After the New Year's Eve Tragedy Her Icy Return novel Chapter 61

Liam stood frozen, unsure of how to respond to Caroline’s jab.

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Helen, who had been silently observing, broke the silence. “Aunt Caroline, think about our family for a second. This delivery thing isn’t safe. What if you run into one of those creepy customers? Something bad could happen.”

She didn’t specify, but Caroline understood the implication immediately.

“I don’t need you worrying about me,” Caroline snapped coldly.

Liam’s temper flared at her response. “How can you sink this low, Caroline? You’re a woman! Don’t you have any self–respect or dignity left?”

He couldn’t understand why she would lower herself to such a job, risking God knows what, just to make a few bucks.

This is humiliating!

Caroline glanced at her watch, realizing she was running out of time. She still had dishes to clean and the kitchen to tidy up. She didn’t have the patience for this conversation.

Without another word, she hopped on her scooter, revved the engine, and sped off.

Liam and Helen stood in silence, watching as she disappeared into the bustling crowd.

After a long pause, Helen asked, “Uncle Liam, did Aunt Caroline even say if she’ll consider working as a cleaner?”

Helen was hopeful that Caroline might accept the factory cleaning job.

She even entertained the thought of hearing her coworkers gossiping about Caroline’s new situation.

The idea was almost amusing to her.

Liam’s response was certain. “She’ll take it.”

As soon as they returned home, he planned to tell Miguel about today’s encounter and figure out how to make sure Caroline would never think about delivering food again. Once that was sorted out, she wouldn’t have any choice but to take the cleaning job at the factory.

Meanwhile, Caroline was zipping down the street on her scooter, unfazed by the harsh words Liam had thrown at her.

In fact, she felt surprisingly content.

It was only her second day on the delivery job, and after factoring in her expenses, she estimated she was making around 250 to 300 dollars a day. That was a far better income than she had earned as a private chef

I owe a big thank–you to Blake for helping me land this gig.

As she approached Galaxy Bay Residences, she spotted Blake standing outside the building. She smiled

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Blake nodded slightly and responded with a soft hum before asking, “How’s the delivery work going? Is it exhausting?”

Exhausting?

Caroline was taken aback. It had been years since anyone had asked her that, and just the sound of it made her heart skip a beat. She wasn’t sure if it was surprise of something else, but it stirred something inside