Jay's gaze fell on the broken shards on the ground, and a look of helplessness flashed in his eyes. "How much is the bowl? I'll pay you."
Angeline blurted out, "831 bucks."
Jay eyed her suspiciously. He could not help but think that this she-devil was teasing him for some unknown reasons.
Angeline stretched out her fair and slender hand. "Pay up!"
Jay felt embarrassed. He did not have a single penny with him, so how was he supposed to compensate her?
"I’ll pay you once I have the money," he said.
Angeline leaned forward, her smile exceedingly sly." You don't have any money? Give up your heart then."
Jay stared speechlessly at her. "You think I'm only worth 831 dollars?" He deliberately stressed the word ' dollars'.
Angeline thought for a while. "831 bucks isn't enough for your good looks indeed. Here, I'll give you 831,224 dollars. How's that?"
Jay was quite sure that the she-devil was teasing him.
He glared furiously at her, wearing a steely expression that seemed to say, 'Neither riches nor honor can
corrupt him. Neither poverty nor humbleness could make him swerve from principle. Neither threats nor force could subdue him.’
"Not enough? How about 831,911 bucks?" Angeline switched things up and continued to tease him.
Jay refused to entertain her.
"What about 8,313,344 bucks?"
Jay gritted his teeth and sneered grimly, "Are you teasing me?"
Angeline smacked her forehead and said, "I'm such a failure. I've teased you for so long yet you actually have no idea that I was teasing you. Looks like my effort in making the bowl of chicken soup has been flushed down the drain.
Jay’s grim and sullen aura diminished. "Thank you."
He should thank Angeline because she was willing to condescend to a pauper like him by cooking for him.
Angeline said, "I don’t need your thanks."
Jay said in a resolute manner, "I’m a married man. Please put away that ridiculous idea about being my sugar mommy.”
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