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Chapter 181 When Do You Plan to Set Me Up?
Lucas appeared visibly surprised, his deep gaze settling on her face.
“Dating?”
Marion’s face turned crimson, embarrassment spreading on her face. She quickly raised her hand and
lightly tapped her mouth. “I was just joking! Just telling a joke to lighten the mood haha! Not funny?”
So awkward! She wished she could disappear into thin air!
Fortunately, at that moment, Lucas’s phone rang. Without waiting for him to speak, Marion tactfully
said, “I suddenly remembered something,” and turned around to run upstairs.
Back in her room, Marion buried her face in her pillow.
Thinking about what she said earlier, she wished she could sew her mouth shut.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtRolling on the bed, she remembered the thirty million dollar check from Alice.
Marion picked up the check beside her pillow. She had attempted to count the number of zeros on the
check and failed. Thirty million!
Marion could not believe it and wondered what Alice was playing at.
She sent a message to Cassie with a picture of the check: [I don’t quite understand Alice’s thought
process. She came over this morning to thank me and gave me this check!”
Cassie, seemingly glued to her phone, replied swiftly: [What! Is it possible that Alice likes you, not
Lucas?]
Marion: [Sorry, not into that!]
Marion instantly felt that the thirty million was a sore topic. During lunch, she had no choice but to bring
up the issue with Lucas.
“What do you think about Miss Alice’s thirty-million-dollar check? Shouldn’t I return it to her?”
Lucas glanced at the check in her hand, “Why return it? Isn’t it rightfully yours?”
“…Don’t you find it strange? Miss Alice is your prospective partner in the arranged marriage. She
jumped into the pool herself last night, and today she came over insisting on thanking me…”
The more Marion thought about it, the more she felt like Alice was setting her up. Lucas gave her at
sidelong glance, “It does seem a bit strange.”
He paused for a moment, then casually added, “But she gave you the check. Even if she changes her
mind, you don’t need to return it. Besides, she hasn’t changed her mind.”
“Although you say that, I’m just afraid she’s setting me up.”
“Would you set someone up by giving them thirty million dollars?”
Lucas looked at her, suddenly curling his lips, “So when do you plan to set me up?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMarion did not know what to say to that.
He made a good point. Although Lucas assured her that she could use the money without worry,
Marion still felt uneasy. She had never encountered such a windfall, and thirty million was a substantial
sum for her. She was worried about the possible consequences.
Marion neatly put away the check. Thinking about The Transcendent from last night’s water incident,
she decided to make a call to have it checked and maintained.
Before she could make the call, Lucas’s arranged personnel arrived. Marion sighed in relief. With such
an expensive necklace, any damage would result in a loss likely in tens of thousands of dollars.
Just as Marion emerged from the study, she received a friend request reminder on her phone: [It’s
Alice!]
Was this about asking for her thirty million back?
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