Winner Takes All novel Chapter 19

Shirley tossed and turned restlessly in her bed. She did not sleep that night.

She didn't expect that Jack would turn her down. She spent so much time to please him.

She was confident that she could nail any man as expected.

However, Shirley felt frustrated in the face of Jack.

Moreover, she showed her affection towards Jack as she apologized that night.

Because of that, she decided to show her affection for him continuously.

She knew that even if she couldn't get together with Jack, she could get more benefits from him as an ordinary friend, compared with Tommy.

It was true that she wanted to marry Tommy. But if she could get more benefits, she wouldn't mind doing what she can to gain more. At worst, she will look for others to as a backup.

However, Jack's response drove her crazy!

Next morning, she was grumpy when Tommy gave her a morning call.

She was agitated as she shrieked, "Tommy! It is still early in the morning! Can’t you just be so annoying?"

"Shirley, I thought this is the wake-up call we agreed upon?" Tommy was alarmed.

"I don't need it! I was sleepless for a whole night!" Shirley fidgeted and scratched her hair.

"What? You can’t sleep? I'm going upstairs. Shirley, since you're so tired, don't go to work today." Tommy's heart ached.

As soon as she heard the phrase "go to work", Shirley was agitated. She was fed up with Tommy's helpless care.

"Don't go to work? Since you are so free, why don't you have some concern about the bride price? Are we still getting engaged? If you don't want to, then let's break up."

Tommy said anxiously, "Shirley, don't worry. My family is finding ways to raise money. I am sure I'll raise enough money for the bride price on our engagement day!"

"Finding ways? You might as well ask it from your brother-in-law since he's so rich."

Snap!

Shirley hung up the phone before Tommy responded.

She couldn't get together with Jack. It would be a waste of youth for her if she couldn't even take control of Tommy after spending so much time on him.

Outside the apartment where Shirley lived, Tommy was in his Audi. He didn't know why Shirley became that mad out of a sudden.

When Shirley hung up the phone, he heard the word "break up".

Tommy was completely panicked. He was flustered as he instantly gave a call to his family.

As soon as the call came through, he cried out. He said to Elissa Tanner, "Mom... Shirley said she was going to break up with me if we couldn’t get engaged shortly."

"Tommy, don't worry. We're already trying to figure it out, aren't we?" Elissa also panicked.

"What can you do? Since Jack is so rich, just let Katherine borrow money from him. She's my sister. Doesn't she care about my wedding?" Tommy yelled.

Right after Tommy said that Elissa shrieked, "What? Jack is rich?"

"I don't care anymore. I'm going to get engaged with Shirley. If you guys can't raise enough money, I'm going to kill myself!" Tommy cried and yelled. After a second, he hung up the phone.

Elissa was also blown up. She was on tenterhook. She then kicked open Katherine's door.

"Hey bitch, why are you still sleeping?"

Katherine looked at Elissa with her sleepy eyes. She was in a daze as she said, "Mom, I'm taking my day off today."

"Cut the crap! Your brother might die soon; you still have the mood to sleep?" Elissa dragged Katherine out of bed.