Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
“Haven’t you had enough of watching the movie?” Jared asked grumpily.
“I-I’m going to the restroom!” Ellen blinked her eyes, confused as to why Jared had lost his temper all of a sudden. Is he not even gonna let me use the restroom?
Jared relaxed his grip on her hand. As she went to the restroom, he stood in the hallway and became the subject of discussion among the ladies passing by. A few ladies even purposely stood there just to peep at him. After all, this was their first time seeing a man in real life who looked just like one of those wealthy scions in the movies!
Just then, Ellen came out of the restroom. Jared immediately wrapped his arm around her and left.
“He’s got a girlfriend!”
“That lady’s so lucky to be his girlfriend!”
Ellen happened to hear this. After being startled for a moment, she started feeling somewhat bashful.
As soon as they stepped out of the theater, Ellen’s phone rang. She picked it up and took a look at it, only to see that it was a phone call from Connor.
Jared noticed it as well. He patted her on the shoulder, saying, “Just answer the phone and get back what’s supposed to be yours.” Ellen answered the phone. “Hello.”
“Ellie, it’s me, your Uncle Connor. I finally collected enough money to give you by selling my house and my car. Say, when are you free? Let’s meet up.”
“I’m free right now.” “Okay, you decide on the place, then. We’ll sit down and talk.”
Seeing that the theater wasn’t far from Connor’s house, Ellen replied, “Okay, I’m waiting for you at the mall. I’ll send you the address.”
Connor sounded gentle and sincere over the phone. “Alright, see you in a moment.” Jared looked at Ellen. “I’ll meet them with you.”
Ellen nodded. In fact, she would feel more relaxed in his company.
Meanwhile, at Aguirre Residence, Olivia couldn’t help getting excited after watching Connor end the phone call. “How is it? Did Ellen change her stance?”
“I think so. She’s softhearted in the first place, anyway.” Connor thought it feasible to negotiate with Ellen.
Olivia replied, “That’s great! In that case, can we ask her to give us more of the money?” Her greed went to her head again; she couldn’t wait for Ellen to pity their family.
She even purposely chose to wear some old clothes today while getting Connor to wear a suit from several years ago. The clothes were discolored from multiple piles of washing, which made the couple appear shabbier than before.
Just then, Connor’s phone rang; Ellen texted him her address. After taking a look at it, he said, “It’s not far from here. Let’s go!”
Olivia pondered while saying, “Ellen will come alone, right? Young Master Jared gives me the creeps now whenever I see him.”
Connor replied, “I think so.” He thought that a busy man like Jared probably wouldn’t have time to keep Ellen company. And besides, he also hoped that Ellen would come alone so that it would be easier for him to make the request.
The couple decided to just brazen it out. As long as they could extract some money from Ellen’s 7.5 million, they wouldn’t have to live in such poverty after this.
They took a cab to the shopping mall. As soon as they got out of the cab, Olivia complained with a look of disgust, “What’s that smell in the cab?! It stank so much that I almost threw up.”
She had always gone out in her husband’s Bentley in the past. Its spacious seats were pure pleasure, and besides, she hadn’t taken a cab for a dozen years already.
Connor said to her, “All right, stop being so unreasonable! Let’s meet Ellen first.” At this moment, he was still thinking about another pair of mother and son to whom he wanted to give some money, so he yearned more than his wife for Ellen to give them some cash.
“It’s that cafe, right? Lena took me there before. It’s a nice place,” Olivia said.
Connor nodded while taking her to the cafe’s entrance. As soon as they entered, they saw a couple seated in front of the French window, and their hearts thumped instantly.
Why is Young Master Jared here too? Olivia and Connor exchanged a brief look. It’s gonna be difficult for us to say it this time. They sat down. When the waiter approached them, Olivia ordered a cup of coffee for herself and a cup of tea for Connor.
“Ellie, we’re really sorry. What happened in the past was our fault. We’ve mistreated you as your elders, Connor sincerely apologized.
