Goodbye, Ex-husband! I’m Pregnant with Your Uncle’s Child!
Chapter 143 One Yuan

Chapter 143: Chapter 143 One Yuan

Julia Land frowned, "Director Quarter, could I ask you for a favor?"

"Speak."

The door was right behind Julia Land.

There was nowhere for her to retreat.

Without any hurry, she raised her eyes and said, "How much money did it roughly cost to save me from that place this time? I can’t repay the favor, but I can start by repaying the money."

After hearing Julia Land’s words, Noah Quarter laughed softly, his voice tinged with coolness, "Do you think I saved you just so you could repay me with money?"

Julia Land, full of skepticism, seriously asked, "Then why did you suddenly have the heart to save me?"

Noah Quarter’s throat tightened.

Given Julia Land’s current defensive attitude toward him, if he dared say he wanted to pursue her again, she would immediately turn against him.

How can a woman be so difficult to deal with?

A sense of frustration.

The atmosphere turned rigid for a moment.

He straightened his sleeves, his face cold, "One dollar."

Julia Land, "What?"

"Redeeming you cost one dollar." Noah Quarter was angry, and it was evident from his eyebrows and eyes that he was irritated.

Julia Land moved her lips, slightly hesitant; then, she opened her wallet, flipped through it, and indeed found a dollar.

"One dollar, for you."

Her fingertips gingerly pinched the one-dollar bill and extended it toward Noah Quarter.

Her expression was very calm.

After all, it was he who said it cost a dollar, true or false, she considered her debt repaid.

The man gave Julia Land’s face a cursory glance, then after a few seconds, his gaze fell on her fair fingers.

He paused for a moment before taking the dollar.

Immediately after, he heard Julia Land say crisply, "In the future, when we encounter each other, we’d better keep a distance of more than one meter. Ex-husband and ex-wife getting too close isn’t very appropriate."

"I mean it."

Julia Land emphasized once again.

This time, Noah Quarter felt his heart and lungs fill with irritation.

He leaned a hand against the door, his gaze lowered to her, eyes filled with deep meaning, "We..."

A beam of light happened to shine on the two of them.

The maintenance man’s electric scooter light was on, and it shone right onto Julia Land’s doorstep.

Coincidentally lighting them up.

The maintenance man stopped his scooter, his eyes sharp as he noticed the man and woman standing in front of the villa door, one behind the other.

It looked somewhat like those wall-pin scenes on TV.

The maintenance man turned off the light.

Julia Land saw the maintenance man as if he were her savior, finally ready to go back inside.

She pushed past Noah Quarter, "Master, please make sure to fix the lock properly this time."

"Let me see what the problem is first."

The maintenance man, carrying his toolbox, approached the door and glanced at Noah Quarter.

A very handsome man.

He checked the lock.

"Strange, the lock core is broken. I’ll replace it with a new one for you, no charge."

Julia Land, "Okay, thank you. How long will it take?"

"Very quick."

Seeing the lock was already being dismantled, Noah Quarter glanced at Julia Land and turned to go back to the neighboring villa.

Behind him, the sounds of Julia Land conversing with the maintenance man could be heard.

"Is the quality of this lock better now?" she asked doubtfully.

The maintenance man’s neck turned red, "This time it’s definitely fine, no idea why you’re so unlucky to have encountered a faulty one."

The words unlucky.

Caused Julia Land to hold back her critical comment.

It’s clearly your locks that are the problem, right?

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"Tai, Miss Sullivan has returned the two tailored gowns for alterations."

Tai, the designer’s assistant, walked into the office carrying two gift boxes just air-shipped from Capital City.

"Alterations? What’s wrong with them?"

Tai set down his pen to ask.

"The bust needs to be taken in, waist let out, and one gown’s shoulder width needs adjustment."

The assistant handed Tai, the designer, the note of measurements requested by Chloe Sullivan.

Tai took the note, scanned the measurement chart, and frowned slightly, "This one and the measurements Mr. Thompson provided differ quite a bit."

At least the difference in bust size was significant.

As a designer, he was sensitive to clothing data and body proportions, and he felt the measurements were for two different people.

According to Mr. Thompson’s sizes, the woman should be of the voluptuous and slim-waist type.

The assistant continued, "Other designers also received gowns returned by Miss Sullivan. I saw the news from Capital City; maybe she just had a baby, and her figure changed a bit?"

Tai didn’t say anything, they would go to great lengths to fulfill the customer’s requests.

In contrast to Tai’s calm demeanor was another designer, Bee, responsible for designing rings.

Bee was irritated looking at the rings that were returned for alteration, dumbfounded by the modification request.

Originally, the rings were engraved with Li&Zhi, and now Miss Sullivan was asking to change it to Qing&Zhi.

Bee found it all very suspicious.

Mr. Thompson had an accident in Scott Nation, and at that time, Miss Sullivan claimed publicly to be Mr. Thompson’s lover— thus the ring ended up in Sullivan’s hands.

The elite circles were sometimes chaotic; maybe this ring was for a kept canary by Mr. Thompson?

If so, Mr. Thompson would probably come to settle the account upon his return.

Designer Bee made a bold decision.

He put away the returned rings and crafted a new, similar-looking pair for Miss Sullivan.

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Thompson Family.

Cody Thompson rarely had the evening free to come home for dinner tonight.

When his face was cold, it looked very stern.

He was even busier now due to his son, James Thompson’s disappearance.

After dinner, he put down his chopsticks and turned to Maya Chant, the second wife, "Maya, there’s a charity event tomorrow, take Chloe Sullivan with you."

Although Chloe Sullivan was in confinement, she could occasionally step out for a bit.

Maya Chant put down her chopsticks, wiped her red lips, nodded, and replied, "Okay."

Chloe Sullivan was taken aback for a moment and smiled faintly, "Thank you."

Sophia Hart kept her head down, eating her meal while pricking up her ears to their conversation.

Two nannies brought over the twins.

Cody Thompson glanced at the infants, and his typically stern face softened a tad.

He left the dining table and went upstairs to his study.

In the study, Cody Thompson first dealt with company affairs until he took a break.

James Thompson was his proudest son, outstanding and smart, but rebellious.

Cody Thompson pulled open a drawer and took out a document.

The document opened, inside was the paternity test result of the twins.

He closed the document.

He put it back in the drawer and locked it up.