Chapter 1967

Chapter 1967

Alaric held the phone high above his head, just out of Hertha's reach. Seeing the frustration on her face, Alaric remained cool as a cucumber, a mischievous grin playing on his lips. "Chill out, will you? Just stand back and let me handle this."

"Stand back? Alaric, have you lost your mind?" Hertha couldn't believe her ears. It was her car and her mess to deal with. What did he mean by telling her to stand back?

Alaric ignored her for a moment, pulling out his own phone to make a call. "Yeah, it's down by Dream Street. Hurry up, we need this car towed."

Once the call ended, Hertha scoffed, "Wow, I thought you had some master plan. But you just called a tow truck, didn't you?"

Alaric's smile widened, "Well, the tow service I called is not quite the same as the one you'd call."

Hertha's curiosity was piqued. "How so?"

pocket for a tow service. The one I

caught off guard, managed to catch her phone just in

as she eyed Alaric, "What kind of service did you call that they'd actually pay

were that easy!"

worry about that. We're hailing a cab to Royal Estates," Alaric said with a playful smirk, gesturing for her to follow him to the roadside. Hertha was utterly baffled but followed, calling

do," came

up at him, "Seriously, what service did you call? I've never heard of such a thing where they tow your car, don't charge you, and then pay you on top of

wait for the money," Alaric teased, clearly enjoying

he withheld details, the more Hertha's curiosity grew. "No way, you have to tell me. It's like there's an

said no," Alaric responded, his

eager and curious brought a genuine smile to Alaric's face. It had been a while since

huffed, and in a bold move, she reached into

her hand made

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