Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

Chapter 180

up with a reason to ask her out. So, when he saw the phone lying on the ground, his heart leaped with joy. “It’s fine. I’ll buy you a new one to replace this. But, Miss, how should I address you?”She laughed softly. “I am Abigail Joneson. What about you?”He found her smile absolutely breathtaking. “I am Zain Black, the financial director of the Alphascape Group.”A plan had already formed in his heart as he deliberately exposed his high-ranked status in a big company. He figured that if he revealed his identity to her, she would definitely behave like all the other women and fawn over him.“It’s getting late, and I have something going on. Please excuse me. I have to go.” Elspeth lifted a hand to look at her watch with an anxious expression. “If it’s about my phone… I dropped it myself, so I’ll just buy a new one later. Don’t worry about it.”It was his first time meeting a woman like her who was neither greedy for money nor vain. Not to mention, she was an absolute beauty. A mixture of complicated feelings washed over him for a moment.If only I could make her mine… The moment I do, I will immediately divorce my plain-looking hag of a housewife and marry her instead!“No. Half of the blame lies with me. At least let me pay for half of the costs. Otherwise, I won’t feel at ease!”She hesitated for a moment before she answered, “Um… Why don’t we exchange phone numbers for now? Then, you can transfer the money to me once I buy a new phone.”Although he was not happy with the arrangement, he reluctantly nodded in agreement. It was not good to be too forceful during their first meeting. After all, courtship was a gradual and progressive process.Elspeth gave him her phone number to make this incident more believable. However, it was a spare number. Even if he tried to investigate the personal information behind this number, he would not be able to figure out her true identity.Once they finished exchanging contact information, she smiled and waved at him before walking away.Zain remained extremely distracted after Elspeth left. Although he constantly checked his phone, it wasn’t until late evening that he finally received the friend verification message on Facebook.Elspeth stared at the messages that she received from the other party. Despite feeling annoyed, she was forced to adopt a gentle tone.‘The new phone cost 6,000. You can just transfer 3,000 to me.’‘Ding dong. You have received 30,000 in your PayPal account.’She slowly sent him a message that contained only a single question mark.“Miss Joneson, I added an extra zero by mistake earlier. I’m very sorry for my blunder. But I don’t lack this small amount of money. So, you can go ahead and keep the change.”“Uh… Okay, then. In that case, why don’t I treat you to dinner tomorrow? If I treat you to dinner a few times, then we can consider the debt paid off.”Things had played out exactly as he wanted. Thus, he replied to her message with two smiley emojis as though he was delighted with the arrangement. The next day happened to be the weekend. Elspeth arrived at the agreed meeting place early in the morning and waited for Zain to make his appearance.Callum was worried and decided to follow her, so he could be there if something went wrong. “I will be sitting right behind you later.”She rolled her eyes in frustration. “Do I look like a feeble woman? Do you think I won’t be able to defeat that wretched man myself?”“It’s not a worry but a concern. Any man other than myself is not a good person.”His response left her feeling speechless.When Elspeth noticed Zain approaching from a distance, she quickly moved away from Callum and greeted Zain with a bright grin. “You’re here, Mr. Black.”She wore a short white dress and a matching pair of high heels, showing off her gorgeous figure.Zain practically drooled at the sight. The woman in front of him was far more attractive than those unrefined women caked in a thick layer of makeup.“Yeah. What are we having today?”“I don’t know your preference, so I randomly chose an Asian restaurant. I hope the food is to your liking.”He glanced at the menu and saw that every single dish offered was not cheap. Hence, he silently praised her for being sensible. “I’m sure it won’t.”They randomly ordered several dishes and began making small talk with each other.“Mr. Black, don’t you need to