Chapter 218

Stella was a little surprised.

‘Why is dad calling me?’ Stella wondered. ‘Don’t tell me he regrets giving me that bracelet the night before.’

In Stella’s perception, Albert was very stingy.

Rainee said that he was probably afraid of being poor because he grew up in poverty. Even after he had the money, he was still stingy with it. His stinginess was not just toward Rainee and Stella but also himself.

Rainee, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She liked to spend money when she made it. Maybe it was because they had different values. They would argue about money all the time.

Albert would criticize Rainee for spending money without restraint. Rainee would perceive that Albert’s mindset was too narrow and that he was too concerned with making or losing money. When they met big clients, he would not even buy a suit that cost over ten grand and would not book a decent hotel. He was afraid of losing money if the deal fell through.

was penny-pinching was not entirely accurate. At least when it

to attend college and make it

successful company got out, all sorts of distant relatives started coming out of the woodwork and connected

arrange

Whenever someone asked for a favor, he would everything he could. Hence, many of his relatives

and she seldom saw them, she had a strong impression of her uncles and aunts, who had taken advantage of Albert’s status to act

to the company, but he would complain for a

now that Stella had grown up, she realized that apart from her dowry during her marriage, the most expensive gift Albert had ever given her was the piano in their home. And, even that was bought reluctantly only after

and did not like to

Whether it was for reputation or profit, he would only spend money when it was advantageous to

had no guilt whatsoever and

the blinking name on the caller ID, Stella thought for a moment. Then,

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