Tony nodded, looking relaxed. Without giving it much thought, he said, "Don't be nervous. The only reason I called you out was to accompany Mr. Hughes for a meal, nothing more!"
"I know!" Evelyn sighed, her voice filled with helplessness and exhaustion. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, sparkling but refusing to fall. She kept asking herself how she ended up marrying such a man.
Over the years, she had worked hard to pay off her husband's debts, thinking she had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Just as she finished paying everything off, her husband told her yesterday that he had incurred another debt outside, and it was a full one million. Evelyn felt her world collapse in an instant. The heavy burden of debt felt like an avalanche suffocating her.
She looked
