Amelia took the orange, put it in her mouth, and chewed it, but she had no appetite.
Her stomach felt sour when she swallowed it, and she almost threw up.
Frightened that Eva would be worried, she endured it.
Eva was probably in a low mood and didn't notice anything wrong with Amelia. She just lowered her head and peeled an apple.
Eva gave the peeled apple to Amelia. Amelia didn't eat it this time and put it on the bedside table.
"Eva, did Daniel tell you how many debts his family owes?"
"Yes."
Eva nodded. After a pause, she told Amelia how much money they owed.
"Two hundred thousand."
His family owed 200,000 dollars in debt, but Daniel only told Eva about it and hurried back to pay it off. He didn't even discuss it with Eva.
"He took his own money, not mine..."
Eva feared Amelia would be worried, so she added another sentence, which sounded a little ironic.
The mortgage of the house Daniel bought was paid for by Eva, however, the so-called husband didn't let her control the purse strings.
If Amelia knew that the money Eva earned after getting married was used to pay off the mortgage and cover their daily expenses, she would probably be angrier.
Eva didn't tell Amelia what had happened after she married Daniel. She feared Amelia would worry her, so Eva didn't dare to say to her.
Seeing that Amelia was angry, Eva had no choice but to say, "After I married Daniel, he did change a little. Of course, he's still as good to me as before, but he has something wrong. I don't know how to describe it..."
Daniel's kindness to her was not only tenderness and sweetness but also seeping into her life bit by bit. No matter how hard and tiring his work was, he would clean up the house and prevent her from cooking or washing clothes when he returned home from a business trip. It could be said that he treated her meticulously.
Eva lacked love. When she met someone who cared for her like this, she naturally handed over her heart and relied heavily on him.
Although Daniel still treated her like when she was in love after they got married, he always found some excuses in front of her for financial things. He complained about being poor in front of Eva.
Eva was a soft-hearted person. She took the initiative to repay the mortgage because Daniel didn't have enough money. Daniel recently said that his sales had not improved and he didn't get a bonus. There were still sickly older people in his family he wanted to support, so Eva also had to pay for their living expenses.
Now there were 200,000 dollars in debt in their family. Although Daniel said he would pay it back himself, the 200,000 dollars belonged to their joint property.
After getting married, Eva put all the money and some that Daniel had given her into a card. She wanted to deposit some baby funds for their future children.
Daniel said that his basic salary would also be transferred to that card.
But it didn't take long for 200,000 dollars to be deducted directly.
When they married, the betrothal gifts they gave Eva were 180,000 dollars. With his little money, it was precisely 200,000 dollars.
Eva didn't want to guess what Daniel was thinking about after they had dated for so many years. Money was unimportant to her, and his love was the most important. But such a thing happened as soon as they married, making her a little unhappy.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" complained Amelia.
If she knew that Daniel asked Eva to pay off all the mortgage and daily expenses after they married, she would remind Eva. At least she wouldn't let Eva take out all her private savings after marriage.
Although Daniel and Eva had been in a relationship for many years. Eva needed to leave a way out for herself. But Eva was even stupider than her. Eva put all her money in a card. What should Eva do if something goes wrong between them in the future?
Fortunately, Amelia had left more than 200,000 dollars for Eva, but it was a drop in the bucket for her long life.
Seeing Amelia let out a long sigh, Eva didn't feel aggrieved but comforted her with a smile. "Don't worry. It's just a little money. I'll get them after selling a few more bottles of wine."
How could Amelia not be worried about her? Amelia knew how much money Eva had earned over the years.
It was all thanks to the tips that she earned from drinking with customers. She slowly saved it up bit by bit.
Although she had become the manager recently and didn't have to drink anymore, she still had to stay up late to earn money.
Amelia was afraid that Eva wouldn't be able to take it, but Eva didn't care about it at all.
"What you should be most concerned about now is the
relationship between you, Jackson, and James, not me."
"I've broken up with both of them. Now, you're the only one left by my side. Of course, I only care about you."
"Don't worry. I have hands and feet. If anything happens in the future, I can deal with it."
Eva was not afraid of abandonment, but she still trusted Daniel.now, so she was unwilling to dig too deep.
If one day she found out that Daniel had let her down or had other intentions, she would naturally give him up decisively.
Eva was soft-hearted, but she was tough. Once she was relieved, she would be much more decisive than Amelia.
Eva chatted with Amelia for a while and then went to cook for her. After dinner, she was in a hurry to go to work.
Seeing that Eva had left, Amelia's gentle expression gradually faded away.
Originally, Amelia wanted to tell Eva about her condition, but something terrible had happened to Eva.
If she had told Eva that she didn't have much time left, Eva might not be able to take it.
Amelia thought momentarily and decided to put it off for the time being. With Stella's particular medicine, she wouldn't suddenly pass away, would she?
Eva hurried downstairs and saw several luxury cars parked outside.
Some of the windows were open, and the bodyguards in black were sitting inside. She recognized at a glance that those people. were Jackson's men.
Eva thought that Jackson had left long ago, but she didn't expect he was still there. She admired his persistence.
Eva knocked on the car window, but there was no response. On the contrary, a bodyguard got out of the car behind her.
"Miss, Mr. Collins said that he wanted to be alone. Please don't disturb him."
Hearing this, Eva didn't say anything. She turned around and left, but the window behind her rolled down.
"Eva."
Jackson still called her Eva. He still respected her as much as he did as a child.
Eva turned to look at Jackson. She saw that his eyes were red. It was obvious that he had cried.
