Mr. Q did not answer. Instead, he asked, “Who am I? Is that important? Have you developed any


    special feelings for me?”


    “Nope!”


    Renee got goosebumps. She exined, “I just feel very rxed when I’m with you, like you’re an old


    friend. You’re different from what I’ve heard.”


    “Since it’s not important, there’s no need to delve deeper into it. Strictly speaking, you and I are just a


    buyer and a seller. You give me the ind, I give you the money. That’s it.”


    ‘That’s true.”


    Renee nodded.


    She must not have been thinking right. All he did was persuade her to take the medicine and y


    music for her, and that was enough to make her think that he was a kind person and lower her guard.


    She was simply too naive!


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    Renee took a deep breath and secretly raised the wall around her heart a little higher. She asked Mr.


    Q, ‘ What do you think of the ind? When can we sign the contract, and more specifically, when can


    you transfer the money?”


    Liam’s situation was urgent. She needed the money as soon as possible.


    Mr. Q could not help smiling.


    The woman changed her attitude so quickly.


    A moment ago, it was “we’re like old friends”, but a momentter, it became “hurry up and pay me”.


    “I like the ind. I can transfer the money to your ount anytime, but…”


    He paused for a moment. He obviously had extra conditions.


    Renee pursed her lips.


    She knew things wouldn’t go so smoothly.


    He was the “Night Demon”, the man who made Carmine Pawnshop what it was today. There was no


    way he would be that easy to deal with.


    “What other conditions do you have? Let me know and I’ll try my best to fulfill them.”


    “Are you sure?”


    He looked her over from top to bottom with a meaningful expression.


    Renee wrapped the nket tighter around herself and said seriously, ‘Don’t get any funny ideas. I


    might need money, but I’m not that desperate.”


    ‘You’re overthinking again.”


    He said calmly, “I have no interest in you, but I’ve taken a liking to your daughter… If you let her be my


    daughter, we can sign the contract right now and the money will be transferred to your ount in an


    hour. What do you say?”


    Renee instantly jumped to her feet and pointed at the man. “You pervert! So it’s my daughter you’re


    after! I knew there’s no way the Night Demon would be a good guy!”


    ‘You can live without a husband, but your children need a father. You one- sidedly deprived your


    children of the right to have a father. Don’t you think that’s too selfish?”


    Renee was momentarily stumped by what the man said.


    Because that was indeed an internal struggle she had had to deal with for four years.


    “When Abby spoke her mind today, she already made it very clear. It’s not that your two children don’t


    want a father, they just don’t want to put any pressure on you, so they lie and say that having you is


    enough for them. But the fact is, they long for fatherly love. Why can’t you fulfill their wish?”


    “I would if I could, but the role of a father is too important to a child. Not anyone could fulfill that role!”


    ‘That’s merely what you think. Have you ever asked the children what they think?”


    Mr. Q sneered and said in a serious voice that carried a hint of sarcasm, ” Because the role is too


    important, you denied them the right to have a father? For four years, they never knew what it feels like


    to have a father!”


    “What a great mother you are, so great that you can dictate their lives for them!” ‘Shut up!”