Chapter 46 Chapter 46: Ten Million Dollars
Estelle was stunned.
“Because I feel guilty for her. I did something wrong and hurt her before. I feel ashamed and don’t have the nerve to face her. So I want to help you and take it as a way to compensate for what I did to her.”
“But Sir, if you did something wrong to her, you should apologise to her and ask for her forgiveness rather than helping a stranger like me,” Estelle urged him sincerely.
Mr. Mysterious raised his eyebrows and asked, “You don’t want to help the Miller family?”
Estelle hastily replied, “I do.”
“Then don’t talk nonsense if you want to help them. Estelle, no one can change my mind as long as I am determined to do something, get it?”
Hearing that, Estelle could only nod and say, “I see.”
“By the way, what medicine did you take outside the Hudson’s House today?” Mr. Mysterious suddenly asked her.
Estelle was a little flustered. She clenched her handbag subconsciously and asked, “What medicine? What are you talking about, sir?”
“You don’t have to pretend. The driver saw you take medicine and told me about it. Estelle, what happened to you?”
“I’m fine,” Estelle said awkwardly, “I’m really fine. I just had an operation for appendicitis a few days ago. I’m afraid of pain, so I asked the doctor to prescribe some painkillers.”
“Show me your medicine.”
Estelle didn’t move. She looked at Mr. Mysterious and said, “Sir...”
In the darkness, she could see Mr. Mysterious’ bright eyes.
“Tell me the truth, or show me the medicine,” Mr. Mysterious repeated his words.
Estelle had no choice but to take out the bottle of painkillers and give it to him.
In the darkness, she wondered how Mr. Mysterious could see the instructions on the bottle.
After scrutinizing the instructions on the bottle carefully for a while, Mr. Mysterious said in a low voice, “It’s indeed a painkiller.”
“Yes,” Estelle nodded.
“The operation for appendicitis nowadays is minimally invasive. Is it so painful?”
Estelle nodded slightly and said, “Not exactly. There’s another reason that I have to take painkillers. I didn’t recover well after giving birth to my daughter, and sometimes I also have lower abdominal pain, so I can only rely on painkillers to relieve the pain.”
Speaking of Yvonne, Estelle couldn’t help but smile with her eyes full of tenderness.
But at the same time, she felt a little sad. She hadn’t seen her daughter for many days. Yvonne was still a baby and needed her care.
She believed that Cristofer wouldn’t abuse his daughter, but she was still worried that he could take good care of Yvonne.
Estelle missed her daughter so much and couldn’t help wondering if her daughter was also missing her. And at the thought that she couldn’t see Yvonne, she felt distressed.
“Sir, when can I see my daughter?” She asked Mr. Mysterious.
Mr. Mysterious didn’t give her a definite answer.
“You still need to wait for some time.”
“How long will I have to wait?” Estelle’s voice was filled with anxiety.
“Why are you so anxious? She won’t disappear,” Mr. Mysterious cautiously answered, hands gently tapping on the table.
Estelle was speechless.
She was distressed because she didn’t know how long she could live and if she could see her daughter before she died. She didn’t want to die with regret.
Mr. Mysterious took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “Don’t worry. I’ll help you.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
The following day, when Estelle woke up, Mr. Mysterious had left.
Sometimes, she felt that Mr. Mysterious was very strange. Every morning when she woke up at seven o’clock, the bedsheet beside her had turned cold. And she never knew when Mr. Mysterious left.
Why didn’t he choose a hotel near his workplace if he needed to leave early in the morning? She wondered.
Then she thought that it must be because Mr. Mysterious didn’t want to expose his identity that he deliberately chose a hotel far from where he worked.
Estelle felt it a little funny at the thought that Mr. Mysterious was so cautious and had to get up very early every morning.
At this time, her phone rang.
Rebecca was calling her.
Estelle answered the phone at once, “Hello, Rebecca.”
Rebecca asked anxiously, “Estelle, where are you now? Can you come out and meet me?”
Judging from her tone, Estelle guessed that something must have happened to the Miller family, and York was very likely to have added insult to injury to vent his anger.
She poured out a pill from the medicine bottle quickly and swallowed the pill directly. While changing her shoes, she said, “Let’s meet at the cafe next to our school. I’ll be there in about ten minutes.”
“Okay, see you later.”
When Estelle arrived at the cafe, Rebecca had been waiting for her, looking restless.
Seeing Estelle, she stood up and waved at her, “Estelle, I’m here!”
Estelle quickly walked over, sat beside her, and asked, “Rebecca, did anything happen to the Miller Group?”
Rebecca asked surprisedly, “How do you know that?”
“Mr. Mysterious told me that the Miller Group had a cash flow problem. That’s not the point. What’s going on with the company now? Did my Uncle make things difficult for your family because of me? It’s all my fault. I should have stopped you immediately when I argued with them yesterday.”
Rebecca hurriedly explained, “No, no, no. Estelle, listen to me. The Miller Group did have a cash flow problem. And yesterday, my father asked your Uncle for help but was refused. My father was desperate at first, but later in the day, a mysterious investor suddenly contacted him and injected ten million dollars into our company!”
Ten million dollars... Estelle was stunned. The cash flow problem of the Hudson Group was far more serious than she had imagined.
“I asked you out to ask you whether you know which financial group in Hadale can provide so much money. Yesterday, that mysterious investor didn’t even show up. He just entrusted his lawyer with signing the contract with us. After that, he immediately transferred ten million dollars to our company’s account. I have no idea how many people in the financial world are gloriously wealthy to extend their help, so I want to ask you about it.”
Estelle took a few deep breaths, sighed and thought, ‘It seems that I can never repay the debt I owe Mr. Mysterious.’