2025-02-17 01:13:17A man in a black suit put a 1.1 million dollar check in Anne’s hand and then left.
Anne still stood on the road in ample shock. She couldn’t believe what just happened.
A fat woman dove from the sky and crushed her car and then took Jake away. Her car was worth about 30K, but she was paid 100K for it.
And she also received a 1 million dollar reward right away.
She didn’t think she’d receive the money so fast.
But why didn’t she feel happy or thrilled?
Was it because she saw how Jake was taken away? He didn’t seem happy at all.
Just what happened in the past?
Why was he running away?
Anne had so many questions running through her mind.
But more than anything else, one particular question dominated every other question.
Did she ruin that young man’s life by giving away his location?
“Aunt, let’s buy a million lollipops,” the little girl happily said when she had no idea just how big a number one million was.
Anne rubbed the little girl’s head. “I will buy you as many as you want.” Even though she said that, she still questioned herself. (Did I do the right thing?)
After some thinking, she tried to reason with herself.
“He stole my first kiss. He even tried to steal my car to run away,” she thought. “So, it’s only reasonable that I get this reward money. Yeah. I deserve this money.”
After telling herself these words, she felt somewhat better.
“Let’s go, Layla,” she picked up the little girl into her arms and walked away, but after walking a few steps, she looked back into the distant sky, in the same directions the helicopters had flown away.
At Ordinance Park, a private land of over 30,000 acres.
At the center of the park was a mighty mansion boasting 1044 rooms.
This was the Ordinance Mansion owned by the Hamilton family, for which Delma was the sole heir.
“Jake! How could you run away from us?” Jake’s mom, Felicia, hugged him and cried.
His father Brett, and his younger sister and young brother were also there, looking extremely happy that he was back.
Jake didn’t look happy, though. He never wanted to come back to this mansion, but here he was again.
“How could I not run away?” Jake cried out openly. “How can I marry a mountain? If I knew blind dates could be so disastrous, I would have never gone on a blind date!”
“Jake, our family is poor,” Felicia said quickly. “We haven’t been earning enough with our fast food shop because my health hasn’t been good lately. Our entire family can’t thrive on it forever. Nobody came forward to marry you because our house is also small and old. We don’t have a good bank balance, and we have debts to clear. Moreover, you are already 29 years old. If you delay your marriage any longer, then I’m afraid you’ll never get married.”
“I’d rather not marry at all than marry her!” Jake vehemently shouted. “Yeah, she can go ahead and force me to marry her, but I’m going to see how she can make me touch her!”
“D-Don’t talk like that, Jake!” Brett quickly said. “She may be fat, but she’s a good woman at heart. Even after you ran away, she didn’t get upset with us. She thought you might have been dissatisfied with the dowry, so she changed it to 100 million!”
Jake’s heart shook for a second. “H-Hundred million?”
“Yes, Brother,” Jake’s younger sister, Prisha, smiled very happily, flashing all her front teeth. She was a radiant beauty. “To be honest, I thought you ran away so that you will get caught by your friend and then earn the million dollar reward, too! It turns out that you are not as smart as I thought!”
“Huh? Why the hell are you disappointed because I didn’t live up to your crooked logic?” Jake pulled her cheek a bit harshly. “Even if the reward was a hundred million, I wouldn’t have changed my mind!”
“Well, if I was in your shoes, I would work smartly,” Prisha said openly before her family members. “If you marry her now, then divorce her later, you can still earn in billions.”
Jake couldn’t even blink when she said those words. It was as if he forgot how to blink. “I can’t be swayed by money. But now I’m sure about one thing, Prisha. The most favorite muscle for you in a man must be… money!”
“Haha,” Prisha and her mother both chuckled. “Brother, I’ve always wanted a guy who can offer a 10K ring, 100K car, and 1M house. Even if he was a bald guy, I would have adjusted as long as he’s cool, but now, our stature has changed! I can dream even bigger!”
“Be more realistic, will ya? A high-quality man will look for high qualities which require more than just a beautiful face, my little sis,” Jake snorted. “And for starters, stop using filters on dating apps. You are already pretty enough. You don’t need more filters!”
“I don’t use filters at all!” Prisha barked in anger, making her parents laugh as they knew she was lying through her pretty teeth.
Just then, Jake’s younger brother, Davis, came to him and showed him some images on his mobile. “Bro, look at these pictures once.”
“Mm?” Jake looked at them. “Why are you showing me the pics of a teenager?”
“”What do you think about this girl?”
“Did you eat something rotten last night? Why are you asking such a thing about someone who looks like a 12 year old?” Jake barked.
“Because this girl was Delma when she was young!” Davis added.
Jake was startled quite a bit. “What? There’s no way,” he looked at the pictures again. The girl in the pictures was like a doll with the perfect symmetry. Her face, her eyes, and her smile was supremely pleasing and attractive to the eyes. “No, no, no, there’s no way this girl is Delma. Look, this one has a mole on her neck. But Delma doesn’t have one, right?”
“Maybe the mole got buried under the fat folds of her neck?” Prisha opined.
Jake was still shaking his head. “Even if it’s her, I’m not marrying her!”
“Brother, I heard Delma telling Mom that she will lose weight,” Prisha added. “Don’t you think you should give her a chance? Don’t be so mean to her when she loves you so wholeheartedly.”
“If you give her a year, then she’ll get slim, I think,” Davis opined. “I’m sure she’s hurt because you ran away, so don’t do such a stupid thing again, or you might really make her angry and upset.”
“You’re worried that she might get angry and upset, but what about my feelings?” Jake hissed at his family members.
“Well,” Davis scratched his chin and said, “she can darken the sun, stop the moon in its orbit, and turn the sea into glass if she wants. What can you do?”
Jake frowned. “I’m sure she can’t do any of that shit, but I get what you’re trying to convey by exaggerating things. Still, marrying her isn’t an option! If you like her so much, you can marry her!”
Everything that was happening in this room was currently being watched on a screen by Delma, and she was smiling with amusement.
“How can you smile when he’s talking like that about you, Delma?” an old man in a vintage, royal suit was standing next to her while adjusting his gold Rolex watch. “He may be good looking, but there are handsome guys in every city block. What’s so special about him that you caused a big scene to bring him back?”
“If I was in his shoes, I might have reacted the same way, Grandpa,” Delma said. “So, I’m going to be patient with him. Also, he said his bank card was frozen. He was yelling at me coldly for doing such a cruel thing. Why did you do it without even telling me?”
The old man, Elmond, forced out a laugh. “I wanted to teach that loser a lesson.”
“But he wasn’t wrong in running away. Maybe, I was too hasty,” Delma said, sighing. “I will give him some breathing space this time. Also, what about that ‘system’? Did you get it?”
“Ah, the weight-shifting system,” he sighed. “Knowing your condition, they are making unreasonable demands, but I’m still negotiating.” He slightly frowned. “If only the shedding system has chosen you, you could easily…”
“Tsk,” Delma looked annoyed. “Don’t talk about it. We can’t wait for a system to choose us, so let’s start with a good diet and exercise.”
Elmond smiled with excitement. He was really eager to see his granddaughter get back in shape more than anyone else.
“Also, we’ll take Jake to the secret chamber.”
Elmond’s expression froze. “What?”
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