Marie was filled with resentment as she saw him hold up the ten dollars.

“You don't want it? I'll take it back then." Jean saw that she did not move and was about to take back the money until she swiftly snatched it from him.

Jean smiled contemptuously.

"It's not enough," said Marie as she held out her hand.

"If ten dollars is not enough, how much do you want?" Jean frowned and was obviously unwilling to give her too much.

"Even if you're covering the costs of my stay, what about my food and daily transportation expenses? You can't leave me empty-handed. Even if I were to stay at home, I'd need money to order takeout too," said Marie.

"How troublesome." Jean took out his wallet and handed her a public transport card.

"This is..." Marie looked at the public transport card and frowned as the card could only be used for rides and not for consumption. Plus, who even took public transport nowadays?

"There are ten dollars on the card. You can take the subway when you go out. It'll last you a few months," Jean said lazily.

Marie looked at his gracious expression as he handed her the public transport card with ten dollars in it. That was it?

"My friends don't even take the subway anymore, and now you're making me take the subway? You have so much money in your hand. Can't you give me some? It's not like we eat together every day," she said with dissatisfaction.

"You don't want this?" Jean got a little impatient listening to her babble on.

If she had not gotten so much money, he would have thrown her out long ago.

After hearing that, Marie took the public transport card without hesitation as she still had to get around. Although she could not get a taxi, she could not walk everywhere either, right?

Jean looked at her and smiled scornfully, expressing his disdain toward her.

"Here's another 50 dollars. It'll cover your food costs for a week. If you don't treat others, it might even last you two weeks." He drew out 50 dollars worth of bills and placed them on the coffee table. Then, he stood up and stretched.

Marie stared at his back as he walked into the room. Her gaze was as sharp as knives as she stabbed the man in front of her a thousand times with her deathly stare.

She picked up the money on the coffee table and stared nastily at the 60 dollars in her hands, including the public transport card.

She had a great future ahead of her, but she became down and out because of Bianca.

Other than her, everyone else in the Rayne family was living a carefree life. Meanwhile, she was here living a life that even animals would not want to live.

Marie looked at the dollar bills in her hand and swore to herself that she would not let the Rayne family live a good life!

The next day.

When Luca woke up, Nina was still asleep.

She got up quietly and walked into the bathroom. She closed the door lightly and started to wash up.

After Nina washed up yesterday, she tossed and turned as she could not fall asleep. Luca was worried that it would affect her health if this persisted long-term, so she gave Nina the sleeping pills she used.

After taking the pills, Nina fell into a deep sleep half an hour later and had not woken up since.

After washing up, Luca saw that Nina was still asleep. She thought of having Aunt Neile tidy up the guest room for Nina to sleep in as she was not used to having someone other than Luke sleep beside her.

She did not know why either.

After Nina fell asleep yesterday, Luca also took a pill to fall asleep.

Luca went downstairs and noticed that the children were still asleep while Aunt Neile was preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

She went into the kitchen and put on an apron to help Aunt Neile out. She said, “By the way, Aunt Neile, my friend came to spend the night yesterday and she might be staying here for a while. Can you please tidy up the guest room after breakfast?"

"Friend? Ms. Craw, is that friend of yours a man or a woman?" Aunt Neile looked at her dumbfounded.

"What are you asking that for?" Luca looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Oh, nothing. It's just that the color of the sheets and bedding I prepare will be different if it's a female guest so that their stay would be more comfortable. As you know, women require more things than men. I'd need to prepare everything. There's not much stock left in the storage room, so I'd need to see what's lacking and buy them at the supermarket later," Aunt Neile explained immediately. She only asked in detail to report to Luke.

It would be okay if it were a female guest, but if it were a male guest...

Luke would probably be upset.

"It's a female guest, but there's no need to prepare too much. Just the daily essentials will do. You can ask her if she needs anything else when she wakes up as it's not convenient for her to go out right now, so you need to help her get some daily supplies," said Luca.

Aunt Neile breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that it was a female guest. It was a good thing Luca did not bring a man back home. Otherwise, it would not end well when Luke found out.

Luca did not pay attention to Aunt Neile's expression and focused on preparing breakfast.

After breakfast was ready, the children woke up.

Rainie saw Luca preparing breakfast and looked puzzled. “Ms. Luca, you're awake?"

“Yes, I woke up earlier today. Come over and have breakfast," Luca greeted her. She had prepared a hearty breakfast today. She put the bowls of oatmeal in front of each seat.

“Then, who's that sleeping in your room..." Rainie was terrified, and her little face went pale. She had peeked into Luca's room before coming down earlier.

She saw someone sleeping on the bed and thought that Luca was still asleep, so she did not wake her up.

Luca hurriedly explained after seeing the child's shocked expression, “That's Nina. She came over last night."

Rainie heaved a sigh of relief as she was shocked by that scene just now. “So it was Ms. Nina. Why is she."

“Shh. Ms. Nina encountered some problems and needs to stay here for the time being. Is that okay?" Luca consulted the three kids.

Although she asked for their consent, she knew that the children would definitely agree.

Nina had always been nice to them since they were little, especially Tommy, who got pampered by Nina. Hence, the three kids were very fond of her. They would not have a problem with it.

“Of course," the three children said in unison. Têxt © .

“I love Ms. Nina," said Tommy.

As soon as he said that, Nina's voice came from the dining room door. “Who loves me?"

The three children turned around to see Nina walk in. They smiled. “Good morning, Ms. Nina."

“Good morning." Nina was put in a good mood when she saw the smiling faces of the three kids.

Luca pointed to the seat next to her and said, “Since you're up, let's have breakfast together."

Nina sat on the chair and apologized to Luca. “I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I must've overslept."

“Ms, Nina, we just sat down as well," Tommy scrambled to say.

Nina made a heart gesture to him and looked at Luca. “Why didn't you wake me up?"