Chapter 27

"You got new wheels?"

Samuel walked toward the general store after he parked the car on the street right by the store, and the owner greeted him with a smile and those words.

"It's almost summer so it'll be hot."

The owner automatically took out a pack of cigarettes that he usually smoked. However, the A6 did not quite match Samuel's entire appearance. "Do you want to switch your smoke brand?" the owner asked.

"No need," Samuel replied. "I'll save money for petrol."

The owner shook his head, wearing a rueful smile." You won't save money for petrol by smoking."

"A penny saved is a penny earned. I'd be labeled a failure otherwise." Samuel opened the pack and offered the owner a cigarette.

The owner extended a hand at the same time, a lighter in his grip. The duo's actions complemented each other seamlessly, as though there was an invisible thread of understanding between them. This understanding had been carved through time. It had been three years, after all.

The owner huffed, releasing vague rings of smoke. "I knew you weren't any regular joe from the start.

a tiger. Just waiting, waiting,

you'd have a prey in

tiger without an opportunity to use its claws too, sir," he said, smiling." Why would

has their own problems. You do it for your woman, so

nodded his head

smoking the cigarettes, and Samuel drove the car toward the office

car, and everyone assumed that he was a young tycoon. Of course, no one knew who he really was. If they found out that he had married into the Sues as a disgraced son-in-law, they would have paid him any attention.

stunned at the sight

coming, and the sun will be terrible," Samuel said. "I

Sue," an intrusive voice rang out. "You've been a manager

that Grandma will suspect

Harvey coldly. Ever since she had been promoted to a

have evidence. I don't need your reminder. You better

could not be bothered to respond

single glance from the start

back home. "How much money do you have, exactly?"

"I didn't need to pay for anything out of my savings when we

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