Female Novel
Love In Twilight By Tiny Mountains Chapter 178
Chapter 178 Were You Pulling My Leg?
The two shirts cost 5 thousand dollars.
In Clarissa’s current situation, five thousand dollars was an astronomical sum
Outsiders couldn’t enter the audit department, so she met with the store clerk at the reception desk.
She asked whether she could pay them together with the following month’s bill.
The store clerk smiled. “Miss Johnson, we just work there. We have to keep a monthly record.”
“I forgot to bring my cell phone, though,” Clarissa said. “That’s okay. I can wait here while you go back
upstairs to get your phone.”
Clarissa fell silent.
She was backed into a corner.
She couldn’t bring herself to borrow any money from Lily, because she knew that Lily was always short
of money at the end of the month. Lily spent more than she earned, and her mother even had to give
her some allowance every month. Moreover, Clarissa could
already imagine what would happen if she were to borrow money from Lily.
“You want to borrow money? Half of this building belongs to you, but you want to borrow money fromnovelbin
me?”
She was even more embarrassed to ask anyone else for help. It’d be disgraceful for Damien if people
were to know that the president’s wife was going around asking people for money
Just as Clarissa was feeling awkward, Ray walked into the building.
“What’s wrong?” he asked when he saw how awkward she looked.
“Oh, these people came to deliver Damien’s shirts, but I can’t pay them because I forgot my phone,”
Clarissa said.
“Allow me. How much is it?” Ray pulled his phone out.
“Five thousand dollars.”
He transferred the money.
As Clarissa turned to head upstairs, she heard the receptionists whispering among themselves. They
were probably talking about her.
This didn’t bother her. She was already used to being the subject of gossip.
‘How am I going to pay Ray back?’
Even at such a time, she had to keep up appearances. She couldn’t let anyone know aboul her
situation.
It looked like she could only ask one person for help…
That evening, when it was time to get off work, Ray went to Damien’s office.
“Pay me back. Your wife borrowed money from me,” he said to Damien.
“What money?”
“She said it was to pay for your tailor-made shirts. Your wife borrowed five thousand dollars from me,
so you, as her husband, have to pay me back. I’m a little short of money lately, so hurry up and pay me
back. Double the amount, in fact.” Ray held his phone out.
Damien gave it some thought. “Ask her to pay you back.”
“Man, what sort of husband are you?”
Ray was only joking with Damien. Five thousand dollars meant nothing to him, and there was no way
he would ask Clarissa to pay him back.
However, to Clarissa, she owed the finance director money. The pressure was on.
After thinking it over, she realized that she could only borrow money from Damien
Clarissa: [Can you lend me some money?)
Damien: [How much?] Clarissa: (Five thousand dollars.]
Damien didn’t say anything else. He immediately transferred the money to her.
And then, she transferred it to Ray.
Now that I’ve paid Ray back, I just need to hold it out for a few more days before I get my salary‘
Unexpectedly, after work, Damien asked her, “You said that you were going to buy me underwear,
right? Have you bought it already?”
Clarissa was stunned. Connie’s phone call had stopped her from paying for the underwear, and she
had hurried to see her grandmother after that. Thus, she had forgotten all about it…
“N-Not yet.” She felt deeply ashamed of herself.
“Were you pulling my leg?” Damien was driving calmly.
“No, definitely not.” Clarissa gave it some thought. He was such a smart person, he had to know she
was short of money. After all, she’d returned all the money to him. So, she just said bluntly, “I’m a little
short of money lately. It’s going to have to wait a few days.”
“How long?” He didn’t let the matter slide.
‘Note to self-never, ever owe anyone money anymore!’
“Can it wait till I’ve gotten my salary?” she asked him tentatively.