Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
But Byron directly showered her with his capitalist nature, saying,
“I take 80%, and the first transaction was conducted without my consent, so your share also belongs to me as compensation for my mental distress.”
“I object!”
Cora protested immediately. This was her hard-earned money. Why should it all belong to him?
Furthermore, Cora had taken so much money from Lydia without doing anything in return, and she was worried that Lydia might come after her for the money.
But Byron’s voice, as cold as ice water, dismissed her objection with a single sentence.
“Your objection is invalid. I will have someone count and take away these things later.”
Then he walked toward the bathroom, unbuttoning his collar.
Cora was at a loss for words.
She had never seen someone describe robbing someone so nobly!
What surprised her even more was that the next day when she woke up, the seven thousand ounces of gold in the room had indeed disappeared without a trace.
This made her suspect for a moment that Byron’s apparent displeasure upon learning about her intention to break up for money was just a ploy to take away that money from her.
Jane arrived early at the office, and she saw the nurse had a difficult expression on her face.
“Dr. Yoris, there’s a burn patient from the burns unit waiting for you here. I thought it wouldn’t be appropriate to let her wait outside, so I allowed her to wait in your office…”
For some reason, when the nurse mentioned the patient’s difficult situation, Jane immediately thought of Flora and her face that, even after skin grafts, still looked eerie and terrifying.
Actually, she truly disliked Flora. Firstly, because even after her facial reconstruction, she still looked so ugly, and secondly, Flora was Cora’s mother.
But in front of her colleagues, Jane couldn’t rebuke her directly, so she could only say,
“I understand.
You can go back to your work.”
Then, when Jane pushed open the door and entered, Flora was looking at the several photos placed on her desk, and she gently touched the photos of Jane as if she had found her long-lost daughter, wanting to concentrate all her love and affection in these tender strokes.
But when she thought about whether Flora saw her as a daughter, Jane felt a surge of disgust.
She was the only girl in the Yoris family, Arnold’s beloved daughter, whom all the elders of the Yoris family adored and cherished like a princess. She couldn’t believe she possibly had been the daughter of someone like Flora.
She was convinced that it was because Flora found Cora utterly disgusting that she projected all her dreams for a daughter onto her.
But even so, Jane wouldn’t allow someone as repulsive as Flora to touch her belongings, so she quickly stepped forward and snatched the photo from Flora’s hand!
The photo was suddenly snatched away, and Flora seemed to have just come back to her senses. But she wasn’t angry at all. Instead, she kept apologizing to Jane.
“Sorry, Dr. Yoris. I just thought your photo looked really nice and couldn’t resist taking a look.”
“That was taken when I was studying abroad.”
Jane saw that her attitude was very good, so she could only reluctantly talk to her, and then said,
“I don’t like others touching my personal belongings.”
“I understand. I wouldn’t like it either if someone touched my things without permission. I’m truly sorry.
Dr. Yoris, please don’t be mad.”
Seeing Flora like that, Jane’s anger subsided a bit, and without saying anything further, she placed the photo back in its original position.
“By the way, did you go abroad alone for your studies? Did you make any friends over there?”
Seeing that Jane was no longer bothered, Flora continued chitchatting with her, treating her as if she were family.
At that moment, Jane regretted that she was too tolerant of Flora, but considering Cora’s vindictive character, she could only restrain her temper.
“Of course, I went abroad to study by myself. I had to take care of everything alone, including food, clothing, and shelter. I made a few friends, but we didn’t keep in touch much after returning home.”
“It must have been exhausting for a girl to struggle on her own overseas. If it were me, I wouldn’t bear to see you living alone in a foreign country.”
Jane felt uneasy as she listened to Flora’s words because she sensed that Flora’s concern for her went beyond mere casual conversation, but there was also a hidden sense of loss that she couldn’t accompany her.
But before Jane could figure out the reason behind Flora’s emotions, Flora asked,
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“I have a fianc? now, and the new head of the Hansen Group happens to be my fianc?.”
