Strangers
Author: Preshy John
last update Last Updated: 2024-02-27 15:56:58

“Why do you keep staring at me like that?” Zade chuckled.

“Because you just spent 10k and you're acting like it's nothing. Where did you get such an amount from? If we invested that money into business, we would…”

“Money for business has already been set aside, El. Stop worrying. We barely had what to eat in the last few weeks, this is an opportunity to enjoy the fruit of your labor,” he told her.

Elsa squinted her eyes at him. Fruit of her labor? What labor had she involved herself in that amounted to 10k?

“I know you're excited that you're not as poor as you believed, but come on, you are spending lavishly and I don't like it. We would have gotten all this in the market at a cheaper rate,” she told him.

The amusement reflecting in his eyes got her pissed. He was laughing at her. He thought she was a clown for asking him to tone down his spending.

She wasn't far from the truth. Zade’s daily expenses ran from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars on a daily so hearing her co
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