Jared eyed the couple with his penetrating. gaze. Seeing through their lingering resentment, he figured that they were going to play the misery card to gain Ellen’s sympathy. He said with a squint, “She’ll let you off as long as you guys give her share of the money back to her.”
“Aren’t you busy today, Young Master Jared?” Olivia asked with a forced smile. ‘I’m keeping Ellen company today,” Jared answered. “Young Master Jared, can we talk to Ellen alone? Connor pleaded.
Jared reached out and wrapped his arm around Ellen’s shoulders. “I’m Ellen’s boyfriend, so I don’t think there’s anything that I couldn’t listen to. Mr. and Mrs. Aguirre, just spill it if you’ve got something to say!”
Connor and Olivia exchanged another brief look, feeling so embarrassed that they didn’t know what to say for a moment. Jared said, “If you’ve got nothing to say, then. please give the 7.5 million to Ellen. We’ve got somewhere else to go.”
Upon seeing this, Olivia couldn’t help but say, “Well, Ellie, we’ve driven ourselves to the brink of financial ruin in order to collect the money. We’ve sold our house and our car, you see, yet we’ve got only 7.5 million in our hands. Your uncle and I are getting old, and we really have no idea how we’re gonna live from now on!”
Jared looked at Ellen. At this very moment, he hoped that she would stand her ground and not sympathize with them.
Ellen looked at Olivia. Hearing her aunt’s words, she indeed fell silent for a moment, which made Olivia and Connor wonder if those words had touched her and aroused her sympathy for them.
Ellen looked up at the husband and wife across from her as tears slowly welled up in her eyes. “Yeah, that’s right. You two are getting old because you spent the best years of your lives on enjoyment when you two should’ve worked hard.
While you two were indulging in luxury, Grandma and I were struggling in poverty. Grandma skimped on food and clothing in order to support me through my schooling. Had you two had the slightest conscience over the years, you would’ve supported us financially, had you shown us even the slightest sympathy, we wouldn’t have had such a rough life.
However, you two had neither conscience nor sympathy. You two weren’t even willing to give us a bit of the reward you got in exchange for donating my brother’s heart.”
Listening to her speech, Connor and Olivia hung their heads in shame and avoided her gaze, whereas Jared only had a pained look in his eyes.
“Sorry, Ellie. I’m really ashamed of what we did,” Connor said before taking the bank card out of his wallet. He continued, “Here’s 7.5 million on the card, and its passcode is six sixes. Just change the passcode yourself.”
Seeing that her husband had actually handed over the card like that, Olivia pleaded brazenly at once, “I’m begging you, Ellie, please give us a little money for our living expenses, okay? We don’t need much; 750,000 would be enough.”
Ellen took the card before standing up to leave.
Olivia jumped out of her seat and grabbed her hand. “I’m begging you, Ellie! Take this as my plea to you. Please let us keep some money for the sake that we’re old and incapable of working!”
“Isn’t your daughter quite capable? She came back after studying abroad. Surely, she could earn enough money to support you two, Ellen said before withdrawing her hand from Olivia’s grasp.
Olivia then said to Jared, “Young Master Jared, could you please take pity on us and give us some money again? We helped you back then, after all.” She was so anxious that she lost her mind and actually pleaded with the man.
To her, it was as though the Presgrave Family’s money would fall from the sky, the family was so wealthy that she could easily get several hundred thousand from them!
Jared darted a look at her. “It’s true that I’ll show my gratitude to the person who saved met back then, but that person is Ellen, not you and your family.”
Ellen took his arm, saying, “Let’s go.” Olivia’s eyes were full of bitter resentment as she followed the couple with her gaze. She looked back and scolded her husband, saying, “Connor, why did you give her the money so readily just now?! Now we’re not getting anything!”
Jared took Ellen to a bank nearby. After confirming that there was indeed 7.5 million in the bank account, he had the amount transferred to her account immediately.
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