When Love Turns to Ashes (Beatrice and Caden)

Chapter 353 Dowry

Chapter 353 Dowry

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After Beatrice accepted Odin's proposal, she thought that both sets of parents could just have a meal together and call it a day.

Odin, however, said that the ceremony was still necessary for her.

Beatrice couldn't resist him and agreed to hold the engagement ceremony.

But it was only a small ceremony, and they didn't invite the big shots in their cirde.

She was afraid of her own identity, which made it difficult for Odin.

Odin also agreed.

After making the decision, Beatrice remained calm for two days before telling Monica about the proposal. The next day, Monica came to find her early in the morning.

As soon as she entered, Monica stared at her face, looking left and right, and said with some disdain, "Why is your skin a bit dry?"

Beatrice touched her cheek and said, "Maybe it's the change of seasons."

Monica handed a beauty card to her and said, 'I have topped up the money for you, remember to go for regular maintenance."

Beatrice looked down at the black card in her hand. This beauty salon was one of the best in Chicago. The black card as a foundation had to reach one million.

"Mom, you..."

She hadn't finished speaking when Monica pulled out a thin envelope from her bag.

"This was the dowry I prepared for you."

"Dowry?"

Beatrice hesitated as she opened the envelope and pulled out a check.

The numbers above were...

"Three million!" Beatrice couldn't even blink her eyes, and she counted the zeros again.

"Not only that," Monica raised an eyebrow and smiled, then took out two property deeds from her bag, "These are also bought for you. If you don't like them, you can sell them and choose again. Beatrice opened the document and was dumbfounded.

Although the

was

the

location

house

big, not

good, was

Doing the math, Monica handed out nearly ten million as her dowry.

and

each

set

cost around

three

million.

Beatrice held a check in one hand and a house deed in the other, feeling like she was in a dream. Her voice sounded somewhat unreal as she said, "Mom, did you...rob a bank?"

In her previous life, Ryan and Monica, although bearing the names of Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Monica

Baldwin of the Baldwin family, were even worse off in terms of their living conditions and expenses than the relatives of the Baldwin family, all because of Xander's deliberate troubles.

Recently, Beatrice heard that Ryan insisted on living outside with Monica, and many personal belongings

were withheld by Xander, so naturally, she couldn't get any profit.

In theory, their lives should have been much worse than before.

How could Monica still have so much money?

nonsense

are

child?"

beamed Monica

with

joy, unable

"What

you talking about, you

stop smiling.

Beatrice worriedly said, "Mom, you didn't take the Baldwin family's money for my dowry, did you? You better take it back, in case Sir Baldwin finds out, he will definitely..."

"No," Monica interrupted, solemnly stating, "I earned it myself."

"Earn? Have you looked for a job?"

Beatrice

any

other job that could earn

SO much

in money

just a

few

days.

couldn't think of

Monica covered her lips and smiled, "Do you remember Zoey?"

Beatrice thought for a moment.

I did indeed remember such a person.

Before Monica got married, she had

a

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colleague named Lathon who often bought delicious food for Beatrice.

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Monica was the best performer among her colleagues, as she had a way with words.

Later, for some unknown reason, he resigned and left Chicago.

"What does this have to do with Zoey?" Beatrice asked in response.

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"She went to work and made a fortune elsewhere in the past. This time, she came back to Chicago for investment and introduced me to a good project. It's just that I invested a little and got several times the return. It happens to be your dowry." Monica pressed Beatrice's hand, indicating her to tidy up everything. Beatrice had heard Monica mention before that Zoey was always thinking about making money and was particularly flexible.

It is not surprising at all to make a lot of money.

But this feeling of dozing off with a pillow made Beatrice inexplicably worried.

"Mom, is the project reliable? Have you asked Ryan? He definitely knows."

"No, I know what you want to say. I'm not greedy either. I just took a little bit of private money to try it out.

