Mia burst into laughter. Maya's words didn't bother her in the slightest.
Mia headed to the waiting room to make sure the decorations were in place.
Maya was displeased that she was being ignored. She looked at Shelly next to her. "Shelly, don't you think I have a point?"
There was something awkward about Shelly's expression. She let out a wry cough. "Ms. Lane, about Mia, there's a secret I have to tell you."
"What is it?"
Shelly hesitated momentarily. "Can you unfreeze my credit card? I need money lately."
Maya wasn't happy to hear that. "Shelly, you're quite the spendthrift. I think you should learn to save money or at least how to earn money. You can't keep asking for money from your family when you're already an adult, can you?"
Maya was suppressing her emotions. If it was not for Shelly's status, Maya wouldn't have cared about her, let alone give her a credit card to spend freely.
It was all in her plan to be one of the Barretts successfully.
However, there was nothing Shelly could do to help. The only thing she was best at was splurging money.
Now that Maya's credit card spending limit had been reduced by the Lanes, she had to tighten her belt.
Not getting the answer she expected, Shelly huffed, "Ms. Lane, don't be so stingy. You're my future sister-in-law."
"And that is exactly why I'm doing this. It's for your own good. No one borrows money from someone distantly related, do they?" Maya figured that Shelly needed a piece of advice so that she could grow up.
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