You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie)
Chapter 4

When he heard Coralie mentioned that she had just been abandoned, his handsome face turned cold as if it was covered with a layer of frost. He raised his hand and lifted the woman's chin with his long and slender fingers. He forced her to look at him and said coldly, "Didn't you always have a bad taste?"

The handsome man's alluring eyes were fixed on the woman before him. His well-chiselled facial features were divine.-

Coralie was stunned. She hadn't seen him for five years and Skylar looked even more matured and charismatic compared to five years ago.

She also knew that he was referring to what had happened five years ago.

Five years ago, after Skylar's mother had insulted her parents, Coralie chose to disappear from his world and blocked all connections with him.

"Yes, my taste has always been poor." Coralie stubbornly raised her head, her clear almond-shaped eyes met the man's dark-colored eyes, and said stubbornly, "So, President Holland, please let go of this person with bad taste!"

Listening to what the woman had said, Skylar's heart skipped a beat. He pinched Coralie's chin with his long fingers. "I'll pay you 5 million dollars to be married to me for a year. When my grandmother's health gets better, we'll get a divorce."

"I don't agree!"

She had been disappointed in her marriage. She also didn't want the words of Skylar's mother to come true, and she didn't want to create an opportunity for the Holland family to humiliate her family! Skylar didn't force her to agree to it either. He knew her very well. Coralie was a woman who was much stronger than her appearance so it would be difficult for him to change this woman's mind in an instant, unless Coralie figured it out herself.

He took out a black business card and handed it over to Coralie. "My offer would be valid for a month. Today is August 6th. Before September 5th, this offer will remain effective."

Looking at the man's figure as he walked away, Coralie clenched the business card in her hand tightly. When the man got in the car, she turned around and threw the simple yet luxurious black business card into the trash can.

They were like two parallel lines. No matter how close they were to each other, they would never come across each other.

In the afternoon, Coralie rented a house. Because her income was low and she didn't have much savings, she could only rent a 30 square meters room at the moment. It was a 20-year old house which was located in an old residential area.

Her unit was on the fifth floor. Fortunately, the landlord was an old lady. Although the room was old, it was quite clean.

Although Coralie attended a good college, she only had been doing simple administration work in a small company all these years. After she had rented a house, she had sent out multiple job applications. However, whenever the Human Resource Manager asked about her work experience, all of them would reject her application.

A lot of time had passed. Everyday, she was either working or going for job interviews. Her life was not much better than before, but at least it wasn't as bad.

It was now September 4th, it was her brother's birthday.

Coralie had bought him a pair of sneakers which was on sale as a birthday gift with her savings.

"Sister, you're back."

As soon as Coralie entered the house, her younger brother, Wayne Chariott took over the things that she were carrying in her hands and took out her slippers from the shoe cabinet.

"Yes."

Looking at her brother's behavior, Coralie's heart felt warm.

Five years ago, their father had passed away in a car accident. Her younger brother had been living with his mother, so he was very sensible.

"How was college? Was it tiring?"

Coralie put on her shoes and asked with a concerned voice.

Wayne had always been excellent in his studies since he was a child. No one had to worry about him. This year, he aced the college entrance examination with the score of more than 600 points and got into the best college in the entire city.

Today was the third day of school.

"I'm not tired at all. College is much more fun and interesting than high school."

Wayne served a glass of water for Coralie.

Coralie took out the sneakers that she bought out from the box and handed them to Wayne. "Try it on. See if the size is alright?"

"This is for me?"

"Yeah, see if you like it or not."

"I like it! As long as it's from you, I like it!"

Looking at Wayne's happy face with the pair of sneakers in his hands, Coralie felt a little down inside. It was because the brand that she bought was very ordinary and it had only cost her very little after the discount. Young people like her brother must prefer famous brands like Adidas and Nike.

But she just couldn't afford them.

"Don't worry, when I make money in the future, I'll buy you better ones."

"There's no need for that, Sister, I am a man. I should be in charge of making a lot of money to buy you pretty clothes and let you live a good life."

