Wife is a Lawyer

Chapter 50 Claim for Payment

“Well…it seems a bit awkward to stay inside your home while you are out.” Flora shook her head and

said to Alvin, “Alvin, let’s find a restaurant to have dinner.”

“We gotta check Peter first. After that, we go for dinner.” Edward stated firmly.

“Okay.” Alvin agreed.

After cleaning up the mess, they left the apartment.

Alvin took the driver’s seat while Flora rode shotgun.

Adriana wanna drive but Alvin stopped her. So she took the back seat. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Meanwhile, Edward was driving his own car.

As they reached the hospital, Peter had finished a check of his throat.

As privileged as he had been, no appointment was needed as soon as he reached the hospital.

The director walked over to lead him in. Soon, the most sophisticated expert started performing a

check for him.

Fortunately, though his tongue went numb while his throat was red and swollen, it was just a slight

burn.

All he needed was to have bland diet.

Standing beside, Adriana simply remained silent.

Though she was doing it on purpose, she knew what she was doing.

The water had been boiled last night, which was then kept inside a thermal bottle. It couldn’t be burning

hot.

What was more, the thermal bottle wasn’t good enough to maintain most of its heat.

So it was just a prank.

Theresa let out a sigh of relief., “Thank god, you are fine.”

“Humph!” Peter stood up and walked away madly.

As he walked pass Adriana, he cast a strong glare at her, “You did impress me, huh?”

“Peter, Adriana didn’t mean it…”

“Adriana has been a nice girl. Believe me, she would never plot against you. Besides, you are my

fiancé.” Theresa walked over to hold his hand to explain.

Though Theresa felt sorry for the fact that Peter was suffering, she was somehow happy to see that

there was hostility between him and Adriana. And she could clearly notice the strong anger of Peter

mixed with coldness and disgust.

“Theresa, you have been pure and simple. But it doesn’t mean that every other lady will be like you,

especially Adriana. She doesn’t deserve to be your friend.”

Obviously, he was talking to Theresa though he had been staring at Adriana. He continued to warn

seriously, “Listen, stay away from Theresa! Don’t ever stain her!”

Standing at the door, Adriana huffed with a cold look, “Stop lecturing about my friendship with Theresa!

We have been friends for a decade! Nobody shall decide on our friendship!”

“Adriana, stop…” while watching their argument escalating, Theresa felt like getting thrilled. However,

she still feigned a worried look to show her concern with Adriana.

“We were friends. We are friends and we will forever be! Nothing can change it!” Theresa held

Adriana’s hand while solacing her, “Peter is having a bad mood. Please don’t mind it, okay? Just

continue with the dinner. I am going home with Peter.”

While speaking, she waved at them, “Bye, have a great time.”

Peter cast a glance at Adriana, silent still. Then he walked away.

While watching them leaving, Adriana felt like being stuffed with mixed feelings.

After all, Theresa had been her best friend. However, she had betrayed her.

Adriana once had sex with Peter while Theresa was still kept in the dark. Though Peter was

responsible for that, Adriana should take the blame partly at the same time.

That was why Adriana started to grow guilty. But she had no idea what to do.

“Adriana, let’s go for dinner, shall we?” Flora walked over to hold her arm as if they had been friends for

years, “I just return home today. I really fancy some nice local dishes but I don’t know where to find it.

Adriana, would you lead me the way? It’s on me today!”

“Sorry, I have just returned as well. I don’t know much about the restaurants around…”

Adriana continued to turn down, “You may turn to Alvin. My brother is in this hospital. I wanna drop by

to visit him. I am sorry I can’t go with you.”

Since Theresa had left with Peter, she found it awkward to join the dinner with Flora and Edward as

they weren’t that familiar to her.

“Mr. Henderson, Alvin, I gotta go. Bye.” Adriana smiled to farewell before they could utter.

She entered the building but soon noticed someone familiar standing at the door.

It was Thelma.

When she was about to walk over to the ward, she saw Thelma speaking on her phone outside the

door. Though she couldn’t capture the conversation, she could tell from her expression that she was in

a bad mood.

She turned around to leave.

However, before she ran away, she heard a roar coming from behind.

“Adriana!” as soon as Thelma shouted, the building seemed to jolt.

She stopped to turn around, “What do you want?”

“Hey, what do you mean by running away as soon as you saw me? Do I look that disgusting?”

Thelma strode over to her. She put her phone into the pocket while posturing to glare at her.

“Disgusting? Oh, sorry, you must be mistaken. I just drop by to visit my friend in hospital.”

She simply figured out an excuse to fudge it. Then she asked, “What do you want?”

“Don’t you know what I want? The bill for your brother still needed to be covered, the sum of which has

reached from five hundred thousand to six hundred thousand. You promised you would pay if off. Now

the money is running out. Don’t you think you should take the responsibility?” while speaking, she

spread out her hands to ask for money as if Adriana had owed it.

“Six hundred thousand? Serious?” Adriana sneered.

Though it was one of the top three hospitals in Waverly, as far as she knew, she was sure that a

hundred thousand would be more than enough to cover the bill.

But Thelma actually asked for about six hundred thousand?

She must be crazy.

Meanwhile, Thelma seemed to notice her suspicion. She looked away with a bit of fluster.

“I have paid off the bill already. If any further payment is needed, the hospital will notice me. Don’t try to

fool me. Besides, though I said I had taken over the case from Jenkins, it doesn’t mean that I am

responsible for the bill.”

Adriana hurried to end the conversation, “That’s it. I gotta go.”

She no longer wanted to stay for one more second.