Adrian couldn't get the thoughts of Lopez out of his mind.

What was she doing at the hospital? Is that man sick? How dare she? Or did she marry me just to pay his hospital bills?

The questions kept circling in his head so relentlessly that he couldn't focus on work anymore. Eventually, he decided to head home early.

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Lopez, on the other hand, had made up her mind to ask for the money for her mother's surgery. If she had managed to do it the first time, the second time shouldn't be as difficult.

Only this time, she intended to alter the contract.

She was still rehearsing how...