Chapter 5

"Void the contract?" Greg's face darkened. "Miss Shane, don't push your luck. A million isn't enough? I can give you two million, or three million."

He took a checkbook from his suit pocket, wrote three million, and tore it out to hand it to her. "Take the money and quietly be my emergency donor. Stop playing these elusive games."

He used money to deal with her again.

In Greg's eyes, everything could be bought with money.

Five years ago, Rena decided to give up studying abroad and transferred back home.

Greg sent someone over and offered Eileen five million dollars to ask her to drop out of college and go to a distant place and never return.

Eileen couldn't bear to abandon her diploma, which she would obtain soon, and her family in her hometown.

She said she would break up with Greg, but those people resorted to violence.

They injured her leg and forced her to write a breakup letter. He claimed only her handwriting would convince Rena that he and Eileen had truly broken up.

After she finished, they intended to abduct her abroad.

She narrowly escaped, but her leg was left crippled.

Eileen recalled Greg's ruthlessness from back then and regretted openly confronting him at that moment.

She feared that he would secretly monitor her in the coming days.

Eileen lowered her gaze and took the check. A tear fell on Greg's hand accidentally.

Greg watched her cry and had that familiar irritation within him again.

He remembered Eileen had also gazed at him with tears in her eyes like that.

Why did Irene always remind him of Eileen?

He stepped forward and instinctively tried to wipe her tears.

Eileen abruptly stepped back, and her eyes were full of caution and disgust.

That look overlapped with the eyes he dreamt of nightly. It pierced Greg.

"Thank you, Mr. Burton, for reminding me that only money cannot break its word in the world."

Eileen let out a cold laugh and left.

She planned to take Lottie far away once Greg's surgery was done.

After Eileen left, Greg furrowed his brows tightly.

In the past, Eileen took his mother's five million dollars, wrote him a breakup letter, and left him.

Only Rena never cared about his money.

Greg took out his phone and texted Kole.

"Keep an eye on Irene. Don't let her leave Bexwell."

She was his life-saving blood supply, so she must remain under control.

Eileen returned to Greg's place with Lottie, who was bandaged. Eileen started packing.

They had to leave as soon as the surgery was over.

"Mom, after Dad's surgery, will we have to go?"

Lottie asked. Her eyes were red. "Can't he always be my dad?

Is it because I'm not good enough or not smart enough?"

Eileen got down and wiped the tears from Lottie's face.

"Lottie, it's not your fault. Everyone has their own likes and affections. I will always be with you.

Once his surgery is done, I promise we'll find a dad who is willing to be with you. Okay?"

Lottie was still upset. She buried her face in Eileen's embrace. "I don't want a dad. I just want you, Mom."

Eileen was heartbroken.

She was wrong.

She shouldn't have held onto any hope with Greg and dragged Lottie into this matter.

She had always kept a final feeling for Greg and constantly assumed that maybe his subordinates misunderstood his orders so that they injured her so badly back then.

But Eileen would no longer entertain any wishful thinking at that moment.

There were many possibilities out there.

She would no longer cling to her faint hope and would open her heart to other guys.