Chapter 207 I No Longer Owe You
Zachary wasn’t home, so there was no need for Calista to go in now, She’d gone through everything in this mansion. This mansion was resold once, for sure there was no sign of her mother’s stuff anymore.
She could’ve questioned Zachary through WhatsApp, but he probably wouldn’t tell the truth. She came all the way here because she wanted to see the clues in his expression,
Calista called him. She found out that he had gone abroad and he was uncertain about his return. After a few days, she had been contacting Zachary, but the answers she got were still uncertain about his return.
She didn’t know whether this was merely a coincidence or was there some other reason. She thought for
a
moment and took a picture of the sketch of the painting. She sent the picture to him.
“Have you seen this painting?”
“Nope.”
Seeing how things couldn’t work out with Zachary, Calista finally contacted that mysterious man after much consideration.
He wasn’t surprised when he received her call. He gave her an address.
“Ms. Everhart, if you’re scared, you could also bring a friend along.”
Calista didn’t bring Yara along. She only sent her the address and told her to call the police if she lost contact for ten minutes.
It was a villa nestled in the mountains. There was nothing particularly special about it. She stepped inside and didn’t see the man she had met that day.
Instead, a housekeeper brought up a severely damaged painting.
“This is the assessment.”
The painting for the assessment was severely damaged. Even though it was only one–third of the entire painting, she spent nearly two weeks on the restoration.
At the Northwood Corporation, everyone in the company knew Lucian had been in a bad mood lately. It wasn’t the kind of anger that made him yell at people.
But his gloominess made everyone shiver with fear. Every employee who went in to report to him buried their heads down and dared not make eye contact with him.
However, they were still covered in cold sweat after they came out of his office. David knocked on the
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“Mr. Northwood, these two documents need your urgent attention. The engineering document needs.
them as soon as possible.”
Lucian’s phone, which was placed beside his hand, lit up. A message came in. He stretched out his hand, but it wasn’t to reach for the documents David handed him. He was reaching for the phone instead.
His fingers glided across the screen. David, with keen perception, noticed that Lucian’s expression
darkened after he read the message.
Even though the air conditioning wasn’t on in the office, the temperature seemed to have droppe
several degrees. David suddenly shivered uncontrollably.
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Lucian nonchalantly tossed his phone, which cost around 10,000 dollars onto the table like a brick. It
caused a loud ‘thud‘ as it hit the solid wood table.
e glanced up at David, who was standing in front of his desk. He frowned.
“What is it?”
“I said all that for nothing.” David thought.
He originally wanted to repeat what he said earlier. But he lost his senses when Lucian looked at him.
Instead, he blurted out, “Is Mr. Northwood waiting for Mrs. Northwood’s call?”
As soon as he said it, he wanted to slap himself.
“Why did you say that? You shouldn’t have brought that up.” he thought.
To no surprise, Lucian said icily, “Did you see me waiting for her call? Also, we’re already divorced. Don’t
address her as Mrs. Northwood from now on.”
He paused, then added, “So as not to affect each other’s personal love interests.”
After Lucian and Calista parted at the restaurant that day, they had been giving each other the cold shoulder. They hadn’t been in touch since then.
David’s phone rang. He took it out and glanced at it. It was from the front desk downstairs. He answered the call and his expression changed within seconds. He looked at Lucian with a complicated expression.
“Mr. Northwood, Ms. Everhart is downstairs. She wants to see you.”
To speak of the devil. Lucian told them to let her come up. Calista took the lift. She entered Lucian’s office as she endured different looks from his secretarial department.
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David was thirsty for some tea. He almost blurted out to ask Lucian whether he should stay back.
Since Lucian and Calista were divorced, it’d be easy for people to misunderstand the situation if they
were the only ones left in the office. It’d affect their personal love interests as well.
Although he resisted his urge, Calista didn’t treat him like an outsider at all. Before David could make his
leave, she whipped out a bank card and handed it to Lucian.
*All the money I owe you is in here. I no longer owe you anything.”
David was speechless.
“Damn! This is some goddamn tea!” he thought to himself.
“Whose money is it again?” Lucian stared at the bank card at the table.
His expression could freeze anyone in their tracks.
“Can’t it be money I earned myself?”
Lucian already helped her to repay the money she borrowed from Yara. So even if the amount she paid.
previously was subtracted, she still owed him two million.
“It’s impossible for your job to earn that much in such a short amount of time. Unless you robbed a bank.”
It wasn’t like she couldn’t earn that amount of money. But her work required long periods and yet, she managed to come up with so much money in such a short time.
Lucian’s tone held no trace of mockery or looking down on her.
“That’s none of your concern. The money’s here, we’re even now.”
Lucian frowned.
“Are you in such a hurry to cut all ties with me?”
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She
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was merely here to pay off her debt. After she was done with it, she left right away
way without lingering
Just as she pulled the door open to a crack, she heard hurried footsteps behind her. A hand reached out and forcefully closed the door with a loud ‘bang‘.
Lucian’s hand was against the door, with others wrestling Calista over. He shoved the bank card in her palm
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“Once I give you the money, it’s yours. I never intended for you to pay it back. I helped you with your debt.
and you married me–this was the deal we made back then. It’s a fair deal so we don’t owe each other.”
“But we’re already divorced, Calista answered.
Perhaps it was because she used to be rejected every single time she sought help, or perhaps it was the
dire straits she found herself in at that time, when she heard his words, she felt a tiny flicker of gratitude.
Lucian snorted.
“By your logic, if I bought a pair of shoes and returned them after three years, the store owner had to give
me a refund by then, right?
Calista was speechless.
“Gratitude my foot. This bastard doesn’t deserve it,” she thought.
“As for this money, it should go back to where it came from. You’re still a young girl, don’t go around
asking people for money recklessly. You’re a fool sometimes, so don’t be so foolish to the extent that you don’t even realize you’re being taken advantage of. Who, if not for an ulterior motive, would give away two
million so generously? Being naive doesn’t mean you deserve to be taken advantage of.”
After shoving the bank card to Calista, Lucian pulled out a black card from his wallet.
“Charge the interest to this card. There’s no limit to it, so settle it all in one go. Don’t leave any loose ends for others to cling to. If you can’t handle it on your own, bring David along.
With that, he shoved the black card in her palm as well.
As Calista’s fingers came across the edges of the black card, she recoiled her fingers as if she were burnt
by it. The card fell to the ground.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t accept this.”
“Why?”
Lucian stared at her as his eyes dimmed
“Is it because you don’t want to get involved with me? Are you afraid that I’ll take advantage of the situation and pester you again?”
