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Chapter Forty-Six: Cannot Afford.
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Chapter Forty-Six: Cannot Afford.

PAXTON is waiting for Darius patiently. An hour had passed since they agreed to meet but he still hadn’t shown his face. The tea that he ordered got cold and he doesn’t have any intention to drink it until Darius come. Is he really not going?

“My Lord, it seems like Sir Darius will not go. We should go now,” Oliver said.

He didn’t reply to what Oliver said, instead, he took out his phone and tried to call Darius for the nth time. He has been calling him since he arrived but he isn’t answering. Yesterday, Darius was still obeying him, and now he’s like this?

When Paxton was about to stand up, the manager of the restaurant eventually came with his brows arching.

“Good evening, Sir!” Manager Chu greeted him with a displeased tone. “I am sorry, but you’ve stayed here for an hour, and you only ordered a cup of tea.”

Confused, Paxton stood up and looked down to the Manager, then he smiled.

“Why? Is there a problem?”

Manager Chu cleared his throat. “Sir, yo
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