With quite a number of people in the center looking at them now, Raquel really wished she could simply hide from all this embarrassment.
“…Why… Why are you behaving this way…?” asked Marven as he took in a deep breath.
In response, Raquel only looked to the side in silence.
“Huh, so you’re Marven, right? Raquel’s childhood friend or something? I’ve heard quite a bit about you! Just look at yourself! Get out of my sight already!” yelled Jefferson as he dangled his Audi A6 car keys right in front of Marven’s face.
“Hello, hello! Your name was Jeff, right? I’ve been waiting for you to arrive!” said a suited employee out of the blue as he rushed over to shake hands with Jefferson, a friendly smile on his face.
“Hey there, Aaron! It’s been a while since we’ve last met! Sorry for the wait!” replied Jefferson as he returned the handshake.
“No problem! Alright, so let’s get straight to business. I’ve picked out a few pretty decent places for you already! Come have a look at them! And don’t worry about the prices just yet, I’ll definitely be giving you discounts!” said Aaron.
“Sounds great, let’s go choose one right now!”
After saying that, Jefferson began dragging Raquel by the arm along with him. Since Raquel didn’t really want to talk to Marven anymore, she simply followed him, standing close to his side.
As she left, Marven slowly collected his thoughts again. Recalling Gerald’s advice definitely helped him keep his cool. Too many things had happened too quickly earlier, which was why he couldn’t hold his anger for a brief moment.
Seeing that Marven had successfully calmed himself down, Gerald simply patted him on the shoulder and led him back to their initial seats.
“Holy cr*p, Aaron! How could office areas be so expensive now? This isn’t like what I saw online at all!”
It hadn’t even been that long before Jefferson’s exclamations could be heard from a distance.
“Really, Jefferson? Do you honestly think this is too expensive? I’ll have you know that these are the cheapest ones here! Their placements are pretty decent as well!”
“Cheapest? The rent is around a million dollars per year! You may as well just rob us clean!” replied Jefferson, the shock on his face fully visible for all to see.
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