Chapter 4
People all said hopeless romantics were all rich, and now, I finally knew why. Shaun paid me over a million dollars just because my handwriting reminded him of his late wife! He must have loved her to the core.
As I counted those zeros in my account balance, I started wandering.
Frankly, I was hard up.
I had been hospitalized before, which cost Arnold a fortune.
Though he said I didn’t have to pay him back, we were just dating, and I didn’t think that would be appropriate.
Everyone said I hit the jackpot to be with him.
He was a PhD graduate from a prestigious university and the youngest cardiac department deputy director at a top–tier hospital. Also, he was so handsome.
After work, he’d come home as fast as he could to cook me my favorite.
He had saved up for years to buy an apartment at a great location and offered to put my name on the deed.
And that was precisely why I wanted to repay him.
With Shaun’s money, I could buy Arnold everything he liked.
But… did the money really belong to me?
Maybe Shaun was drunk, and maybe he’d want his money back after he
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sobered up.
With this in mind, I replied to Shaun uneasily, “Mr. Chapman, I’ll ship the notebooks to you right away.
“You won’t go back on your word, right?”
Shaun asked, “You’re in Los Angeles?
“I’m in town for meetings these days. You don’t need to ship them. Tell me an address, and I’ll get someone to fetch them.”
I replied quickly, “No need. Are you in your branch office? I know where the Chapman Group is. I’ll bring them over shortly.”
After what he paid me, I figured that I owed him at least this much.
He didn’t object.
“I’ll be in my office till 10:00 p.m.‘
“Alright!”
I counted those zeros in my account balance several times and then packed up all the notebooks in high spirits. Then I got downstairs and hailed a cab.
On the way, I received a call from Lawrence Parks.
“Mona, you’re really something.”
He accused me of being obsessed with money in an exaggerated tone.
“You want 300,000 dollars for a couple of used textbooks? Seriously? Set the price right, or Arnold wouldn’t get off my back.“.
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Lawrence was Arnold’s best friend.
Hearing this, I knew Arnold asked Lawrence to buy my textbooks behind my back.
Lawrence sounded bitter.
“Arnold dotes on you so much that you can’t even set the price, right?
“Keep this between us. He specifically asked me not to let you know.”
I couldn’t help but grin.
“Lawrence, check the page. I’ve sold the books for 300,000 dollars!”
The Chapman Group wasn’t far from where I lived, and I’d soon arrive there. On the way, I told Lawrence about what had happened while joking with him.
Of course, other than the 300,000 dollars, I told him nothing.
I knew he came from a rich family with a political background, and he wouldn’t make a fuss over 130,000 dollars.
To my surprise, he raised his voice at once.
“Shaun Chapman?”
I sensed deep panic in his voice.
“Go home now, Mona!
“You can’t see him!”
“Why not? This is 300,000 dollars we’re talking about, OK? Are you jealous? Chill. I promise I’ll take you to a fancy meal,” I said.
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Holding a paper box, I walked into the Chapman Group.
Since I didn’t have an employee badge, and the Chapman Group had strict security, the receptionist grilled me, not letting me in.
Holding the box with one hand, I used the other to hang up the phone. “Talk to you later,” I said to Lawrence.
After knowing why I was there, the receptionist told me Shaun had already informed her. I could use the elevator to go to the top floor right
away.
