Chapter 143

“Those breakfast muffins I got you cost more than this chump change, Quintessa. Can you be any cheaper?”

Tyrone pinched the two coins in his hand, wishing he could just crush them.

The door remained silent. Quintessa was making it clear–she wasn’t going to open up.

“You just wait,” Tyrone growled. “Those muffins weren’t cheap. Make sure you pay me back next time.”

With a furious huff, he turned on his heel.

As he passed the trash bin, he was tempted to chuck the coins into it–forget the tip, did he look like a man who needed spare change?

landing in the bin, the coins ricocheted out, clinking loudly on the

snorted in disdain. Who needs ‘em, anyway?

elevator, and just as the doors were

Tyrone, with a scowl plastered

pocketed them. As a decent citizen, you don’t just throw away currency–that’s

why he was subjecting himself to such misery. He must have

and ran into his mother, who just returned

the last

snapped, “I got used and kicked

gasped. “You? Got used and kicked? Good heavens!”

news was shocking to her. She knew her son well; he was no pushover, and to hear he’d been taken for a ride,

sarcastically, “What, you’re

cleared her throat, “Ahem, of course not.

fine, just played for a fool,

him, and she probably despised him from the bottom of her heart, yet he’d confidently charged forward like a

at least you’ve still

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