the next you suddenly want to. You\u2019re not exactly easy to read either,\u201d Scarlet fired back. \u201cI\u2019ve already told Chris that I don\u2019t want that villa. Just convert it to cash and give it to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe company\u2019s cash flow is tight right now. I don\u2019t have that much liquid cash.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet responded, \u201cIn that case, I don\u2019t want anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice was calm. She wasn\u2019t saying that out of spite. She genuinely didn\u2019t care about any of that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The compensation written into the agreement was already more than enough. Back then, she wanted the villa in the northern suburbs because she wanted to hold onto the fond memories. Since all of that was fake, that property no longer mattered to\u00a0<\/p>\n
her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oddly enough, he was even more upset that she didn\u2019t want anything. He sneered. \u201cThat\u2019s a lot of money, and you\u2019re just giving it up. You sure treat money like dirt, Dr. Benson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAren\u2019t you the one who said you don\u2019t have any?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet thought he was impossible to deal with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have cash, but I have property. I\u2019ll give you the villa at Wolke Bay. So, you can move back in and live there.\u201d William couldn\u2019t quite wrap his mind around his thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Perhaps her actions had rattled him. He wouldn\u2019t feel at ease unless she was right where he could see her. He paused for a moment before continuing, \u201cI\u2019ll move out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet didn\u2019t want to waste her breath on him over something so minuscule. Since he insisted on giving her the villa, she\u2019d take it. In any case, she could just sell it later. No one ever complained about having too much money.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo whatever you want. Have your lawyer draw up the agreement and notify me. Your mother has already chased me about this a few times.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t need to answer her calls anymore. If anything comes up, I\u2019ll talk to her.\u201d Right after saying that, he fell silent for a few seconds before changing the subject. \u201cYour cooking is awful, Scarlet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That ticked her off. \u201cI didn\u2019t ask you to eat it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After saying that, it dawned on her that he had eaten the food she had made last night. It must have been stone cold by then. Of course, it tasted bad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time Lucy returned from the supermarket downstairs with two large bags of groceries, William had already left.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet was wide awake now. After washing her face, brushing her teeth, and putting the ingredients away in the refrigerator, she started cooking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t it kind of late for breakfast?\u201d Lucy inquired.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without looking up from the recipe, Scarlet responded, \u201cI\u2019m preparing lunch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn. Isn\u2019t it way too early to make lunch now?\u201d Lucy asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet wasn\u2019t sure if she was excited about her new life or simply fired up by William\u2019s parting comment. Either way, she was suddenly determined to conquer the kitchen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLucy, do you want garlic chicken or lemon chicken?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhy can\u2019t I have both?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet pondered for a moment. \u201cIn that case, I\u2019ll make lemon garlic chicken.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, she followed the recipe to the letter, even calculating the amount of seasoning based on the ingredients, down to the first decimal place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By the time she finished cooking, Lucy had turned the apartment upside down and found Scarlet\u2019s dead phone in a box full of junk. \u201cYou put it up that high. No wonder I couldn\u2019t find it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The food was laid out on the table. Lemon garlic chicken, cilantro beef, a pork rib stew, and four steamed crabs Ian had just paid for. It all looked surprisingly good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucy literally drooled. \u201cHoly crap! Is this how fast you geniuses learn?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet was brimming with confidence. \u201cI think I\u2019m actually pretty talented.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucy grabbed a piece of chicken with her bare hands and popped it into her mouth. Scarlet didn\u2019t even have time to reprimand her for being unhygienic. Looking at her eagerly, she asked, \u201cWell? How is it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucy chewed it several times and laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clutching her mouth, Lucy rushed into the bathroom and threw up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet was at a loss for words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 69\u00a0 \u201cOne minute you want it, the next you don\u2019t. Why are you so fickle, Scarlet?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cOne minute you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13584,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13546\/revisions\/13584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}