NovelEnglishChapter 551
I answered confidently, "It was. The divorce cso quickly and suddenly that I couldn't cover my losses even
with my old job. It would have takena long tto get back on my feet."
Zane asked, "Have you ever considered going back to your old job?"
| didn't even think before shaking my head. "No. | love my career now, and it pays better. Why would | go back?"
Zane's smile widened when he heard my answer.
Shane had been waiting in the cafe below Huxham Corporation long before the lunch hour. When Sasha showed
up, he pointed out sarcastically, "My, my, aren't we the busy office lady? How could you keepwaiting like
this?" Sasha rolled her eyes and shot him a withering look. "You know most of us get off for lunch at the same
time, right? It's not my fault you decided to show up early.
"Besides, | chere as soon as the clock struck noon. You should be lucky | even bothered coming."
Shane earnestly nodded when he heard this. "Okay, okay."
Worried that he might have forgotten the budget she gave him, she said tersely, "You can order whatever you
want as long as you keep it under a hundred dollars." Shane protested, "That's stingy of you."
"Sorry," Sasha said, not sounding very apologetic as she stopped his attempt to negotiate further. "I'm living on
a paycheck now, and it's not a big one. | take care not to overspend. Feel free to leave if you think you deserve
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbetter." The steely tone in her voice made Shane oblige immediately. "I'll stay put, thank you very much."
Only then did Sasha let him order
from the menu. He ordered a coffee and pasta for himself, which added up to 99 dollars. He flashed her smug
grin as he said, "My budgeting's pretty genius, huh? Not only did | order within the budget,
but | even saved you smoney!"
As if humoring a child, Sasha drawled, "Yes, how thoughtful of you."
Shane staked a table for them and said arrogantly, "Of course. Though I'd be lying if | said | didn't miss the good
old days. Back then, my friends and | would have feasts that add up to thousands of dollars.
"Most of them wouldn't hold back on treatingto fancy meals, either." He fixed Sasha with a meaningful look
and added, "Unlike now. | can't even order meals over a hundred dollars, especially since someone isn't in a
generous mood."
Sasha did not miss his pointed
implication and snorted. She countered, "First of all, you never treatedto any meal. Secondly, i you're on
such good terms with
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Se friends you speak so highly of, don't you have them buy you lunch instead?
"You could always join them for a feast fit for a king, right?" She propped her face up in her hands as she jested,
"Surely you wouldn't have to settle for a cheap coffee and pasta."
This riled up Shane as he exclaimed, "Trust me, I'm just as surprised as you are! | used to treat them to those
fancy meals or whatever they wanted, yet they turned their backs onwhen | needed them the most! "They
avoidlike the plague now if | even so much as hint at them to buya meal."
He was baffled by their behavior. After all, he had treated them as his closest friends. Disgruntled, he asked
Sasha, "Why do you think they're shunninglike this?"
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