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.”

thought about borrowing some

the bill for

A

but soon came to his senses. In a respectful manner, he

Betty snapped back to reality, trying to stop the waiter, but the latter

left

was aware that she had no money to pay the bill. Then she turned

the stone-faced man in the wheelchair and said with embarrassment, “Well… Sir, I’ll pay

Could you tell me your phone number or bank

do you have a pen and

voice was a bit husky and

that the man was going to write down his bank account, Betty took

a string of numbers, and handed

took it and

this?” It couldn’t be his

phone number.” The man returned the pen, his look

cheeks burned a

she didn’t have 5,000 dollars

he gave her his phone

by nature, Betty tended to overthink things, but it was improper for her to press. Without a choice, she took the notebook and whispered,

the other party, she produced her business card

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