Jane rarely emphasized it so explicitly, but she suspected that Flora might be using Cora to gather information about her. That’s why she bolstered her aura and blurted it out.
“Your fianc?’s last name is also Hansen?”
Flora was somewhat surprised.
But Jane didn’t perceive the specific meaning behind the word
“also”
and didn’t pay much attention to it for now.
“What did you want to see me about? I have to go on rounds soon.”
At this point, Flora no longer had the leisure to chat with Jane and immediately handed her a pink thermos.
“This is the seafood porridge I personally brewed. Drink it while it’s hot. It’s good for your health.”
“My health is fine, and I don’t need any supplements. You should leave it for Dr. Lane instead.”
Jane declined the seafood porridge.
Even though Jane had been forced to see Flora a few times during the days Cora was away from the hospital, she didn’t think it was enough to justify Flora’s enthusiastic gesture of personally making seafood porridge for her.
“Cora is strong enough, and she doesn’t like these things. Dr. Yoris, you don’t need to be so polite with me.”
Flora didn’t take Jane’s refusal seriously and directly placed the seafood porridge on her desk before leaving.
“I’m going back now. Drink it while it’s hot. If you find it delicious, I’ll make it for you again.”
Flora left with reluctance and longing.
But in the end, Jane didn’t take a sip of the seafood porridge. Instead, she directly contacted the emergency room and asked Cora to come find her.
When Cora heard that Jane was looking for her, she was worried that something was wrong.
But when she saw Jane, the latter handed her a steaming hot pot of seafood porridge.
“Drink it.”
Cora was a bit confused.
“Dr. Yoris, did you…
make this for me?”
Jane was puzzled.
“What do you mean?”
“In our intense love-hate relationship before, you were captivated by my charming personality. You’re trying to win back my heart by showing care and affection.”
Although Cora found it slightly disgusting, she couldn’t think of any other reason why Jane suddenly gave her seafood porridge to drink.
Cora couldn’t help but wonder if Jane felt grateful for her because she worked so hard taking care of
Byron every day, so she made her some seafood porridge.
But Jane coldly told her,
“You’re overthinking. That’s the seafood porridge your mother sent. I just wanted you to clean up your own mess.”
Cora was stunned.
Cora felt lost as she carried the thermos to Flora’s ward.
“Cora, why are you here at this hour?”
Today, Flora seemed to be in a good mood, but her expression changed when she saw the thermos in
Cora’s hand.
“Why is this thermos here? Did Dr. Yoris finish the porridge and ask you to bring it back? By the way, did she say if she liked the porridge?”
Cora slammed the thermos onto the bedside cabinet and bluntly stated,
“She didn’t drink the porridge.
She didn’t even care. And she told me to tell you not to visit her office for no reason in the future!”
Cora’s tone clearly carried a hint of anger.
She felt that Flora’s actions made her look bad in front of Jane.
But Flora, instead of realizing her fault, accused Cora.
Cora’s confusion was evident as she retorted,
“Dr. Yoris is always calm and wouldn’t do that. It’s you who doesn’t want me around, isn’t it? You must be jealous and deliberately stopped her from drinking the porridge, so you took the thermos back.”
“You’ve only met her a few times, so why would you make porridge for her and defend her? You’ve never been this nice to me! Am I your daughter, or is Dr. Yoris your daughter?”
Cora felt wronged, and she couldn’t help but question.
She hoped that Flora would come and comfort her, telling her that she was only being nice to Jane because of her help.
Even if Flora just told a white lie, it would be a comfort for Cora.
Because Cora had always wanted to be close to Flora, and she eagerly hoped to receive maternal love from Flora. But Flora always kept her distance and rarely said anything warm to her.
Just like now, Cora wished Flora would soothe her with a few words.
But Flora didn’t say anything, and her expression was panicked as if some undisclosed truth had been revealed.
Those expressions made Cora want to delve into the truth, but at that moment, Flora fainted.
Suddenly, Cora’s doubts and confusion were replaced by panic, and she quickly called the doctor and nurses…
After a series of examinations and treatments, Flora fell asleep peacefully.
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