Chapter 12. Pinch of Reality

Emily's POV

I was about to get up and leave the office when I decided to ask him one more time if this was real, if he was going to really do this for me. I couldn't believe he was going to spend that amount of money on someone had just met a few days ago and despite that he wouldn't ask for additional compensation because of what he was going to do for me.

I was more than shocked and even at this moment it still felt like a dream, a dream I was going to wake up from and feel angry about because it wasn't real. I pinched myself again to know if I would wake up in my bed at home, or in the waiting room at the hospital where my father was getting his treatment, but nothing happened.

Today was just getting better and better, because aside from this Steven had also gotten what he deserved. I never expected things would turn out this fine, considering the dire situation I'd found myself in not so long ago. I decided it was best to just go with t