Last time Kaleb lost a bet, causing Travis’s massive property loss.
"Since Elijah is willing to give, let’s just accept it!" Travis’ wife said, "We’re family, no need to be so distant with Elijah."
Travis’ face flushed slightly as he took the check, "Elijah, thank you. This will be the last time."
Elijah: "I’m full, I’ll leave first."
Grace stood up and personally saw him out.
After they left, Kaleb angrily smashed the spoon on the ground!
"Dad! Why did you accept his money?!" Kaleb felt utterly embarrassed.
Accepting charity made him very uncomfortable.
"You useless guy! You still have the nerve to say that! If you’re capable, pay back the 20 million gambling loss first!" Travis was furious.
This time Melina also blamed her son: "Kaleb, your uncle indeed looks down on us, but we don’t have to hurt our pride for money! Do you know how much he gave? Five million! Your dad’s company can’t even make that much in a year now!"
Kaleb’s eyes reddened: "Is our family really that bad off now?"
"What do you think? More than half of our company’s clients cooperate with us out of respect for your uncle. Starting from the second half of this year, those clients won’t work with us anymore..." Melina sighed, "Sabrina doesn’t know the actual situation of our family. If she knew we were broke, she probably wouldn’t go after you like that."
Kaleb was hit hard.
His injured fingers tightly clenched, but he couldn’t feel the pain.
He had always lived in a greenhouse.
Now, the barrier protecting him was gone, and he had to face the cruel reality.
In the blink of an eye, it was Elijah’s birthday.
Violette woke up in the morning and checked the prepared gifts, t
hen she went to wash up and change clothes.
At the same time, Elijah took a T-shirt from the closet and put it on.
If he wore a dress shirt, it would be inconvenient to wear a sweater.
While she was looking at him, he was also looking at her.
She had foundation on her face, but it couldn’t cover her deep dark circles.
It seemed that she had put in a lot of effort to knit the sweater recently.
"I knitted a sweater for you. Since I didn’t know your size, I made it a bit bigger..." She handed him the bag in her hand.
His gaze dropped slightly, took the bag, and took out the sweater.
It was a beige sweater, with quite rough wool. The whole sweater was quite heavy in hand
, and should be very warm when worn.
He took off his coat and put on the sweater right in front of her.
Violette’s cheeks flushed slightly, not expecting him to put it on directly.
"Elijah, happy birthday."
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