Chapter 20
Author: Teddy Bear
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Travis and Stella looked up to see a tall guy behind them with an attractive smile.

The guy offered Stella a handshake, which Stella accepted willingly because no guy had ever done that to her. "I'm Arthur, and you?"

"Stella."

"What a beautiful name. Do you mind if I call you Ella?" Arthur said.

Stella nodded with a smile.

"How much is the leaf? You can take as much as you need."

"She wanted to take five pieces and the price was fifty dollars," the sales agent said to bail Stella out of the awkward moment.

The sales agent gave a don't-tell-him-I-lie-about-the-price sort of glance and Stella quickly took a few breaths within as Arthur gave the woman the hundred dollars.

"Take everything," Arthur said to the sale agent.

"Wow! Thanks very much. You two guys are fit to be a happy couple."

Travis's eyes sparkled as Stella and Arthur grinned at what the sales agent said. Is Stella falling for the guy already? Why was he always unlucky in the business of women?

"Thank you very much madam," A
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