While the siblings were chatting, Coralie's mother, Hera Jean, brought out some delicious food from the kitchen.

"Coralie, come eat."

The three of them sat together happily.

"Happy birthday, Wayne!"

"Happy birthday."

"Thank you, Sister, thank you, Mom."

When Coralie got married, she rarely came home. Now that she's home eating the food prepared by her mother and looking at her lovely brother, she couldn't help but to feel sad. She felt that over the years, she had forgotten her loved ones and instead had wasted her youth on someone undeserving.

"Sister, eat more meat, you have lost weight."

Wayne picked up a piece of chicken and put it in Coralie's bowl.

"You eat some too. You're still growing up."

Coralie also put some vegetables in Wayne's bowl.

"Coralie, I think you really have lost a lot of weight. Don't push yourself too hard." Hera looked at Coralie with her old face full of distress. She got up, took out 1000 dollars from the wooden box behind her and handed it to Coralie. "Take this money. Buy anything you want to eat, treat yourself better."

Coralie knew that the wooden box contained the compensation that her family had gotten after her father's death.

Five years ago, her father died in a car accident. The driver who hit her father was driving under the influence of alcohol. The driver's family had compensated them a sum of money.

As Hera was getting older, she no longer felt safe to deposit all the money in a bank account, and so she would rather keep them all at home.

In the past few years, Hera had lived a frugal life. Apart from the 100,000 dollars that Coralie and Howard had taken out when they bought their house, as well as the few thousand dollars for Wayne to pay for his college tuition, she had basically not used any of this money at all.

"Mom, you don't have to do that!"

Coralie quickly refused, "I'm already a working adult and I haven't bought anything for you after all these years so how can I take your money?"

"Just take it." Hera put the money in front of Coralie. "I know that you had a hard time in the Schultz family. When I first saw Howard's mother, I knew that she would not treat you well."

Coralie hadn't told Hera about the divorce yet.

Listening to Hera's words made her recall about the mean words that Morgana had said last month. Coralie's eyes turned red and she threw herself into Hera's arms. "Mom, I promise that I will make a lot of money in the future so that you won't have to suffer anymore."

Hera patted her back and coaxed her as if she was a little child. "If you come back home often, I'll be content already."

"Sister, we know that you are living a hard life. Mom and I are your solid back ups forever. If you are ever being mistreated by the Schultz family, just tell me. I will fight for justice for you!"

Wayne clenched his fists tightly as if he was not afraid of anything.

Coralie sat up. She held her mother in one hand and her brother in another. She said from the bottom of her heart, "Thank you, I love you both."

As she said, Coralie made up her mind that she must come back home often to see her mother and brother in the future.

It was already 10 o'clock at night when Coralie got home after celebrating her brother's birthday.

In addition to the exhaustion from her work, she fell asleep as soon as she got home.

In the middle of the night, Coralie, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the ringtone of her mobile phone. She glanced at the caller ID. It was an unknown number. "Hello, is this Coralie Chariott?"

On the other side of the phone, it was a young lady's voice. The background sounded very chaotic.

"Yes. I am."

Coralie answered in a daze.

"Hello, this is the People's Hospital. Hera Jean and Wayne Chariott are currently being rescued in the hospital. Please come and pay for the medical costs as soon as possible."

"What?"

Coralie immediately sprung up from the bed and instantly sobered up.

When she arrived at the hospital, the entire emergency hall was filled with the smell of smoke.

Coralie rushed to the front desk and asked the doctor on duty, "Doctor, doctor, I am a family member of Hera Jean and Wayne Chariott. How are they doing now?"

The doctor on duty took a look at her and answered calmly, "The two of them are still being rescued. Please complete the admission procedures first."

"Okay, okay." Coralie's mind was in a mess. She could only listen to the doctor's advice and proceed to complete the admission procedure first.

"You will have to pay 50,000 dollars as a deposit for each of the patients, but 50,000 is definitely not enough to cover the entire medical costs so you would have to make up for it later." "5... 50,000?"

Coralie's body went limp that she almost fell onto the ground.