"Hold on." Holly went into the house.When she came back out, she had a brown jar in her hands.She handed it to Quirina and said, "There are three pills in this. Take one every day. It'll give you temporary relief. I'll remove the itch completely when you're done sitting by James' grave for three days and compensating his family."Quirina snatched the jar and shook one of the pills out, swallowing it at once.She waited in silence for a few minutes.The itch began subsiding a little.Quirina became arrogant again. She said, "50 million dollars is a lot. What if we cut it down to five million dollars? Three days is too much as well. What if I did it for just half a day? "My dad is your mentor. He knows how to do everything that you do. He'll definitely be able to make the antidote in three days."Holly knew that Quirina was sly.She smiled lightly. "Why don't you wait it out? But if you seek me again in three days, it won't just be 50 million dollars. It'll be doubled, and yo
Quirina wanted to argue.Holly said, "And don't argue with me. Everyone knows what happened. Give them the money and sit at his grave. I'll be sending someone to watch you. You can come to me for the antidote after three days."Quirina rolled her eyes. "Will you go back on your word?"Holly sneered. "Do you think that people are like you? The decision is in my hands."Quirina was defenseless against Holly. She had no choice but to follow her orders.She spat out, "I bet you wouldn't even dare lie to me. If you make me mad, I'm taking everyone down!"50 million dollars was a lot for a rich man's wife like her.Abraham would surely interrogate her if she asked him for money.Quirina was afraid that the car crash fiasco would be exposed. She didn't want her affair with Ron to be found out, either.She would rather cut her losses and run while she still could.Quirina wrote a check and sent it to Lily's house.She went to the clinic and got herself patched up. Then, she brought
Since the banks wouldn't disclose the sender, Holly began calling her own contacts.She started with Hunter."Mr. Fox, I just received a billion dollars as a donation to my account. Did you somehow make a mistake?"Hunter laughed. "It wasn't me. A billion dollars is no small amount. If someone made a mistake, your account would be frozen now. It couldn't have been a mistake. You can try calling someone else."Holly thanked him and began filtering through her contacts by eliminating them.It probably wasn't Bryce. He didn't have to give her money in such a roundabout way.The others were unlikely to do it as well.A billion dollars was a lot. Not everyone could afford that type of money.Then, she thought of Abelin.She called him. "Mr. Gabelman, I just received a billion dollars. Would you have anything to do with that?"Abelin was quiet for a while. "We promised that we would divide the treasure in half."Holly was flabbergasted. "I can't take it. I barely did anything to h
Charles was excited. "Where is it?""It's at Mt. Dragonspine. It's not far off from where Xander's ships sank."Xander and his crewmen left Shontelly around the end of the Monclair era. As they were about to reach Silverbrooks River, they were suddenly ambushed by guards. Xander sank his ships full of treasure to the bottom of the river.Because of that, it created a goldmine of treasure.Countless people went to dig up whatever they could find.It wasn't surprising that Charles, a professional in the antique industry, would know about this.He was so excited that she could hear a tremor in his voice. "Watch them! Don't let anyone steal them! I'll report to my superiors at once and get an archaeological team to head over.""Alright."Just as Charles was about to hang up, he thought of something. "You could have chosen to take the treasure all for yourself. Why didn't you do it? No one could resist a temptation like that."Holly knew that he was testing her. He was speaking fro
The hole was pretty deep. It was about 15 feet deep.When Holly fell, she lost her footing and crumpled to the ground.She landed on her back and her ankle. A sharp pain shot through her neck. It hurt so badly that she teared up.It took her a long time to recover. There was a sharp pain on her face, too. One of the branches had broken and cut her across the face.She touched her face, drawing blood.She was dismayed that her face was going to get disfigured.Holly held back the pain and picked up one of the branches off the ground. She yelled at Lucas, "If you dare to come down, I'll stab you with this branch!"Lucas yelled back, "Don't be an idiot! If I get that treasure, I won't ask you for money anymore! It's also for your own benefit!"Holly knew Lucas was shameless. She just didn't know it was that bad.He was comparable to Quirina and Samantha.She yelled back, "They're coming. It's illegal for you to even touch these things!""To hell with the law! I'm your father, b
Charles hurriedly got his people to bring the pain relief spray.Holly took it and sprayed it all over her ankle.Charles wanted to stay back to dig up the treasure.He instructed his helicopter pilot to bring Holly and her men to Jardington Hospital so that she could get treated.Lucas and his men were all tied up and brought to a nearby police station to be dealt with.By the time Holly reached the hospital and went through all the necessary procedures, it was already 10:00 pm.She lay in bed with an IV drip attached to her arm. Bryce called her and asked, "Why aren't you home yet?"Holly didn't dare to tell him the truth. "I'm on a business trip. I'll only be back after a few days.""Where did you go?""Mt. Dragonspine.""Send me your location."Holly felt like her head was about to explode.Why was he so hard to deal with?She thought of getting Charles to send her his location to keep up the pretense, but there was no signal up the mountain.Holly had no choice but t
Bryce emphasized the words "my woman".It was for both Lucas and Abelin to hear.Abelin's expression was unreadable.Meanwhile, Lucas' face was distorted in pain. He roared, "Let me go! I won't do it again. I didn't mean to do it."Bryce found his voice irritating. He waved his hand and ordered his bodyguards, "Get him out!"The bodyguards stepped up hurriedly and dragged Lucas out.Bryce cast a sideways glance at Abelin and sat by the bed. He held up Holly's chin and observed her wound. His eyes were full of pain. "Why did you go so far? What if it leaves a scar?"Holly turned away slightly, wanting to avoid his hand.Abelin was standing there. Holly was uncomfortable being intimate with someone in the room.Bryce tightened his grip on her chin slightly, not letting her move away. He grazed the cut gently. "It's so close to your eyes. Are you sure that's your dad?"Holly held his wrist, wanting to move his hand away from her face. "I'm fine. It'll heal in a few days."Bryce
Abelin reached out to push Bryce's hand away. He then turned around and left without a word.As he walked past a trash can, he tossed the untouched cigarette into it.Bryce's lips curled into a mocking smile as he watched Abelin's retreating back.…Once Bryce returned to the ward, Holly asked, "What did the both of you talk about? Why did you take so long to come back?"He unbuckled the cuffs of his shirt and took off his watch, tossing it onto the bedside table. He then replied casually, "Just this and that."Upon seeing his reluctance to answer, Holly passed her phone to him. "I just received a text stating that a billion dollars has been deposited into my account. Were you the one who did it?"Bryce eyed the text and replied, "Yes."Holly was amused. "What are you trying to do?"Bryce said, "I'm letting you know that your man is also rich. You don't have to take someone else's money."Holly was momentarily surprised. "Did you get someone to check my bank statement?"Bryc