It just so happened that you got engaged, so I took it out to buy your dowry. After the engagement is over, I won't contribute money anymore."

Monica clearly didn't care, thinking that it was her own private money and had nothing to do with the Baldwin family.

If there was money to be made later, she would hand it over to Ryan.

If she had incurred losses, she wouldn't have wanted to bother Ryan with such a trivial matter.

Beatrice listened but still felt uneasy. After all, Zoey hadn't returned to Chicago for several years and only sent holiday greetings to Monica on special occasions.

How could I introduce such a big project to Monica?

The key is that Beatrice searched her mind and couldn't recall hearing any news about major projects at this time in her past life.

When she was about to ask, Odin's phone rang.

"Beatrice, we agreed to meet at the restaurant for lunch. I have already arrived at the neighborhood, you can come downstairs now."

"Okay, but my mom is here, do you want to come along?"

Beatrice looked at Monica's eager eyes and finally asked.

-Monica was to her what Susan was to Lacey.

We were each other's lifesaving straws.

However, Monica, although timid and fearful, is not like Susan who would betray her daughter and exploit

her.

On the contrary, Monica gave more love than less.

Odin

laughed and said, "Beatrice, can I still offend my future

mother-in-law with these words?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

Beatrice felt a little embarrassed and hung up the phone directly.

A

few minutes later, she and Monica got into Odin's car and went to the restaurant together.

When getting off the car, Odin remained a gentleman and extended his hand to help her.

He glanced at her empty fingers and asked, "Why aren't you wearing a ring?"

Beatrice sighed, "It seems a bit too big, but it's clearly my size. It almost fell off two days ago, so I had to put it away for now."

Odin paused, his gaze carrying a hint of meaning.

"Tomorrow, I will take it to be altered."

"Um."

They walked into the restaurant and the manager greeted them.

A very cozy small hall, with two small tables set up, Beatrice was very satisfied.

The

manager

"Okay."

continued,

"We prepared a food tasting session, right in the adjacent private room."

The three of them followed the manager to the next door to taste the dishes.

The previous dishes were all good, but Monica was not very satisfied.

"Although there were only two tables, we still had to have the proper banquet atmosphere, so we had to

have two main dishes here."

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"Mom, we

already

had

I think seafood.

we

can

skip

those

heavy

dishes,"

Beatrice

suggested.

Odin then directly opened the menu and said, "I think Mrs. Monica Baldwin is right, we should have what

we should have, plus two more main courses."

The manager nodded.

We quickly had chicken soup and steak.

Just hearing the name Beatrice made me feel nauseous.

sure not

a

little uncomfortable.

if it was the taste of danggui and dangshen that made her feel She was When the chicken soup was just placed in front of her, her stomach churned. Monica took a sip and exclaimed, "The taste is authentic!"

She turned to Beatrice and asked, "Why aren't you drinking?" Beatrice pursed her lips and said, "I couldn't drink it."

it, and the complex

flavor was

difficult to swallow

in her mouth.

"Well, it's not mealtime yet, but you can give it a try. If you don't like it, you can always have something else," Monica urged.

"Um."

somewhat Beatrice tasted "Not bad, she thought, looking at Odin and Monica, and decided not to say anything. "Then, try this pork elbow again."

Odin gestured for the manager to cut open.

smiled

and approached,

holding

a

knife and

fork to

divide

the pork

knuckles.

The manager Beatrice watched as the elbow was being cut open, greasy and shiny, even the sound of cutting meat was amplified infinitely.

She stood up all of a sudden and said, 'I'll go to the restroom for a moment." Without waiting for Monica and Odin to speak, she turned around and rushed out.

She vomited the undigested breakfast directly in the bathroom.

After vomiting, she finally felt a little more comfortable in her body.

her face, after washing of the bathroom out

to handed was clean handkerchief a

her.

When she walked The man's deep voice slowly sounded, "Where does it not feel comfortable?"