Not Your Doormat Anymore novel Chapter 96

"You're exploiting me?" I turned around and thought, "Is there any benefit to what she's offering?"

"No! You're Dr. Ranford, and you're basically like Hippocrates. Do you want to scheme every day and be the CEO or fulfill your dream of being a doctor?" Ms. Smith's eyes lit up.

I realized she was good at finding out people's weak spots; she had done that with Casey, and now she was doing it with me.

"Alright." I heard myself agreeing to her suggestion.

"Great! It's settled, then."

Ms. Smith looked stubborn on the surface, but she was serious and smart when it came to work. She negotiated the price of the hospital repeatedly and ended up acquiring it at a very good price. When the deal was made, her face lit up.

"I saved up so much! I can use this money to get the medical facilities now."

"I thought your family is rich?" I recalled how she had treated millions of dollars like it was nothing. That was different from how she was behaving now.

"So? The hospital is mine, not my family's. Of course I've got to save more. Do you want to be a shareholder? You can give me five million dollars, and I'll give you 30% of the shares."

Looking at how she was calculating, I rejected her. "You bought it for 12 million dollars but want me to invest five million dollars while just getting 30% back? That makes no sense."

"30% is good enough! My hospital has potential." Ms. Smith tried to convince me and even offered to treat me to a meal.

She pouted. "This restaurant is a very high-class one. One meal costs around five thousand dollars, at least. Just think about it. Your family has capital and plenty of liquid funds too, right? It's a waste to just let all that money sit there."

"I have other plans." I rejected her many times, but she was persistent.

"But being a doctor is what you want to do. You don't want to see our hospital go under either, right? Besides, I'll get shares in my uncle's research institute too. When that happens, I'll give you 5%. You can also use the patents. How about that?"