CHAPTER 556: CHAPTER 576: TAXI ISSUES

On the other side, Alice Conley and Dorian Howards were glaring at each other.

"How about I just get a taxi back myself?" After a while, Alice cleared her throat and said.

"You really think things through well, don’t you? A taxi? Do you think there’ll be one that’ll take you back to J City from this place?!" Dorian couldn’t help but roll his eyes at her.

Alice was left speechless, and eventually, she had no choice but to get into Dorian’s car.

"I’ll calculate the fare and pay you later," she said, thinking that since she wanted to draw a clear line with him, she should settle the car fare properly.

"Alright, this car is a Bentley, costs over five million to buy, and in Howards Group, I’ll just count it on basic salary, leaving out any stock dividends and such. Even by that, it’s at least 100,000 per hour. From here to J City, let’s say two hours. At an hourly wage of 200,000 and considering the car’s depreciation and fuel costs, let’s round it to 220,000. Considering we were once a couple, I’ll give you a 20% discount, so that’s 176,000. Are you paying cash or card?" Dorian said lazily.

Alice almost spat out blood, damn it, is this guy trying to rob me or what!

"You make 100,000 an hour?" her voice was slightly off pitch.

"That’s calculated at the lowest standard," he reminded.

"..." Comparing people can really be infuriating. Her annual salary wasn’t even 100,000! Comparing his salary to hers, Alice felt a huge disparity.

"But if we were together, I could hand over all my wages to you. How about you manage our finances?" he said.

Suddenly, she imagined a pile of money being thrown at her. The scene... mm, it was quite beautiful.

Wait a minute, no! This wasn’t the time to be thinking about that, he was basically tempting her with money! Alice quickly replied, "Don’t think you can sway me with money, I am not someone to be easily moved!"

Alice struggled for a bit, "How about another discount?"

"What kind of discount were you thinking?" he asked.

Alice felt her pockets, only finding 200 dollars on her, so she said, "How about 200, consider it the fuel cost." 176,000, damn, her bank savings were only at 2,300 so far.

Dorian raised an eyebrow, suddenly tilted his body, leaned over, and pressed on Alice. Then, his lips just landed on hers.

Alice was stunned, she even forgot to react until Dorian’s lips left hers and he said, "Alright, let’s count this kiss as 175,800."

"..." Alice was speechless, was this getting her taken advantage of again?

Dorian lifted his hand and flicked her on the forehead, "Girl, how many people in this world do you think I’d play chauffeur to?"

After saying this, he started the car and headed towards J City.

Alice held her forehead, blankly staring at Dorian. His words somehow left her with a mixed feeling of blandness.

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Mabel Quinn woke up to find herself back in J City, having gotten her medication at the hospital, and by the time she returned to Kyle’s mansion, it was already evening.

At night, Mabel’s ankle needed ointment, and Kyle’s body was covered with bruises and scrapes that also needed ointment. Mabel couldn’t help but feel that the two of them were quite a pair now, both in dire straits together as an injured couple.