"Jacob, do you truly think it is completely right to spend your birthday with your girl best friend who had just confessed to you yesterday?" Adriana’s voice sounded.
She was standing near a window with a cold expression.
Jacob’s voice could be heard from her phone,
"Adriana, it’s not like that. She confessed, but I didn’t say yes. I told her we were just friends. You are being petty."
"Petty? ? Jacob, do you even love anymore? Last night, you went to watch a movie with your ex! Now you are celebrating your birthday with your girl best friend."
"She said she needed soone to talk to. I didn’t want to be rude." Jacob’s weak defense ca from the other side.
"Wow, Jacob. That’s so thoughtful of you." Adriana said sarcastically.
"Hey, don’t make a big deal out of this, alright? I won’t cheat on you. That should be enough assurance for you. Don’t act like a crazy b*tch." Jacob sounded a bit impatient.
Adriana closed her eyes and said,
"Alright. I am the crazy b*tch then. Let’s breakup."
Jacob was silent for a mont before he let out a small laugh.
"Adriana, co on. Don’t be like this," he said smoothly. "You’re overreacting. I didn’t do anything wrong."
Adriana tightened her grip on her phone.
"Spending ti with your ex and the girl who confessed to you is not wrong?"
"You’re twisting things," Jacob sighed.
"I already told you, my ex just needed soone to talk to, and my best friend? She’s been in my life longer than you. What, you want to throw her away just because you feel insecure?"
Adriana’s jaw clenched.
"That’s not the point, Jacob. The point is you keep choosing them over ."
Jacob scoffed.
"That’s rich, coming from you. You, too, chose your family over , right? You always find a reason to pick fights with . It’s like you want to break up."
Adriana felt her chest tighten. "No, I just want a boyfriend who respects ."
Jacob sighed dramatically.
"You know I love you, Adriana. But if you can’t trust , then maybe you’re the problem, not ."
Adriana’s breath hitched. She knew what he was doing—twisting everything, making her feel like she was being unreasonable.
"You always do this," she whispered.
"Do what?" Jacob asked, pretending to sound confused. "Tell the truth? Try to calm you down?"
Adriana shook her head. "No. You make feel like I’m crazy for having basic expectations."
Jacob groaned. "Adriana, if you’re so unhappy, why are you still with ?"
Adriana froze.
"You might not rember this, Adriana, but when you were at the lowest of your life, I was there for you, not your family! They were busy in their life. Do I need to remind you..."
Adriana hung up the call, her breathing turned rapid, and she took hold of the wall to prevent herself from falling.
Her eyes turned moist as she sobbed.
Suddenly, soone tapped her on her shoulder.
Adriana’s face turned pale, and when she turned around, she saw Aurora standing behind her.
Aurora didn’t question her, instead, she wiped Adriana’s tears and said softly,
"Stop crying."
The tears Adriana was holding back started to fall.
She hugged Aurora’s waist and sobbed weakly.
Aurora’s heart ached.
She had never seen her eldest sister so broken. Yes, her sister had cried, but she was never this broken.
And what did Jacob an by the lowest point of her life? Did Adriana suffer sothing?
The re thought was enough to make Aurora suffocate.
Aurora hugged Adriana back, patting her head gently.
"It’s okay, sister," she whispered. "You don’t need him."
After so while, Adriana wiped away her tears and asked,
"What are you doing here? You shouldn’t have left your room."
Aurora, however, didn’t move. "Sister, are you hiding sothing?"
"What? N-No. Everything is alright. My boyfriend was acting sh*tty, and I was upset over it, that is all." Adriana tried to act calm.
Aurora didn’t believe Adriana.
How could she believe her when she could see how scared Adriana looked?
Yet she stayed silent.
"Sister, if there is sothing you can’t tell now, when I will be coma, just tell it to , okay?" Aurora said softly.
Everyone only sees Adriana’s straightforward and selfish side, but Aurora knows a completely different side of Adriana, too.
Adriana forced a small smile.
"Aurora, you’re not going to be in a coma. Don’t say weird things."
Aurora tilted her head.
"But if I am, you’ll tell your secret then, right?"
Adriana sighed and flicked Aurora’s forehead lightly.
"Stop saying nonsense. You should go to sleep."
Aurora rubbed her forehead, pouting.
"Fine. But you better not cry alone again, okay?"
Adriana nodded, but Aurora knew it wasn’t a real promise.
After returning to her room, Emily inford Aurora that she bought 10 more houses and a club, as Aurora had asked her to.
$12 million dollars was a huge sum.
So, Aurora wasn’t shocked by the numbers. Instead, she said to Emily,
"Buy 20 more houses and then acquire a profitable repair shop. Hire my father as a manager and give him half of the profits as a salary.
Take a portion of your salary from it too and save the remaining, if possible buy shares from the profit."
Emily nodded.
After the houses were transferred to Adam and Mary, Aurora’s bank account soared to $25 million.
With that, Emily bought another 20 houses and transferred them to Mary and Adam.
Once the bank account reached $45 million, Emily acquired a profitable repair shop for $300,000.
The repair shop was under Aurora’s na, and she asked Emily to urge HR to hire Adam and give him a salary package of $100,000.
Emily efficiently followed Aurora’s orders, and by evening, Adam was beaming.
He had gathered everyone in the hospital room of Aurora and announced with a joyful face,
"I have got a job! And my salary package is..."
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