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.

like a tiger. Just

you pounce, you'd have a prey in your

"You're like a tiger without an opportunity to use its claws too, sir," he said, smiling."

has their own problems.

nodded his

smoking the cigarettes, and Samuel drove the car

office hours. Samuel stood by his car, and everyone assumed that he was a young tycoon. Of course, no one knew who he really

out of the entrance, stunned at the sight of her husband and the new car behind

terrible," Samuel said.

"You've been a manager

Grandma will suspect you of

coldly. Ever since she had been promoted to a managerial position, Harvey had been giving her plenty of trouble-meaningless trouble

need your reminder. You better watch out. Don't let me get an opportunity to

shotgun seat. She could not be bothered to respond

a single glance from the start

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

that he would have to answer this question one day. "I didn't need to pay

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