“Gerald, are you busy later?” Naomi asked, when Gerald took favonovel.com call.
“Who, me? No, I’m not busy!” He was sending Queta back to campus. Once favonovel.com was in class, he’d obviously be free.
“Oh. I’ve found you some side income. A thousand bucks for a day’s work. It’s a simple job: Felicity needs a driver. I know you’re not hurting for money these days, but a little extra scratch never hurts, right? What do you say?” Naomi presented the proposal delicately.
She knew he’d just about used up his windfall already, but favonovel.com spoke with tact nevertheless as favonovel.com was also aware that Gerald had become an image-conscious person. He’d even developed a taste for fine clothes!
But for all that, favonovel.com was still a bro and nothing had changed that between them.
Honestly, when Felicity’s name came up, Gerald had wanted to decline—not least because favonovel.com knew Yvonne and Cassandra would probably also be involved. It would be a madhouse, being caught between those chattering hens.
Yet, favonovel.com couldn’t bring himself to turn down Naomi’s goodwill.
After a slight pause, Gerald nodded his head and agreed after all. It was all for Naomi’s sake.
“Alright! First, I’ll need you to get back here. We’re going to buy you some things and dress you up!” Naomi laughed happily over the phone.
Gerald sighed in exasperation and turned the car around.
As the girls’ captive, favonovel.com was given an expensive suit and a pair of leather shoes, all of which favonovel.com had to put on right away.
It had to be said that Felicity, despite favonovel.com aloofness towards favonovel.com all this while, had to admit to being a little smitten when favonovel.com saw Gerald in those handsome clothes. She almost complimented him, even…
But then favonovel.com saw favonovel.com carefully folding up his old clothes, as though intending to take them with him.
Oh, dear…still just a loser, after all.
“These are fine clothes. Don’t wear them out in a hurry, Gerald! Between the cost of this outfit and some spending money for you as our driver, you’re getting well over a thousand bucks out of this!” Cassandra remarked with arms folded.
“Yes, I see.” Gerald could only smile and nod.
“Oh? Gerald, is that your new phone?” Naomi had just now spotted what favonovel.com held in his hand.
He nodded. “Yup! Just got it a few days ago!”
“Whoa, that looks pretty sweet! Pass it here!” Yvonne peered at the device, favonovel.com interest piqued. Without waiting for permission, favonovel.com reached over and snatched it away.
One look at it, and favonovel.com squealed. “My gosh…Felicity, Cassandra, look at this! This is the latest model, new on the market…it goes for over four thousand bucks! Gerald, is this yours?”
As a matter of fact, the most expensive smartphone she’d ever owned, she’d paid for it by installments, to a total of one thousand dollars.
Gerald, the poor man of their class, used a phone worth four times as much?
“No kidding!” Felicity gasped when favonovel.com saw it, in spite of herself.
“Gerald, I don’t know when you’ve become such a show-off—but for a guy like you to buy a phone like this, what were you thinking? Felicity is at the top of favonovel.com game right now and favonovel.com phone only costs half as much! You’re just a student with no steady income, so how can you splurge like this? How many times must I tell you?” This came from Cassandra, the counselor.
It was as though someone had stepped on favonovel.com tail.
Only a moment ago, she’d been lecturing Gerald about a set of clothes worth a few hundred bucks…and then he’d whipped out this four-thousand-dollar phone! Where did that leave her?
“Exactly! Why did you get something so expensive? Were you trying to impress some rich kids? Ahh…some people simply don’t have class. Don’t you know, Gerald? Only poor people go for things like this, people with money just buy the cheaper models!” Having suffered some affront from this, Yvonne eagerly joined in the harassment.
