GoodRead"Hey, Martin. There you are. Your dream girl's here!" Scarlett lifted her brows slightly and raised her head to see a fashionably dressed man walking inside. The man's eyes noticeably lit up at the sight of her. "Well, well, well. Am | hallucinating? We got a big shot here!" Martin walked over and boldly sized Scarlett up. "We haven't seen each other for five years, Scarlett. How cyou're still so pretty?" Scarlett glanced at him and smiled," Thanks. You haven't changed a bit either." 'Your lack of taste hasn't changed a bit,’ she added silently.
Jane next to them chipped in, "I mentioned you to Scarlett only a second ago! You're single now, aren't you? As chance would have it, Scarlett is single as well! Back then when we were in college, you were always saying Scarlett was your dream girl, weren't you? Well, here comes your chance. Do not let it slip through your fingers, Martin!" Martin's eyes, fixed on Scarlett, brightened even further at Jane’s words. He pulled out his cellphone and began to look for something on it. Seconds later, he handed it to Scarlett. "1 bought this when I had nothing else to do a couple of days ago. Do you like it, Scarlett? If you do, I'll give it to you tomorrow." On his phone screen was a picture of an Alovarance handbag which was worth 100,000 dollars or so.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOnly a fool would fall for the story that Martin, a man, had bought a handbag because he had nothing else to do.
Scarlett chuckled, "What's the price of this handbag?" Many people's faces changed at her words.
They wondered how a girl with such a charming temperament and good looks had beca gold digger.
The smugness and enjoyment on Jane's face deepened as she noticed the contempt in her classmates’ eyes.
Looking at Scarlett's good-looking eyes, Martin lifted his brows complacently, "It's not expensive. About 120,000 dollars." Scarlett's lips curved in a thin smile as she said, "Then it's indeed not expensive. Such a cheap handbag is beneath me." Her words were tantamount to a slap across Martin's face. After the requisition of Martin's family's land, Martin's life had improved greatly. He had founded a company after graduation and made a small fortune by himself.
Everybody acted sycophantically when mixing with him, but now Scarlett inflicted such a humiliation on him.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMartin found it intolerable and his face instantly changed. "It's okay if you want an expensive one." With that he suddenly pulled a cigar from his inner pocket.
He was fashionably clothed and smoking a cigar. If Alexis was here, she would definitely have something to say about his pretentiousness.
Martin lowered his head, lit his cigar and, looking at Scarlett, narrowed his eyes." Have a drink withtonight and I'll get you a 300,000-dollar handbag tomorrow. What do you say?" To put on a convincing act, Martin had actually clipped the cigar beforehand.
Scarlett looked at him and smiled, "Martin, it's ungentlemanly to lower your head when lighting a cigar." Having been rejected by Scarlett twice, Martin was angered, his face hardening. " Scarlett, I've shown you enough respect. Don't push it!" Jane stepped over from the side, seemingly intending to mediate, but in fact, she had no intention to smooth things over at all. " Relax, Martin. I'm sure Scarlett meant no offence. She's seen the world. Maybe she really knows the right way to smoke this thing. There's no harm in taking a piece of good advice, is there?” Someone failed to keep from snickering after hearing Jane's words.
Martin's unsuccessful attempt to keep up his pretense earned him the ridicule from his classmates. He abruptly took a long draw on his cigar but coughed and choked when the smoke filled his lungs..
Scarlett lifted her brows. "Oh, you're supposed to take short pulls when smoking a cigar." Martin, humiliated beyond endurance, pulled all his cigars from his pocket and slammed them on the table. "Why don't you demonstrate tohow the f**k a cigar should be smoked?" Scarlett glanced at the cigars on the box. " What if | refuse?" "In that case, I'm afraid I'll have to do something that'll make you look bad." In fact, Scarlett didn’t know much about smoking cigars, but she had watched a lot of old Epristan films in which the male leads smoked cigars. Afterward, out of interest, she had done sresearch about smoking cigars and thus still remembered it.
Judging from the way Martin was looking at her, it was unmistakable that he wouldn't let Scarlett leave this place unless she gave him a "demonstration".
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