The Contracted Ever After (Cordelia and Ronan)

Chapter 173

Thirty grand, Shelley was stumped for a moment. Being bedridden for six years, she literally had

nothing. She didn't want to cause trouble for Cordelia. She knew that ordinary girls like Cordelia had a

low status in the upper-class world. As soon as she used that money, she would become beholden to

someone else.

"Mom, don't worry, I got this." Cordelia patted Shelley's shoulder and pulled out Cost Management in

Finance from her backpack.

She always carried this book with her, and the check was also in there.

"I've got some money here, given to me by him. Don't worry. Granny's illness can be cured. I'll go cash

the check at the bank." After saying that, Cordelia showed the check to her mom.

"He" was obviously referring to Ronan.

Shelley felt something was off, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

After paying the operation fee, the doctors began the surgery on grandma. The operation for this kind

of brain tumor took a long time, so they had to wait outside.

"Look at the rich wife here, casually throwing around thirty grand," Samantha sneered. NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.

Cordelia ignored her and continued to pretend to sleep leaning on the wall. This made Samantha even

more pissed.

Shelley couldn't help but wonder: did Cordelia tell Ronan about coming to the hospital? How come

Ronan didn't show up when she came to the hospital?

"Cordelia, what are you doing here?" Jamie and a group of people were passing by.

Seeing Cordelia, Samantha immediately put on a smile, thinking to herself: isn't this a perfect love

triangle? It would be a surprise if Ronan didn't punish Cordelia.

Cordelia looked up and saw Jamie. "You're here?" she asked in surprise.

"Well, I took on the auditing work for Roseville Hospital last Christmas, and I came here to collect some

data today. What are you doing in the hospital?" Jamie asked.

Cordelia knew that as long as she was with Jamie, Samantha would definitely stir up trouble. She

pulled Jamie aside and explained what had happened. Seeing that there were only women around, and

no men, Jamie knew Cordelia might be under great stress.

"I haven't finished my work here. I'm not going back to Millstone. The brain tumor operation takes a

long time, maybe more than ten hours. I'll book a room for you, so you and your mom can go rest. Also,

do you have enough money?" Jamie was very concerned, his eyes filled with concern as he spoke.

"Yeah."

"Given by him?"

Cordelia nodded, "Mm-hmm. Five hundred grand."

"If it's not enough after paying all these, I can help."

"Mm."

Having someone to help in difficult times made Cordelia very touched.

Jamie booked a hotel room across the street and told Cordelia the room number. Cordelia wanted to

refuse, but Jamie interrupted her, "Don't be so uptight. Doesn't it feel a bit forced?"

Cordelia also felt it was forced, so she had to accept it. Her phone rang. It was Ronan. Cordelia had

just cashed the check and he had already received the notification.

"Why aren't you home?" He asked. It was already past eight in the evening.

"My grandma is not well, she's having surgery, and I'm at Roseville now. I've already asked Milana for

leave. I won't be home tonight. I'll see how things go tomorrow. Is that okay?" Cordelia explained the

situation in detail.

"Do you need me to come over?"

"It’s alright. We'll see after the surgery."

"Do you have enough money?" He asked again.

"You gave me five hundred grand on Christmas, remember? That should be enough."

Ronan hung up the phone.

At ten o'clock, Sienna and Samantha both went home.

Originally, Cordelia planned to let Judy take her mother to the hotel, and she would stay here to wait.

But Shelley said, "Della, I have something to tell you. Come keep me company for a while."

The hotel Jamie booked for Cordelia wasn't big, but it was very comfortable.

After stepping in, Shelley grabbed Cordelia's hand and said, "Della, tell me the truth, why did he give

you the check?"

Shelley had felt something was wrong all along. Checks were usually for shopping payments. In a

normal husband and wife relationship, it was not common for a husband to give his wife a check. Was

there some kind of deal between them?