Arter Felix left the hotel, his phone buzzed with a call from Nathan.

"Hey Felix, where you at? You didn't crash at your place last night?"

"Yep."

Felix flicked his lighter and lit up a cigarette, expertly exhaling rings of smoke. "How'd you know I didn't make it home?"

"Well, I swung by your pad last night. I brought sburgers for late-night grub, but you were MIA, so I just wolfed it down solo.

Did you finally seal the deal with that heiress you've been chasing? The Miller Group's golden girl?"

Nathan was in the loop about Felix's latest conquest, the sole heiress of the affluent Miller Group. Hooking up with her could be a

gchanger - it could mean getting his foot in the door of a fortune.

The CEO of the Miller Group was known for doting on his only child, the apple of his eye.

"l didn't."

Felix was blunt, a glance at the sky told him it was tto wrap this up. "We'll talk when I get back."

It was Saturday, and Nathan had the day off, so he lingered at hwaiting for Felix.

Felix arrived swiftly, bumping into Nathan by the dumpsters. Nathan was tossing out the trash, navigating around puddles of filthy

water that demanded careful stepping to avoid.

His face lit up at the sight of Felix.

"Coming straight from the hotel, huh? Spill it, man, did you really resist the temptation? You've got sserious willpower if you

passed up a night with Miss Miller. You toldshe wasn't exactly the shy type."

"She's not," Felix admitted, recalling Carol's forward advances with a visible distaste.

Nathan's face soured with envy. "Man, I swear, if I had your looks, I'd be juggling girlfriends left and right."

Nathan was your average Joe, standing at five foot nine, the epitof ordinary. But he was Felix's best bud - the brother he never

had.

They strolled to Nathan's place in the alley, a humble, snug home, but it was his - no rent like Felix had to deal with.

crashed at Nathan's before

sat in a wheelchair, her legs atrophied

had been scraping by for years trying to afford her treatments, but it was clear her condition was irreversible. The

a fiancée in the hospital.

knew Listina well. Before her hospital days, they'd all hang out together,

the sidewalk, cursing

Listina had knitted Felix a scarf. They were broke but happy, their

brands out of

scarf, Felix had seen Nathan turn green with envy, hugging Listina and professing his intent

their love story

sweethearts. With your

chimed in, "Never seen anyone

but truly

happiness was short-lived as Listina soon fell ill

the treatments

had found out the truth of the car accident

from Carol.

He spent hundreds of thousands

even turned to gambling, outsmarting loan sharks - a dangerous gthat left him scarred but

turn the tide for Listina.

close to Carol, to somehow extract the money

joke

room. Felix reclined with a

yet tense.

seen Felix's darker days of gambling, knew the stakes. Felix

and live to tell

spent the night at the hotel with Miss

"Yeah."

"Did nothing happen?"

"Just a kiss."

if the

an orange at the table, couldn't hide his jealousy. "What's not to like about her? Even if it was just a fling,

Sometimes you gotta let go, man. You can't expect to woo her

throwing herself at Felix and him

a bit too bitter for

mood, flicked his cigarette butt into the trash. "I

hadn't forgotten that

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