Aaron took the chocolate from Annie’s hand. Instead of eating it, he simply stared at it.

“Did you buy this? Or was it Marcus?”

“Actually…Marcus bought it for me,” said Annie truthfully.

Aaron raised an eyebrow. “So he won you over with this cheap chocolate? He might as well not buy it. Only chocolates from master chocolatiers are good enough to eat!”

Annie did not like his attitude. “Mister Aaron, you can give me back the chocolate if you don’t want to eat it. But you should know not everyone is rich or can spend thousands on a box of chocolates like you.”

Aaron smiled at Annie. “Well, that certainly doesn’t apply to you. Your Uncle Jeremy can even hire a master chocolatier to go to your house to create custom chocolates right in front of your eyes, no?”

Annie’s eyes flickered. “I can do that, but…Marcus can’t! His family isn’t that rich, so he can’t be wasting money on frivolous stuff like chocolates!”

chuckled softly. “How is it wasteful when

it, but I don’t want him to be

He then put the chocolate on

you can try to be frugal once or twice, but as time goes on, you’ll come to resent him for not being able

meet his gaze. She turned away and said, “How am I marrying someone poorer than I am? Weren’t you the one who told me that Marcus came from a very good family? Both of his parents

only saying that from the perspectives of other female employees in the company. How the heck

and moved on to another guy very fast. It was not like they were even

and would love me for the rest of my

in closer and said, “Annie, even if you don’t choose me, you cannot be won over by a guy who

red. She instinctively backed away before laughing

so easily. Not having the money to spend on you and not willing to spend money on you are two

taken aback by that. Frowning, she said, “I never thought

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