Chapter 19 - The Last Day Of The Treatment!
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As Bella was preparing the medicine, she wondered if she should add the bitter herb or not. At last, she gave up on that thought. James was not in a good mood, so she would forgive him this time. She concentrated on boiling the medicine.
Standing beside the window, James looked at the medication that Bella offered to him. He frowned at it and gazed at Bella with his dark eyes, “What unnecessary thing did you add to it this time?”
“Just the herbs on the prescription, nothing else.”
Thinking of the bitter herbs she had added to James’ medicine before, Bella felt guilty. But this time, she really hadn’t added anything. Bella looked directly into James’ eyes and said, “It’s said that good medicine tastes bitter. It’s better to drink it while it’s still hot.”
“Take it away.” James seemed to detest it.
Bella had spent two hours boiling it! Feeling angry, Bella said, “You say you want to be cured, and this is your medicine!”
James looked at her coldly and said in a sarcastic tone, “Your medicine doesn’t work and it’s disgusting. Are you trying to get back at me with this s**t?”
Bella was irritated and answered, “I told you over and over again that I can’t heal you. You forced me to come here. These medicines are beneficial for your health but your impotence is all in your head!”
Finally, Bella had had enough of James’ treatment. She was furious. Without waiting for James’ reply, Bella grabbed her medical kit and ran out of the villa. If she ever tried to reconcile with James again, she must be an i***t!
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The next day, when Bella came to James’ house, she didn’t utter a word to him. James likewise said nothing. So, it became a battle of silence between them.
But Bella was happy with the situation. At least they stopped quarreling with each other.
The end of the month soon arrived. Bella came to James’ house and felt quite nervous. Today was the day for her to get her salary.
James still wore his same poker face, so Bella felt his pulse in silence.
Over the past weeks, she had learned some basic knowledge of traditional medicine from her brother Charles. Feeling his pulse, Bella knew that James was definitely healthy.
After feeling his pulse, Bella wrote down the prescription as usual. Writing down the names of the herbs, Bella raised her head to look at James from time to time. Thinking of the coming salary, she felt full of happiness.
Once she got the salary, she would be free and finally rid of this place. She would finally be free from James!
She finished the prescription and James still kept silent.
Was he so busy with his work that he would forget her salary? After all, he was a powerful CEO, while she was just a lowly, fake physician. Bella thought maybe she should ask about it first.
Bella hesitated and slowly asked, “When will I…”
But James didn’t give her the chance to finish. He stood up and walked directly into his study, slamming the door behind him.
Lowering her head, Bella said to herself that she would talk about it later with him.
Boiling the medicine, Bella was delighted, thinking about her salary. The program with Tom was also going well. The future looked bright!
After preparing the medicine, Bella brought it to the study room. She looked at James earnestly and expected he might remember that today he should pay her.
But James didn’t even look up. Bella uttered, “Today, you should…”
But once again, James interrupted her. He turned to Tony and said, “Go get the program file for me.”
Feeling that James was ignoring her, Bella was furious. She stood before him and said angrily, “James, are you planning to skip my salary?”
James turned his head and glanced at her. He replied coldly, “I feel no difference after your treatment.”
“But we agreed that this would be the last day of the treatment!” Bella stared at him in disbelief.
She had a classmate whose mother was ill and she had donated all her money to help them. If she didn’t get the salary, she would have no money!
She hadn’t expected that James would act so shamelessly and not pay her.
“Is this the right attitude to have with your boss?” James replied, still with his chillingly cold expression.
“The agreement we signed doesn’t say that I should please you every day!” Bella retorted.
James stared at her coldly, while Bella also looked at him angrily.
She deserved her salary!
A few seconds later, James raised his hand. Seeing his movement, Tony immediately put a checkbook in James’ hand. After writing some numbers on it, James threw the check at Bella.
Bella was overjoyed. James was not that shameless!
But wait, why had he only given her one-third of the salary?
Knowing what Bella was thinking, James gave the checkbook to Tony and said in his icy cool voice, “Your attitude is awful and your treatment hasn’t worked. You should be happy that I even gave you one-third of the money.”
Bella was close to really losing her temper. “You didn’t write this in the agreement. This is totally unreasonable!”
“It also didn’t say that deduction was not allowed.” James squinted his eyes and answered.
“But I have tried my best!” Bella didn’t give up. She had to get what she deserved.
“Your salary depends on your performance.” James slowly walked to the couch. He had a sarcastic look on his face. “You didn’t cure me. You should have gotten no money. This money is out of mercy. If you don’t want it, you can give it back.”
After saying that, he reached out to take back the cheque in Bella’s hand.
Bella grasped the check firmly. This was all the money she had now.
“You can leave now,” he said, dismissing her with his hand.
With no other options, Bella grabbed her purse and went back to college, frustrated and angry.
The driver taking her back was a new guy. Tony didn’t show up.
This money wasn’t enough to support her daily life. What would she do?!
Arriving at the dormitory, Eve saw Bella and asked worriedly, “What happened today?”
Bella almost cried. She held Eve’s arm and complained, “My boss has totally screwed me! He broke our contract and only gave me a third of my salary!”
Recalling what Bella told her before, Eve realized that Bella’s agreement with James was now expired.
Feeling elated, Eve asked cautiously, “Bella, will you still go to James’ house?”
Bella replied in fury, “No! He is a bastard! He wasted my time and didn’t even pay me properly!”
Eve comforted Bella with fake comforting words. But in her mind, she was already thinking about the next stage of her plan.
Since Bella would not go to James’ house anymore, this was her chance!
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