"Oh. Last night you were drunk. You drank a very, very strong cocktail! I..."
Angela was about to finish her sentence before Arvin interrupted her. "Angela, I clearly know how much I can drink, okay?"
Arvin tested the liquor content in his blood as soon as he arrived at the hospital. There was some leftover. However, the result didn't elucidate much, so he was still not so sure what was in his system.
"Oh... I put some medicine into the cocktail and you... drank it without hesitation." Angela couldn't stop him.
"And then?" Arvin asked Angela in a nervous tone.
Angela could hear her heart beating right fast. "Then... I was afraid that you would... blame me after you woke up... so I sent you to the apartment and left."
... Angela whispered her last sentence, but Arvin heard it very clearly.
'So she left my apartment last night,' Arvin thought.
"Where did you stay last night? Where did you go today?" Arvin kept asking with his eyes closed.
Since Angela decided to call Arvin, she knew what he would ask and prepared her reasons. "I was playing games on my phone last night at Nancy's house and today I slept all day at my house."
... Hearing Angela's answer, Arvin felt a sense of disappointment and wondered, 'Why did she have to leave me alone last night?'
"Hey, big wing, what are you thinking?" Angela asked him as if she didn't know.
Arvin closed his eyes and whispered, "What do you want to eat for dinner this evening?"
"... Whatever you want is okay with me."
"Okay, let's go out for something." Arvin's voice sounded quite gentle.
"Okay!" Hearing Arvin's suggestion, Angela dropped her negative tone. Happiness enveloped her. She knew that she and Arvin would get along as long as she didn't tell him the truth.
7 p.m. at night
Angela took a deep breath and dragged herself up tiredly towards the elevator.
Downstairs, Arvin was standing beside a Pagani in a black shirt and suit waiting for her.
From her first glance, she felt Arvin was of a different sort tonight.
Arvin! Was! Smoking! ...
Angela was very surprised to see Arvin smoke because she knew him for a long time, but she had never seen him smoke.
Angela was very sure that Arvin had never smoked before, ever! Besides, she never smelt even the suggestion of tobacco from him...
Except now...
Arvin looked at his shoes as he leaned against his Pagani, with one hand in his pocket. His other hand kept slightly touching the cigarette butt until it died out. Then Arvin put out the light and threw it into the trash beside him.
Only then did Arvin register Angela was there.
He didn't invite her over immediately. Instead he opened the trunk, took a bottle of glacier water and started to drink it.
Angela gawked at Arvin, pouring water into his mouth to rinse it.
Finally, Arvin threw the empty bottle into trash can.
'That was Zhencang, a famous glacier water brand. Arvin used it to rinse his mouth!' Angela's face twitched.
Being rich was so good. Angela decided that she still had a lot of research to do to make big money! If she depended on her income as a nurse in Yao Hospital, she would never be able to afford the lifestyle Arvin had.
Next, Arvin waved at Angela. Angela concealed her thoughts and walked towards Arvin and called him, "Big wing!"
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