Untamed Charming Wife

“Pay for it?” Kayla’s heart sank. Oh no, how could she possibly afford to pay for such an expensive car?

In the heat of the moment, she had lost control of her speed and the collision had been far from minor.

Although she didn’t expect much, Kayla still cautiously looked at his handsome young face and asked, “How much do I have to compensate?”

“Not much,” Ethaniel’s delicate lips parted slightly, his violet eyes fixed on her spirited and righteous face. In response to her anticipation, he mercilessly delivered his verdict, “One million.”

“What!” Kayla was dumbfounded. A million for just a collision?

Who gave you the courage to extort a police officer? And right in the police station!

The startled woman’s eyes widened, making her already beautiful eyes even clearer and brighter. Ethaniel’s lips curled into a faintly wicked smile as he continued to pour salt on Kayla’s wound, “In pounds.”

“…”

Earning a mere five thousand a month, even if she scrimped and saved every penny, she could only amass sixty thousand in a year.

Fifteen years would only bring her to Nine hundred thousand, and then there was the matter of converting it to pounds…

Kayla’s mind quickly went numb with numbers, her wide eyes staring blankly, her pupils almost morphing into pound symbols.

Amid her breakdown, she clearly realized that in her lifetime, she would never be able to repay this!

“Heh.” Jack couldn’t help but chuckle at Kayla’s stunned and overwhelmed expression.

This girl… really is interesting.

“One million, in pounds…” Kayla looked at the expressionless, devastatingly handsome Ethaniel in despair, thinking that his good looks were utterly useless given his malicious nature!

She gritted her teeth and growled, “You’re simply extorting! I just gave it a little bump, what gives you the right to demand such an amount!”

“That Dukaking is the only one of its kind in the world, a custom-made antique sports car from the last century. Its existence represents the entire history of sports car evolution and holds special significance. Every part, every layer of paint is meticulously preserved. If you calculate its current market price and collectible value, the damage you did to that piece of paint is definitely worth more than a million.”

Ethaniel, silent most of the time, was always logical and precise whenever he spoke, hitting the mark perfectly.

So, when Ethaniel saw Kayla’s dazed and despairing expression, his thin lips curled coldly. “One million is already a friendly price. Otherwise, I could charge you with damaging an antique, and then you wouldn’t need to pay a cent, just go straight to jail.”

Kayla swallowed hard, her pleading eyes darting to Mick.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Say something! You’re my boss, you should step in now!

Mick ignored her completely, looking up as if to say, “Don’t bother looking at me. Who caused the trouble, who pays for it.”

Kayla felt deeply hurt by Mick’s attitude. She bit her lower lip and looked anxiously at Ethaniel.

Ethaniel happened to be looking at her too. Their eyes met, one pair cold as ice, the other clear as water.

Kayla’s eyes shimmered with a visible mix of grievance and confusion. Her pearly teeth gnawed at her pink lips, her gaze darting around in a desperate search for a solution.

Ethaniel watched her, feeling something in his heart slowly melting…

“Can I…” Kayla took a deep breath, “Can I pay in installments?”

“Ha!” Amused, Jack pressed a hand to his lips and coughed lightly. He was wrong; the girl wasn’t just interesting, she was too interesting!

“No way!” Oliver pointed his little finger at her. “Pay up or we’ll sue you!”

Kayla squinted at Oliver, “Hey, little boy, do you think a million just falls from the sky, huh?”

Sure enough, rich kids are the worst, not understanding the struggles of the working class at all!

“Ollie.”

The deep, gentle voice was practically seductive. Oliver pouted and stopped talking.

Seeing his son’s angry little face, Ethaniel thought, in these years he hadn’t seen Ollie show such vivid expressions. Growing up in the enormous Lacroix Family castle, Ollie had no playmates his age and became increasingly withdrawn. He never expected Ollie to reveal his childish innocence in front of Kayla.

For Ollie’s sake, he decided not to let this little woman off the hook.

The calculator in Kayla’s mind whirred at high speed. To secure the best possible outcome for herself, she forced an innocent smile and asked pitifully, “Mr. Han, can’t I really pay in installments? I don’t have that much money.”

“It’s ok if you don’t have money,” Ethaniel lightly raised an elegant eyebrow, his thin lips finally curving into his first smile yet. “You could sell yourself instead.”