Resurrecting the Genius Within (Calypso Rain) novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Luxury Spending

Ethan hesitated to touch such an expensive item. He carefully examined it to confirm that it was a genuine phone, not a dummy. He asked, “Where did you get it?”

“I bought it.”

“Where did you get so much money?”

“I have more.” Isabelle raised her hand and showed another phone.

Ethan’s eyes widened.

Each of these phones costs nearly 1,500 dollars. It’s not something affordable for ordinary wage carners. His sister was a poor student, yet she had bought two phones at once.

3.000 dollars was a sum their family couldn’t save, even by scrimping and saving for a year.

“Where did you get the money?”

He wondered did she steal or rob it from others like a gangster?

But those gangsters only rob students. A few hundred a day was considered good income. How could she make so much money from robbing others?

Isabelle explained, “I didn’t steal or rob. It’s all legitimate. Use it without worry. If it breaks, I’ll buy you

another one.”

Ethan gazed at Isabelle. Her face was both familiar and strangely different to him. A sense of trust welled up inside him, possibly sparked by the clamour etched on Isabelle’s face or her drastic changes. Or perhaps he was fully convinced that Isabelle’s previous naivety and incompetence had been an act.

“Okay.”

Ethan’s reaction over the phone was too dramatic, right?

If Isabelle’s brother knew about her assets, wouldn’t he faint from shock? Not to mention her assets, just showing him the remaining 147,000 dollars in her account would probably make his jaw drop.

“I’ll take you shopping tomorrow.” After saying this, Isabelle grabbed her new phone and went back to

her room.

Ethan carefully took the phone out of the box and held it in his hand for a while. He was so excited that his hands were somewhat stiff. He then remembered to take the SIM card out of his old phone and carefully put it into the new one.

The moment he turned on the phone, Ethan’s heartbeat accelerated, and his breathing became heavier. He felt like he was dreamin

Such an expensive item was something he could never hope for. He wouldn’t dare accept it, even if it was given to him by his relatives. But now he was holding it in his hand. This phone belonged to him. It was given to him by his sister, who had been scolded by their mother for being useless for over a

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Chapter 10 Luxury Spending

decade.

The next day was the weekend.

After her morning run, Isabelle changed her clothes and called Ethan to go shopping with her.

“Did you study late last night?” Noticing Ethan’s dark circles, Isabelle casually asked.

Ethan responded somewhat evasively, “Yes.”

He didn’t want Isabelle to know that he was so excited that he couldn’t sleep all night.

Ethan carefully put his new phone into his pocket as if it was a treasure, pretending not to care too much. Isabelle didn’t expose him..

Ethan followed Isabelle out and asked, “You said you were going to take me shopping yesterday. What are we buying? Do you still have money?”

“What are you guys doing? Did mom give you money?” Layla, with her sharp cars, heard Ethan’s words from her room and immediately ran out to ask.

Ever since Isabelle fell and came back from the hospital, she had changed into a different person. Inexplicably, Isabelle’s relationship with Ethan had improved.

Layla cannot bear to see this.

Isabelle ignored her and headed to the yard without stopping.

Afraid that Layla would tattle to their parents, Ethan thought for a moment and replied, “No.”

“Hmph.” Layla rolled her eyes and couldn’t be bothered by them, thinking that they couldn’t have any

money.

Isabelle took Ethan to have a casual breakfast, then brought him to the largest mall in Norward City.

Ethan hesitated at the entrance of the mall. Seeing Isabelle striding in, he followed.

This was the first time Ethan had ever been to such a place.

He was wearing clothes that he had bought from the bazaar over the past six months, and with his limping left foot, he felt out of place here. Ethan followed behind Isabelle with his head bowed. He tried not to look around to make himself seem less nervous. He wanted to call out to Isabelle several times but chose to follow her trustingly.

It wasn’t until Isabelle led him into the men’s department store and told the well-dressed shop assistant, “Find him some clothes.”

Ethan came back to his senses and was shocked that his sister was buying clothes for him.