CHAPTER 174

Chapter 174 How Much Did He Give You?

Clarissa didn‘t expect her mother to notice this.

“Is there anything wrong with him giving me a check?” she asked.

“Don‘t you think it‘s really odd? Which husband gives his wife a check? And for five hundred thousand

dollars, too. It‘s such a huge sum! It‘s like he‘s buying something. Clary. are you hiding something from

me?” Theresa held Clarissa‘s shoulders, her face grim,

Theresa had always thought there was no way someone with Damien‘s status would go for a normal

girl like Clarissa.

Clarissa was pretty, true. Her family background, on the other hand…

“It‘s nothing, Mom,” Clarissa was pale.

“I watched you grow up, and I can read you like an open book. What‘s going on? Did you do it because

of me...?” Theresa‘s heart ached for her.

Her own son couldn‘t care less about her illness, yet her daughter had gone to the extent of selling

herself for money...

Theresa had already guessed the truth.

“No, Mom. Absolutely not!” Clarissa‘s denial was forceful.

Theresa knew that she had guessed correctly.

“How long does he want you to be with him?” she asked. She was both furious and woeful. “Tell me!

Since he‘s your sugar daddy, why did he marry you?”

“Mom, stop asking. Please.” Clarissa turned to face the window.

“Tell me! I didn‘t have any way to stop this because I was sick, but I can‘t stand by and watch now that

I‘m better. I won‘t allow my daughter to humiliate herself like this! How much money did he give you?”

Theresa started to cry.

She originally thought that Clarissa was happy. She didn‘t expect the truth to be like this.

Clarissa refused to say anything.

“Tell me! He already knows that his corneas are from your father. I thought he came to visit me after I

woke up because of that, but I didn‘t know about your relationship...”

Clarissa lowered her head, subconsciously rubbing her glass.

No wonder he had insisted on giving her mother a house. He had even given Luke one, and he added

her name to all of his assets...

There was a reason for his generosity.

It seemed Theresa had told Damien about this before the holidays, which meant that he

had already known Madelynn‘s father wasn‘t his savior. However, he was still so affectionate with her.

He didn‘t mind the fact that Madelynn had lied to him for six years

It was obvious that it didn‘t matter whether Clarissa was his savior.

“How long does he want you to be with him?” Theresa asked again.

“Until Grandpa Lawrence passes away,” Clarissa said in a low voice.

“So the marriage is for his grandfather‘s sake. No wonder,” Theresa mumbled. “How much did he give

you?”

“He said he‘d give me a total of five million by the time we got divorced.” Clarissa was down in the

dumps.

“Clary, be a good girl and listen to me. We won‘t take his money, and you need to pay back whatever

you‘ve already spent. You two are already married, and his grandfather is still sick, so there‘s no need

to get divorced yet. A person‘s feelings are very precious, and I don‘t want you to give him your feelings

in exchange for mere money. Do you understand me? He‘ll only be more contemptuous of you if you

act this way. I don‘t want anyone to look down on my daughter!” Theresa added gravely, “We can deal

with everything else in the future.”

Clarissa nodded seriously.

“How much do you owe him?” Theresa asked.

Clarissa quickly did the math in her head. She still owed him 930 thousand dollars.

This sum included her mother‘s hospital bills, and money spent on clothes as well as buying Damien

things. She had already kept her expenses to a minimum.

“Pay him back with whatever you have now, and we‘ll slowly repay the rest!”

Clarissa nodded.

They didn‘t know that Joseph heard every word of their conversation.

He had come to see how they were doing.

He knew Clarissa and Damien were in a contractual marriage, but it was only now that he found out

about the details.

Joseph felt that he had to do something for Clarissa.

The operation was a success. Clarissa stayed here for three days, only leaving when her Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

grandmother‘s condition had stabilized.

Theresa and Mrs. Cole stayed to take care of the elderly woman.

On her first day back in Genovia, Clarissa transferred all the money she had into one account

That night, she put the bank card on Damien‘s bedside table.

When he was done bathing, he came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. He

was drying his hair with another towel when he noticed the card on the table.

“What‘s this?”