Jackson had been aloof in front of others since childhood, but he was gentle only in front of Amelia.
His eyes hinted at hostility most of the time, which did not belong to a young man's maturity.
His hostility became more as he grew up, but when he met Amelia, it completely disappeared.
Eva knew Amelia had hurt Jackson badly, but she could do nothing about it. Jackson didn't know whether to hate Amelia or not.
Jackson called out to Eva. He wanted to ask her, but Eva didn't know what to do.
Eva couldn't figure out why Amelia rejected Jackson after the misunderstanding was resolved.
She thought that maybe it was because of James.
Jackson invited Eva into the car. The two sat in the spacious luxury car and looked at each other.
In the end, Eva said, "You've changed a lot in the past few years."
Although Eva had seen him twice before, she had never carefully looked him up and down.
He was no longer as immature as he had been. He had become nobler and more elegant.
Eva used to think he was God's favored one, but she didn't expect it to be true.
Jackson was the most powerful man in the Imperial Capital. What else could he be if he was not God's favored one?
Jackson chatted casually with Eva for a while. When they talked about Amelia, his face slowly darkened.
"Amelia and James haven't been considered a couple in recent years. It's just an agreement."
"But it's true that she fell in love with him. If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have been able to get out."
Eva didn't hide it from Jackson and told him the truth, hoping that Jackson would come out as soon as possible.
It turned out that everything had changed because of him. Amelia had fallen in love with James because she wanted to forget him.
Jackson couldn't describe how he was feeling at the moment, but the hole in his heart was getting bigger as if it was devouring him little by little.
"If you miss her once, you'll miss her for the rest of your life. Let her go early.."
After saying that, Eva pushed the door open and got out of the car.
Jackson fell into the car seat and closed his bloodshot eyes.
The bodyguard received a call from the chairman of Imperial Capital and hurried forward to knock on the window.
"Mr. Collins, your father is calling."
Jackson indifferently took the phone from the bodyguard.
Old Mr. Collins's aged and weak voice came from the other end of the line. "Jackson, it's time to return to Imperial Capital."
Jackson didn't reply. He just looked up at the apartment.
It was because of the Collins family that he had lost Amelia.
At that time, Jackson blamed Amelia for selling herself and had a big fight with her, which made Amelia so angry that she ran away. The Collins happened to come to him.
At that time, Jackson's brother didn't come. It was the housekeeper who came. Regardless of whether Jackson was willing, he tied Jackson up and brought him back.
He could only jump out of the car. After all the trouble, nothing changed. He was still taken aback.
When he was brought back, he lost his memory and couldn't remember anything.
Jackson's brother told Jackson that they were twins. When they were born, there were some changes in the family.
To compete for the inheritance of the Collins family, their uncle had tied up their entire family.
There was an accident during the kidnapping. Jackson's mother died on the spot.
Jackson was picked up by human traffickers and sold to a family for two years. His adoptive parents passed away, and he was sent to an orphanage.
Jackson's brother was lucky. He was protected by his father and escaped the disaster. Later, the housekeeper found him and brought him home.
To regain the inheritance, Jackson's brother had had brain cancer all these years.
His elder brother could only send someone to take Jackson home by force to protect the Collins family, which he had obtained with incredible difficulty.
Jackson's brother knew about Amelia's existence, but he felt that her family background would not be able to help Jackson. It would also affect his mediation with his uncles, who were eyeing the Collins Group covetously. As such, his brother hid the fact that he had lost his memory.
However, he didn't expect Amelia to bug him at Collins' house. Her words shook him. So his brother had no choice but to send someone to bribe the people in the orphanage and destroy all their photos. When he investigated, he hadn't found anything.
Jackson believed his brother's words and thought Amelia was a scheming liar. He ordered the security guards to drive her out of the house.
Later, Amelia insisted on looking for Jackson, but she thoroughly angered his brother. In anger, Jackson's brother pretended to be Jackson and tried to kill Amelia.
Then, Amelia had never come to find Jackson again.
Jackson had been sent abroad for training by his elder brother.
It took Jackson about three years to learn all the knowledge he had learned under his talent in physics.
When he returned to Collins's house, Jackson took over his brother's position as president. At that time, his brother had become the chairman before their father woke up.
After being chairman for a year, Jackson's brother passed away.
Not long after, Jackson's father woke up.
The current chairman of the Collins Group was his father.
His father had only woken up about a year ago, so he naturally didn't know what his brother had done.
Jackson didn't ask his father about it when he noticed something was wrong.
Not long after Jackson's father woke up, he sent his uncle, who had kidnapped his family, to prison as a witness.
Now, the Collins Group was entirely in their hands. However, the family was huge, and Jackson still needed to stay in there.
But now that Jackson had regained all his memories, he was in no mood to care about the Collins Group.
If he could do it again, Jackson would rather be Ryan and stay by Amelia's side.
Even though he was poor and miserable, Amelia was still with him. But now....
Jason took a deep breath, and the sound of his father coughing and kicking came to his ears again. "Jackson, the Collins Group can't do without you. Hurry up and go home..."
Back home, Jackson's heart was so heavy that he couldn't breathe.
Although Jackson's father had woken up, his body was disabled, and he could not move. He could only spend the rest of his life in the hospital bed.
In addition, he had lost his wife and child, which made him depressed. Now he was about to die.
If Jackson didn't go home, the Collins Group that his father and brother had risked their lives to take back would fall into someone else's hands.
Jackson tightened his grip on his phone and withdrew his reluctant gaze from the apartment. He replied indifferently, "Okay."