The Bride He Took For Granted novel Chapter 14

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Chapter 14

Unit 602, Building 6 at Maplewood Estates, a property near the downtown pedestrian promenade in Los Angeles, California, was purchased by Elise for her adoptive mother, Jane.

It was only 90 square meters, but it had cost her all her savings at the time.

Leonard never allowed Elise to have money. He believed that without money, she could be more easily controlled.

So before she turned twenty, Elise had no disposable

income at all.

Clothes, shoes, bags, and cars were all arranged by

Sharon.

After twenty, she was already working at Landon’s company during her junior year of university. Landon believed they would eventually marry, that husband and wife were one, so salary did not matter. And since Leonard also forbade him from paying her, he truly never gave her a cent.

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The reason Elise was able to afford this small apartment

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But afraid that Leonard would trace her purchase, the property title was registered under Chloe’s name.

Chloe knew Elise was injured and had called several hourly workers to clean the place.

She also helped stock daily necessities and stayed to have

dinner with Elise.

Elise knew Chloe did not sleep well in unfamiliar beds, so she did not let her stay overnight.

Instead, she went alone to a nearby mall and bought

several sets of clothes.

After returning home, she washed them once.

Then she ordered external wound medicine and oral anti-inflammatory drugs online.

After applying her medicine and sitting on the bed, it was almost ten at night.

The apartment was located in the city center of Los Angeles. Faint car horns and distant laughter drifted in.

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Yet Elise still felt a loneliness, as if she had been excluded

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from the world.

The neon lights outside the window shimmered like they were seen through water.

Elise blinked. Suddenly, she felt like crying.

Fourteen years.

She had been like a sunflower, always lifting her face to

follow her sun.

But suddenly everything had fallen apart, and she no longer knew which direction to turn her body toward.

Elise curled her legs tightly and lowered her head.

Her shoulders trembled as she shrank into herself and

cried softly.

After about three minutes, she wiped away her tears.

She gathered her broken emotions and took the initiative.

to contact Landon.

He had not rested yet. His voice was as cold as shattered 378 ice blades.

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“What are you calling for? Because of you, the whole of Los Angeles is laughing at the Carter family. Elise, I will not forgive you.”

Elise did not respond to his anger and said directly,

“I will join Novatech Global and complete the collaboration project between Resonance of Will and Firefly Microlight.”

Elise had already thought it through.

She and Landon had never signed an employment contract. If she asked for her salary and bonuses from the

past four years, he would never acknowledge it.

She also could not repay the one hundred million wedding endowment.

Only when she signed a contract with Firefly Microlight would she have real leverage.

At that time, she would calculate her salary, the house,

and the wedding endowment clearly, and end everything cleanly…

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She only said that one sentence, then hung up.

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expression.

She had originally thought that Elise would lose control at the wedding and even anger Victor into hospitalization, and that Victor would wake up hating her deeply.

Unexpectedly, Victor had only said coldly,

“If Elise does not come to kneel and apologize, the marriage will remain delayed. She must understand that without our protection, she and her family will not have a good life in Los Angeles.”

Victor still intended for Landon to marry Elise.

Joan could not understand it. Had Elise saved Victor’s life? Why was he so determined to make her his daughter-in-law?

And Elise herself was so spineless, still going to work after causing such chaos. Was she still hoping to reconcile with Landon?

Joan would not allow it.

Park shadows gathered beneath her eyes. 578

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Joan bent down and picked it up, stroking its fur as she said to Landon,

“This is your and Elise’s wedding home. Since you’re still going to marry her, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me and Dingdang to stay here. I’ll move back to school.”

Landon held her hand.

“The school doesn’t allow pets like Dingdang. Don’t worry. Until Elise admits her mistake, my father won’t force the marriage again.”

He believed Elise going to work at his company was the first step toward reconciliation.

He also believed she would never be able to leave him, and would eventually accept him taking care of Joan.

That night, Elise lay in bed scrolling through her phone.

She discovered that on the wedding day, a number from Seattle had called her twice.

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