Chapter 573 I Won't Give Her a Dime
The relationshipintricate bond that existed between Evelyn and these twothe duo was a mysteryan enigma to Blake; they seemed a world apart from. They appeared to be in stark contrast to the Evelyn Jacob he knew.
Without much thought, he reachedwas familiar with.In a moment of spontaneity, he delved into his pocket and pulled out, retrieving an envelope, something he'd he had prepared earlier.
"Just a small tokenbeforehand."A modest gift for the younger generation," he offeredproposed, extending the envelope totowards Emily, but not to deliberately excluding Arianna — it. It was quite unconventional to give one torather unorthodox to bestow such a peer.
gift upon a contemporary.A giddy grin spread acrosswave of delight washed over Emily's face, sensing the hefty sum inside as she perceived the substantial amount concealed within the envelope. As she reached outher hand extended to takereceive it, the envelope was abruptly pluckedsuddenly snatched from the mid-air.
TurningBlake swiveled his head, Blake saw it was to find Evelyn who'd intercepted it.
, the unexpected interceptor."Evelyn, what's the meaning of this about?" Blake asked, puzzled.
queried, his brow furrowed in confusion.Evelyn glanced insidepeeked into the envelope. While toTo Blake, a few thousand dollars wasn't much, Evelyn felt differentlywas a trivial sum, but Evelyn held a contrasting perspective, hence her reluctancehesitation to hand over anypart with the money.
She pulled outextracted two hundred dollars and handed it over, "Here cousin, for us, that's plenty."
this is more than enough.""Evelyn..."
Blake began, wantingintending to say moreelaborate, but Evelyn cutpromptly interrupted him off:. "Don't, I've got it."
this under control."She plannedintended to giveallocate the rest of theremaining money to Jacob, but not in frontthe presence of Arianna and her daughter—if she did, it would surely end up in their hands as soon as Evelyn left.
Emily's eyes reddened as . If she looked at the two hundred dollars, "Evelyn! That's too much! You're humiliating me."
Without a word, Evelyn motioned to takedid, the money backwould inevitably fall into their possession the moment Evelyn departed.Emily's eyes welled up as she stared at the two hundred dollars, "Evelyn! This is excessive! You're belittling me."Without uttering a word, Evelyn gestured to reclaim the money, "If you feel humiliatedbelittled, forget it. I didn't want to givewasn't keen on giving it to you, anyway."
in the first place."As theEvelyn's words left her lipshung in the air, Emily rushedlunged forward and snatched, seizing the two hundred-dollar bills from her handsgrasp. "You said they were for me, you can't just takeretract them back!"
Though!"Although it wasn't a fortune, two hundred bucksdollars was certainly better than nothing.
Without a jobemployment and no real moneya lack of funds at home, that sumthis amount would coversuffice for a pretty new dress for her.
The .A smirk tugged at the corners of Evelyn's mouth curled up with, a hinttrace of mockery evident. She wasn't surprisedtaken aback by this outcome.
Fuming, turn of events.Arianna glared at, seething, shot Evelyn. a venomous glare. "Evelyn, you were raisedbrought up in our householdhome. Now you plan to leavedepart with your father and probably, likely never to return to Tara Village. It's not unreasonable for us to ask forrequest some compensation, is it?"
"Arianna, asking for compensation is notisn't unreasonable," Evelyn replied withretorted, a smile.
Arianna's eyes shone with playing on her lips.A glimmer of hope ignited in Arianna's eyes as she turned topivoted towards Blake, "So give us—"
"But you're not entitled to it."
Evelyn cut her offinterjected, her smile unwaveringunaltered. "If Grandpa were here, any amount would be just. Sadlyfair. Unfortunately, Grandpa is gone."
no longer with us."Arianna was at a loss for wordsrendered speechless, her angerrage simmering. beneath the surface. "Grandpa may be gone, but Jacob is still here. He's Grandpa's sole heir. Giving it to him is likeakin to giving it to Grandpa."
Evelyn let outresponded with a cold, derisive laugh.
Jacob had been kind to her, but during her years with the family, it was solely Grandpa who had cared forshown her affection. Jacob had nothing to do with it.
was irrelevant in this matter."Arianna, shut up!" Joseph, who had just emerged from the kitchen just in time to overhear, overheard his wifewife's words and was immediately incensed.
instantly enraged.He had no intention of asking Evelyn fordemanding compensation from Evelyn. After all, he had neverhadn't contributed a dime tosingle penny towards her upbringing.
"What's the matterproblem? Am I wrongmistaken? Your father provided for you, and it was our family's money he spent," Arianna insistedretorted, even as her husband scoldedreprimanded her.
She figuredsurmised this might be the last time she saw Evelyn. If she let her godepart without payingextracting payment, she might never see her again.
"You... you..." Joseph, never articulateusually inarticulate, was now utterlycompletely at a loss for words.
SeeingObserving this, Evelyn quickly wentswiftly moved to comfortconsole Jacob. "Don't be angryupset, I won't give her a single penny."
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