Chapter 2 Why Don’t We Get Married?

The customers all around snickered. Embarrassed to the core, he fled from the restaurant.

Betty collected herself, looked at the man, and thanked him. “Thanks for the help, sir.”

The man bowed his head.

Just then, the anxious waiter looked at Betty and cut in, “Well… Madam…”

Betty took the hint, blushed, and said, “I’ll pay the bill. How much is it?”

 

The waiter heaved a sigh of relief and said, “$5,000.”

What?” Betty was struck dumb.

She knew this restaurant charged high but had not expected such an exorbitant price.

“If you have questions, you can check the bill.”

Then again, Betty knew that they would not overcharge her. The problem was that she had just paid her mother’s medical bills yesterday. There wasn’t much money left in her deposit, and her credit card had long been frozen.

“Well…” Her cheeks burning, Betty plucked up the courage and asked, “Can you… Put it on the cuff?”

The waiter froze and soon pulled a long face. “Sorry ma’am, no credit is given at this restaurant. If you can’t pay the bill, we’ll have to resort to other means.”

borrowing some money

bill for this

hand. A

came to his senses. In a respectful manner, he took

to…” Betty snapped back to reality, trying to stop

left

had no money to pay the bill. Then she turned to

and said with embarrassment, “Well… Sir, I’ll pay

tell me your phone number or bank account?

have

was a

that the man was going to write down his

pen, scribbled a string of numbers, and

it

couldn’t be his

the pen, his look still nonchalant.”Dial the number when you have the

cheeks burned

perspicacious man could tell that she

just couldn’t understand why he gave her

it was improper for her to press. Without a choice, she took the notebook

party, she produced her business card and added, “Here

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