“Hello, what a nice girl…” Samantha was very happy.
Vivian looked innocent and beautiful, and Samantha liked her at the first sight. However, her smile was gone when she saw the crumpled cleaner’s uniform that Vivian was wearing.
She reprimanded Mrs. Linderman for not buying Vivian some decent clothes, while she took a gold card out of her purse and handed it to Vivian, saying it was a gift for her.
Vivian was thrilled to accept it. She talked with Samantha for a while and left the room with Mrs. Linderman to give Samantha some privacy to talk to Mr. Linderman.
After Vivian closed the door, she instantly grabbed her mother’s hand and asked excitedly, “Mom, who is the woman? Why did she give me a gold card when we met for the first time?”
Mrs. Linderman turned her head slightly away and said calmly, “It doesn't matter who she is. All that matters is that she is very rich and you’d better act more politely when you see her in the future. I bet it will be very rewarding for you. It’s a gold card this time. Maybe next time it will be diamonds, expensive cars, and fancy houses!”
“Really?”
Vivian was even more curious about Samantha’s identity after she heard what her mother had said. But her mother was apparently unwilling to say more about it. She knew she shouldn’t ask more questions now. So she made up an excuse and left the hospital. She went straight to an ATM nearby.
At the moment, Vivian was dying to know how much money there was in the gold card!
She eagerly entered the password Samantha had told her and she was flabbergasted when she saw the balance of the bank account.
“One, two, three, four, five, six…”
She counted the zeroes one by one, “Oh my God, a million dollars!”
She was insanely overjoyed.
She had never seen so much money in her entire life!
With so much money, there was no need for her to go to work in the CL Group anymore. She could travel, buy everything she had wanted to buy, and even start her own business. She closed her eyes with joy, imaging a wonderful picture of her future life.
Mr. Linderman was devastated. But he didn’t complain. He was nice to her as always. It was only that he became silent and skinny.
After several months, Samantha gave birth to a baby girl.
She asked him to take care of the baby. She left her home town again and never returned. She had been wiring him a handsome sum of money every year as alimony.
Samantha had failed the entire family. Two years later, Mr. Linderman met Mrs. Linerman on a blind date.
All in all, Samantha had owed Mr. Linderman too much.
Mr. Linderman’s eyelids twitched even more at Samantha’s self-condemning sobs.
Samantha continued, “I’ve met my baby. She’s grown into a tall and beautiful girl. Thank you for having forgiven me and raised her for me. Thank you so much. You’re the best man I’ve ever seen in the world, dear cousin. Please wake up. A good man like you should live a long and happy life. I’m the one who deserves such a great misfortune, not you. I’m an ungrateful, greedy and vain woman!”
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