Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Valerie was a little touched. “Thank you, Mr. Grant. By the way, how much does it cost?”

Matthew actually didn’t know the price, but he had anticipated she might ask this question, so when the workers were installing the treadmill earlier, he deliberately checked the inventory list. “It’s not expensive, 1,800 dollars.”

Unexpectedly, his words made Valerie widen her eyes in disbelief. “1,800 dollars? That’s expensive!”

Well… Is that price considered expensive?‘ asked Matthew in his heart.

Without waiting for him to think it over, Valerie was already anxious. “It’s too expensive. We won’t use it very often, so there’s no need to buy such an expensive one. Why don’t you check if we can refund it?”

Matthew had never cared about the price of goods, and to him, a large household appliance like a treadmill was considered cheap if it didn’t cost more than 2 thousand dollars. He didn’t expect Valerie’s reaction to be so shocked.

Valerie was not only shocked but also very anxious. “The workers just left and they shouldn’t have gone far yet. I should still be able to catch them up.”

With that, she was about to go out the door while Matthew rushed to grab her. “What you gonna do?”

“Return it and ask for a refund.” Valerie looked very serious. “It’s too expensive. We haven’t even turned it on and used it yet, so we can still return it. We might only lose the shipping cost. We didn’t have to buy such an expensive treadmill because we only use it occasionally. It’s a waste to buy something so expensive.”

Matthew felt a little complicated. Obviously, he didn’t expect Valerie, who he thought was a gold digger, to be trying to save him money.

Seeing that Valerie was still going to rush toward the door, he hurriedly pulled her back before she really went down to the workers. ‘If they tell her it’s Charles who buys the treadmill, she’ll definitely be suspicious of my identity.

The main reason he stopped her was that he really didn’t think the treadmill was expensive, but to reassure Valerie, he could only continue to lie. “I haven’t finished speaking yet. The brand of this treadmill is a friend of Noria Group, so they offered an internal discount to Noria Group. It ended up costing only 1,000 dollars.”

The price was almost halved, which sounded very cost–effective, but Valerie still thought it was expensive.

Matthew hurriedly added, “I’ll also use it. We get what we pay for, and this treadmill performs better than those low–priced ones.”

Valerie thought of what happened the night before yesterday. She’d nearly fallen and he’d wrapped his arms around her waist; she could feel how strong his arms were through the clothes. ‘It seems that he does exercise regularly, unlike me. I only do it on a whim and it’s questionable if I can keep it up. It’s hard to say whether the treadmill will be used as a clothes–drying pole. A 1,000–dollar clothes drying pole is too expensive!

Even though she didn’t pay for it, she still felt it was a waste. It wasn’t until she heard that Matthew was going to use it as well that she reluctantly accepted the treadmill. And Matthew was relieved.

For a moment, he kind of regretted why he pretended to be an ordinary worker. He now had to be cautious everywhere.

To distract Valerie, he suggested, “You can’t test out a treadmill by walking on it. Why don’t you try running on it?”

As a result, Valerie became nervous. She was pregnant and didn’t dare to do strenuous exercise at all. Afraid he would notice something wrong, she hurriedly said, “No, no, no. Breakfast will be cold later. Let’s eat breakfast first.”

Matthew didn’t get suspicious and followed Valerie to the living room, where breakfast was set on the table.

The vendor selling breakfast wrap was working today. Valerie bought him breakfast wraps, but last time the filling inside was vegetable. Today, it was sausages and tenderloin, and they were more delicious.

Valerie took one look at him and he’d already taken two bites. She thought to herself, ‘He’s not a picky eater. Apart from not drinking latte, he eats whatever I buy:

She unwrapped the bag in front of her, and as expected, again, there were egg’wichs inside it. The egg wichs today looked very crispy, and the aroma came to Matthew.

Matthew smelled the aroma, and couldn’t help but think how much she really liked egg’wich.

The women he had seen before always ate and drank in front of him in small bites and sips, unable to finish a complete steak overnight. They were so delicate that they seemed to eat like a bird since childhood. Valerie, on the other hand, never treated him as an outsider and ate and drank with enthusiasm in front of him. And when eating, there was always a satisfied smile on her face.

Matthew suddenly felt that the breakfast wrap in his hand did not seem so delicious. He kind of wanted to try her egg’wich. After thinking for a moment, he decided to try her egg’wich tomorrow, since she bought two at a time anyway.

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2:43 PM

Chapter 38

Their work schedules were not the same. Matthew had to leave after breakfast while Valerie’s working hours started at 9 o’clock. After all, she would not have any customers if she went to the company too early.

Walking Matthew to the door, Valerie thought of something. “Mr. Grant, do you remember the plans we made for this weekend? Tomorrow is the weekend…”

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