You Are My One and Only

The way the woman stared at Isaac was intolerable for him because it was as though she was looking at him like he was a useless bum.

“How much is the rent?”

He couldn’t be bothered to explain himself to her, and he simply wanted to get rid of her. This morning, there were three crucial meetings, and he had canceled all of them, causing him tens of millions in loss. At the thought of this, the frown on his face deepened.

In contrast, the middle-aged woman broke into a smile. “That should be the way. This is how a man should be.”

Then, she took out a calculator and muttered, “2,500 a month makes it 15,000 for six months.”

“We’ll rent it for a year,” the man spat coldly, and the woman’s eyes sparkled.

“That’s a good relationship you have with her. If you pay rent for a year, that saves me a lot of trips from coming here, too.”

After that, Isaac allowed her into the house, and he transferred the money to her in the living room. While she was writing the receipt, Patricia woke up from thirst, but the jug in the room was empty, so she had to get water from downstairs. When she saw the two people in the living room, her brain was somewhat confused at the scene.

here?” she asked, meeting Isaac’s eyes,

my brains fried from the fever? she wondered. Everything feels so

Then, Mrs. Hubert patted her slender shoulder as she said, “Tricia, you have

words to sink in before Patricia reacted to them. “Mrs. Hubert, you

said, “I’ve paid your rent. Don’t forget to pay me

snatched the receipt from his hand and took a look. “You paid the rent for a

stacked above each other and nodded his gorgeous head. “Yes, I did. I wanted

felt no guilt for doing something terrible, and his face remained calm and composed without a

three meetings and took care of you the entire morning, incurring tens of millions in losses. I’ll charge you a friendship price for taking care of you by only taking one

was still thinking about how she could pay him back the 25,000; should it be in installments, or which jewelry she should sell,

that your time is precious, but I didn’t

was asking her for money. Finally, she knew how Arnolds Corporation

disgruntlement, she rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath,

the text message. “It’s your daughter who asked me to come, and I took care of you when I saw that you’re sick because I’m too

his way took a step closer to her, his hot breath coming down on her, smelling a little