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Chapter9 The Apartment is Rented
“Diego!” Helene was confident it was Diego since he had retreated upon seeing her. She noticed the elevator had stopped on the first floor and rushed down the stairs.
However, when she reached the first floor, Diego was
nowhere to be found.
At that moment, the hospital called again, informing her that her grandmother’s surgery was indefinitely postponed until she paid the full surgery fee.
Helene hurried back to the hospital.
When she left Bamford Group’s building, Carlisle picked up the phone and called the receptionist on the first floor. Upon learning that Helene had come looking for Diego, he felt relieved and informed the receptionist that she had been fired.
Then, he called the HR department and instructed them to reduce Diego’s salary to five thousand per month and transfer him to the surveillance room as a network administrator.
Meanwhile, Diego was already frustrated about his salary being reduced to ten thousand when he received another notification to go to the surveillance room with a wage cut to five thousand. His face was contorted with rage.
He wanted to quit but remembered how he had boasted about his job to Freya. He couldn’t bear the embarrassment of losing another job.
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After thinking it over, he swallowed his pride and headed to the surveillance room.
Helene returned to the hospital but couldn’t reach Niall’s phone. She went directly to his office,
Outside the office, she heard intense arguing inside.
“This patient has already paid the deposit; why did you arrange the operating room for her?” Niall snarled.
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“She hasn’t paid in full, and I have every right to postpone her surgery,” Delilah replied, showing no mercy.
“Niall, I never thought you could be so heartless.”
“I am a doctor, not a charity worker. Is it wrong for me to adhere to the hospital’s regulations? Or are you into that patient’s granddaughter and want to pull a string?”
“Delilah, stop talking nonsense. You disappoint me.”
Niall didn’t want to argue further and turned to leave.
But Delilah stood in the doorway, blocking his way. “Niall, tell me the truth! Do you have feelings for me? If you do, then stop torturing me. If you don’t…”
“Delilah, please don’t bring personal feelings into work. Also, I’ve been in love with someone else for a while. Nothing is gonna happen between us,” Niall said firmly.
“That’s impossible. Who is that woman?” Delilah stood in Niall’s way.
“Move!” Niall’s handsome face turned red with anger.
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“I won’t move. Do you have no feelings for me? Not even a little bit? Then why were you so nice back then?” Delilah shouted hysterically. “Is it because of that patient’s family? You’ve only met her once, but we were classmates and spent three years together abroad…”
“That’s enough, Delilah. Even if we are gonna spend our life together, I will not fall for you!”
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Helene bumped into Niall.
Niall was momentarily taken aback and was about to say something when Delilah came out from behind him.
The moment Delilah saw Helene, she flew into a rage. “It’s you again? What are you doing here? Trying to bug and seduce Dr. Anderson again? Save your time! You better hurry up and raise some money.”
“Delilah, if you keep talking nonsense, I will report you to the hospital’s president!” Niall was furious and stormed out of the ward.
Despite all the onlookers around them, Delilah got even
angrier and shouted at Helene, “I’ll make it clear. There is no way your grandmother is gonna get the surgery done unless you pay for it in full!”
“Dr. Wilson, please. I’ll get the money right away. Please don’t cancel my grandmother’s surgery. I’m begging you.”
Delilah refused to listen. She wanted Niall to know that he wouldn’t be able to perform this surgery without her support.
No matter how much Helene pleaded, it was in vain. She
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could only try her best to raise the money quickly.
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She returned to her apartment to find Diego, but he was still nowhere to be found. She decided to wait at the door.
Finally, after it got dark, someone returned.
However, it wasn’t Diego; it was a family of three.
Helene saw the woman using keys to open the door and hurriedly ran over, asking, “Hello, I’m the owner of this house. How come you have the keys to this house?”
“You’re the owner?” The woman was surprised. “That can’t be right. Mr. Flores said he was the owner and even showed us the property deed.”
“He showed you the property deed?” Helene couldn’t believe it. “How is that possible?”
“If you don’t believe it, ask my husband. We both saw it,” the woman said firmly.
“So, you rented this apartment, right?”
“Yes, Mr. Flores said he needed money urgently. He’d give us a discount if we paid one year’s rent in one go.”
“Then we paid him 60,000 bucks, and he signed the contract and handed over the keys immediately.”
Helene felt a chill run down her spine, and she became dizzy. Diego forged the property deed and rented out her
apartment.
“I’m sorry, but you can’t enter this house today,” Helene blocked the doorway and took out her phone to call the
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The woman’s husband smacked Helene’s phone away. “Who do you think you are? Why won’t you let us in?”
“I am the owner of this house.”
“I don’t care who you are. All I know is that I rented this house from someone surnamed Flores. If you have a problem, talk to him. It’s none of my business.”
The woman’s husband rudely grabbed Helene’s collar and threw her aside.
Then the family of three entered the house and quickly closed the security door.
Helene panicked and started banging on the door frantically.
“Listen! That Flores guy used a fake property deed. I’m the actual owner. You can check on the housing registration
system.
My grandma is still in the hospital. I have to sell this apartment and get the money for her surgery. If she doesn’t have the surgery soon, she won’t make it to the end of the month.
Please, I beg you.”
“I know you’ve been deceived, but you can report it to the police and let them handle it. You can’t occupy my house like that! How am I supposed to pay for my grandmother’s surgery…”
Helene grew more emotional as she spoke, drawing the attention of many neighbors who gathered to watch.
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Finally, someone called the police, reporting a disturbance caused by a mentally unstable person, and the police took Helene away.
At the police station, Helene calmed down a bit.
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The police took her statement, but considering her unstable emotions, they asked her to call her family members to come and pick her up.
With no other choice, she called Carlisle.
Luckily, this time Carlisle picked up quickly.
In less than fifteen minutes, Carlisle arrived at the police
station.
Helene hadn’t expected him to come so quickly.
“Did you get hurt?” As Carlisle entered, people in the hall seemed to feel some pressure.
As Helene saw Carlisle’s worried expression, tears began well in her eyes.
“My ex–boyfriend rented out my house to someone else.”
“It’s no big deal. Just wait for me in the car,” Carlisle handed the car keys to Helene.
Not knowing what Carlisle was planning, Helene had to wait in the car.
After about half an hour, Carlisle finally came out. Behind him was someone who seemed like a leader, nodding and bowing constantly.
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Carlisle maintained a stern expression throughout the process, only slightly smiling when he heard something.
At that moment, Helene noticed that the family of three was also brought out of the police car.
She felt puzzled.
Why were they here too?