Her shout instantly drew the attention of several people in the showroom.
Parrish turned his head as well, his brows instantly pulling into a tight scowl the second he saw Bonnie.
Seraphina walked over, clinging to his arm, a sickly sweet smile of concern plastered on her face.
"Bonnie, is the work here exhausting? Do you have to stand on your feet all day?"
Before Bonnie could even respond, Seraphina shook Parrish's arm, her voice dripping with artificial softness.
"Babe, since Bonnie is working part-time here, why don't we have her show us this car? You're buying me one anyway. We can give Bonnie the commission to help her out. Don't you think that's a great idea?"
In Parrish's mind, a part-time job was the only logical reason Bonnie would be here.
Given her limited financial resources and her mother's endless medical bills, she was undoubtedly struggling to make ends meet.
Thinking about this sparked a dark sense of possessiveness within him, mingled with an unexplainable pang of twisted sympathy.
Parrish slid one hand into his pocket and spoke coldly. "Bonnie, if you want the commission, come over here. Stop pretending you don't need it."
Looking at the two of them spinning their own delusional narrative, Bonnie actually let out a dry laugh.
She crossed her arms, sweeping a freezing glare over them. "If you're blind, go see an eye doctor. Stop spewing garbage. Which eye of yours saw me working a part-time job? I'm here to buy a car!"
Parrish's expression instantly turned thunderous.
He despised the way Bonnie acted now—bristling with thorns and constantly snapping at people without an ounce of class.
"Look at yourself! Cursing every time you open your mouth. Who taught you to behave like this?!"
Seraphina acted as if she had been startled, dramatically covering her mouth in shock.
"Bonnie, you... you're really here to look at cars?"
She blinked in mock amazement. "Did you come into some sudden wealth? The cars here aren't cheap. Even the most basic models run into the high tens of thousands. If Parrish wasn't insisting on buying me a commuter car, I wouldn't even have the courage to walk into a place like this."
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