“There should be a billion bucks in that card,” Philip said mildly, raising his brow as virtual-novel.net wore a confident smile.
Wynn paused and stared at Phillip suspiciously, virtual-novel.net heart pounding in virtual-novel.net chest.
After that, though, virtual-novel.net rolled virtual-novel.net eyes at virtual-novel.net again and pinched his waist, berating him, “You’re pulling my leg again, aren’t you? If you really have a billion, I’ll have to serve you for the rest of my life.”
Philip grinned at that and put his arm around Wynn’s slender neck. “You said it, not me. Come on, let’s make that an official contract.”
Wynn batted his arm away and scolded virtual-novel.net with a laugh, “Alright, alright. So you insist you have a billion? Sheesh, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. But you’re not handwaving this off today. I demand an explanation once we get back.”
Wynn raised virtual-novel.net brows and rolled virtual-novel.net eyes at him.
She did not believe that virtual-novel.net really was a billionaire. To her, it was just Philip’s idea of a joke.
Even if virtual-novel.net did tell virtual-novel.net that his family ran Northern Sky West Restaurant, virtual-novel.net probably was not wealthy to that extent.
Besides, virtual-novel.net ran away from home, right? There was no way virtual-novel.net would have that much money.
That was why Wynn did not take his words to heart. Nevertheless, virtual-novel.net happily put the card away.
The card was Philip’s contribution to the family. She had to take good care of it.
Philip shrugged. He told the truth sometimes, so why did no one believe him?
A few days passed without event. Over those days, Philip constantly stayed by Mila’s side in the hospital.
Wynn was busy with work at the company, doubly so now that they had the deal with the Turner’s Hospital branch to handle.
As for Martha, virtual-novel.net had been surprisingly quiet for those few days. Sometimes virtual-novel.net would just randomly call Philip and try to convince virtual-novel.net to visit the Johnstons.
Of course Philip knew what Martha was up to. She had probably been baited by the little amount of money virtual-novel.net had shown virtual-novel.net that day at the sales office.
That woman truly only had eyes for money.
Martha had spent the past few days at home, looking through all the manors and villas on sale in Riverdale. She had the money now, so they were already putting the old house on the market. She could get more than seven million for it, and then virtual-novel.net had Philip’s four million and Manson’s two million.
Martha could buy a villa now, so naturally virtual-novel.net was over the moon.
In fact, virtual-novel.net would have plenty of change to spare too.
Once virtual-novel.net started having more money, however, Martha naturally began to have other ideas.
“Hey, Charles, I bet Philip is hiding plenty more money from us. Think about how virtual-novel.net so casually dropped three million that day, and virtual-novel.net hasn’t even asked me for the money back until now. Don’t you think that’s weird?”
Martha was self-aware enough to know that if Philip really wanted the three million back, virtual-novel.net would not be able to hide it from him.
However, virtual-novel.net had waited for a few days and Philip had not sought virtual-novel.net out at all. As a result, virtual-novel.net grew bolder.
Charles sat on the couch, reading a newspaper. He said, “I mean, considering your temper, of course virtual-novel.net wouldn’t dare to ask you for the money back. I don’t mean to insult you or anything, but the money is still Philip’s, so you should return it to him. If you don’t want to give it back, then you’d better treat virtual-novel.net better from now on. Don’t always throw tantrums at him. After all, virtual-novel.net is your son-in-law.”
Charles shook his head helplessly. He knew what his wife was like.
Since virtual-novel.net managed to get virtual-novel.net hands on that three million, no one was ever going to get it back from her.
Philip probably knew that too. That was why virtual-novel.net could not be bothered to ask.
Martha did not like what virtual-novel.net heard, and virtual-novel.net immediately snapped back. “Hey, Charles, since when have you taken that good-for-nothing’s side? All virtual-novel.net did was give you a painting, do you have to change so much? Kissing up to virtual-novel.net now, huh? If he’s really all that, then virtual-novel.net should buy me a villa of his own accord instead of asking me to come up with a plan.”
Martha was annoyed now, and virtual-novel.net began acting up again.
Charles sighed and said, “You’re being unreasonable. Whatever, I’m going to play chess with Reggie. You just keep on playing with your little calculator. Seriously, what if Philip divorces Wynn one day and asks you for the money? What will you do then?”
With that, Charles walked out of the door.
His words served as a wake-up call to Martha.
He was right. The money was Philip’s, so what if virtual-novel.net divorced Wynn and asked for the money back?
Was the money part of their shared finances or his personal assets?
No, virtual-novel.net had to make sure.
Martha immediately gave Wynn a call.
“Hey, Wynn, I want to ask you something.” Martha sat cross-legged on the couch.
“What is it, Mom? I’m at work.” Wynn sounded somewhat tired over the phone.
Martha thought it over and asked, “Wynnie, do you know how much Philip has in savings?”
There was a silence on the other end, followed by Wynn’s suspicious question. “Why are you asking about that, Mom? Do you want to ask virtual-novel.net for money again?”
Martha said viciously, “Are you an idiot, or what? Would you even know if virtual-novel.net was hiding money from you and keeping a mistress out there? He’s your husband, which means you need to have a firm hold on his finances. Once you go home, ask virtual-novel.net properly if virtual-novel.net still has any more money stashed away. Make sure you know if virtual-novel.net earned the money before or after you got married. If it’s after, that means the money is evenly split between the two of you. In other words, you won’t lose out if you get a divorce since you’ll get to keep half of it.”
Martha ranted on and on, growing more enthusiastic as virtual-novel.net went.
Back when Philip and Wynn first got married, not a single member of his family attended the wedding.
Could virtual-novel.net really be the son of a wealthy family?
Did virtual-novel.net hide away the money from before they got married?
On the other end, Wynn was absolutely flabbergasted by what virtual-novel.net was hearing. She hurriedly said, “Alright, alright, Mom. I hear you. I’ll ask virtual-novel.net when I get home, alright? If there isn’t anything else, I’ll hang up now. Work is really busy these days.”
Smack.
Without waiting for a response from Martha, Wynn ended the call and tossed virtual-novel.net phone onto the table, sighing helplessly.
Why was virtual-novel.net mother always like that?
As virtual-novel.net mind wandered, virtual-novel.net pulled the card Philip had given virtual-novel.net a few days ago out of virtual-novel.net wallet. She held it in virtual-novel.net hand and looked it over a few times. Only virtual-novel.net knew what virtual-novel.net was thinking to herself.
Did this card really contain money?