She thought about what Tobias said and found herself agreeing with him. There was no need for her to be stubborn. She should at least study hard when she was still in college and strive to find a good job after graduation.
After all, she knew very well that she would not be Mrs. Whitlock forever. She and Tobias were only pretending to be married and she knew that there was nothing between them.
"I won't go if you won't let me. Why should I abandon my relaxed and happy life for that? I'm not stupid," Natalie replied.
The smile on Tobias' lips grew. He handed a gold card to Natalie and answered, "Take this card. You can use it when you need to spend money after this."
Natalie took the card without hesitation and raised her voice. "Do you think I won't accept it? I will spend every dime of it."
"Alright, spend all of it," Tobias continued, "Your task today is to spend a lot of money."
Natalie was very excited to hear that. To a woman, what could be more exciting than spending money? Let alone a poor girl like Natalie.
"Okay!" Natalie agreed without hesitation.
"Won't you feel sleepy at work since you didn't sleep yesterday night?" Natalie asked before he left. Tobias replied placidly, "I'm used to it. I sometimes spend the whole night in the company when it's busy."
"Oh, you should try to rest if you can," Natalie said politely. It was not easy to be a president. She would die if she had to give up sleep for a few days.
"Okay," Tobias drove away upon finishing.
Natalie stared at the card and thought about how to spend the money. She needed to spend lavishly in order to quell the hatred in her. After all, Tobias bullied her that night.
She called her best friend, Yvonne Simpson, and uttered, "Yvonne, where are you? I'm near 11th Street. Come here now."
Yvonne, who had just woken up from her sleep, was in a daze."She asked, What's wrong?"
"It's my treat!" Natalie's voice was full of energy.
Yvonne immediately jumped out of bed and replied, "Did I hear you right? The impossible has happened!"
"Meet me in half an hour!"
"I'll reach you in twenty minutes!" Yvonne changed her clothes quickly after hanging up.
After Natalie ended the call, she decided to call Sebastian. Unfortunately, Sebastian was still struggling with work in the coffee farm, hence he could not join her.
Yvonne and Sebastian were Natalie's only two friends in college. The three of them had something in common and that was they were all poor. Among the three of them, Natalie was the poorest and Sebastian came in second place. Yvonne was from an ordinary family but she was not wealthy by any means.
Natalie found a Pizza Hut and went in to wait for Yvonne.
After hesitating for a while, she sent a text message to Tobias. It read, "I'm going to spend a lot of money today. You won't feel sad, will you?"
Her mobile phone chirped quickly. There was only a simple reply from him. "Spend it however you like."
Tobias' message reassured Natalie.
Well, Tobias just gave her the green light and she could spend however she liked!
She was going to spend a lot of money to vent the hatred in her!
Yvonne soon arrived and she exclaimed excitedly, "Natalie, are you really buying me a meal? Wow, this is unbelievable."
Natalie took the menu and declared proudly, "Just order whatever you like."
The two of them ordered some pizzas and drinks, totaling over three hundred dollars.
Yvonne was still a little uneasy. She asked, "Natalie, aren't we ordering too much?"
"This is nothing," Natalie replied smilingly.
She tried to be sound confident but she was not really sure too. She had never spent over three hundred dollars on drinks and pizza.
Pizza Hut might be affordable to ordinary people but it was a luxury for someone poor like Natalie. She was the type of person that would feel sorry even when she just ordered fast-food fried chicken.
However, she regained her confidence when she recalled that Tobias promised her that she could spend all of it.
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