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The parking lot immediately fell silent and Simon looked as though someone had just punched him really hard in his guts.

“This car is mine, I wasn’t trying to steal it. I mean, why will I try to steal a car that belongs to me in the first place?” I asked.

The silence in the parking lot thickened as the security men looked from me to the car before moving away from me. They were surprised to see that a man could have an expensive car like this.

“I am so sorry for the misunderstanding but I promise that I wasn’t trying to steal a car and—” my words got stuck in my throat when Simon bursted out laughing.

The sound of his laughter resonated through the parking lot and it was hysterical as he bent down just so he could laugh at me.

I didn’t need a soothsayer to tell me why he was laughing, I knew the reason like I knew the back of my own hand.

“Yeah, right, like a man of your calibre could own a car like this one,” he laughed, “get serious and stop joking around.” He laughed before suddenl