Chapter 5 Aspiring For Something Y*u’re Not Worthy Of

Xena Sanders heard Alex Cohen's two-toned sentence and looked carefully at the string of numbers with a red face. She suddenly looked shocked.

"You actually have more than 5 million in your card?"

"That's 7 figures. It only took you a few minutes to get it, right? No wonder you’re a great leader! You have such great eyesight!"

Alex gave Xena a thumbs up and smoothly took back his phone.

"Mom, Lala and I truly love each other. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten our marriage certificates regardless of everything. I'm not going to divorce Lala even if you give me 5 million. Well...that's all I have to say."

At that critical moment, Alex held back from saying the words "unless you give me 50 million".

Back then, the penalty for breaking the contract with Isla was initially 5 million. To show that he would not go back on his word and so that he could get the money as quickly as possible, he casually said, "50 million is fine too.”

In the end, Isla took him at his word.

Before the appearance of Wayne Larson, no matter how much the penalty was set at, Alex did not care because he could not afford it anyhow!

Now that he had some financial means, if the penalty was 5 million, he could always slap the agreement in Isla’s face and told her that he would no longer continue their partnership. If it worked well, perhaps he would not even have to pay out of his own pocket and could get Xena Sanders to fork out that money.

Just because of his cheap mouth, the penalty became 50 million, and the chances of his plan succeeding were slim to none.

If he were to ask Wayne Larson for 50 million, it should not be a problem, but he was too embarrassed.

Besides, he did not want to pay that much money to Isla for nothing.

The best solution would be for Isla to initiate the termination of the partnership, which was almost impossible. The other way was to reverse the situation and put Isla in a passive position, which was still slightly hopeful. If Isla had a boy toy and if he found solid evidence, he could use it as leverage to negotiate with her...

Alex was done lamenting, so he left Starbucks and rushed straight into Isla’s office.

As soon as Isla saw him, her face darkened.

"Who allowed you to come here?"

He did not want to talk nonsense and asked urgently, "Who did you meet last night?"

"What's it to you?"

"I could care less about anything else, but the least you could do is explain this to me!"

"Son of a b*tch, who are you? Who gave you the right to question me? I'm warning you again. If you piss me off, you'll be in for a rude awakening! Don't think just because we live in the same house that you're on my level. Mind your identity! Don't come back to the office without my permission! Enough, you can f*ck off now!"

Isla went out with a report in her hands after she said that.

Alex's first reaction was to chase her and continue asking questions.

On second thought, women should be quite sensitive about having affairs, and even if she had one, she definitely would not admit it so easily.

It was far better to secretly investigate than to press her for an answer!

Alex slapped his head as he realized that he had been impulsive. If he had analyzed this earlier, he would not have had to make this trip for nothing and would not have alerted the enemy.

Unfortunately, there was no room for regrets in this world...

At 5:30 pm, Alex came back to Hudson Designs to meet with Felix Moore who had just finished work. They then rushed to the lobby of Quinn Shetford's office. He called to find out that Quinn had to work overtime, so they waited under the shade by the road.

Alex was bored and was browsing through car catalogs on his phone. Suddenly, he received a text message from Wayne Larson.

“Son, a young man named Big Ken will contact you. Just tell him your address when he does. I’ve asked him to send the gift I’ve prepared for you. It's something that you don't have now but will definitely be able to use. I hope you’ll like it!”

Wayne hinted but did not divulge what the gift was.

Alex also did not ask. He received a call from Big Ken shortly after and reported his location truthfully.

Half an hour later, Quinn Shetford got off work.

Alex and Felix met up with Quinn, and also bumped into an old classmate, Sukie Lane.

When Alex was a freshman in university, his first crush was Sukie Lane, and he had tried to pursue her for a while.

Later on, he learned that she was a vain person and he did not like that, so he gave up.

Unexpectedly, Felix Moore, during that time when Alex pursued Sukie, met Sukie’s hometown friend, Quinn Shetford. He then began to pursue Quinn and they eventually became a couple. They even broke the ultimate curse: "campus romance could not survive out of campus".

The old classmates met, but they were not at all friendly with each other. Instead, they disliked each other.

When Sukie was in school, she looked down on the poor students, especially Alex Cohen. She also looked down on Felix Moore, whose family was not much better. Even now that Felix and Quinn were both at the point of marriage, she would still act as a relationship expert from time to time and advised Quinn to reconsider.

At that moment, there was contempt in Sukie's eyes as she looked at Alex.

"I heard that you borrowed Quinn's money?"

Alex shrugged his shoulders.

"What do you have to say about it?"

"How dare you, a grown man, borrow money from a girl?"

Sukie glared at Alex and pointed her finger at Felix.

"You too! Are you brain-dead or was your brain soaked in the water? Don't you know that he's been out of work for months? Now you're lending him money. Isn't that like beating a dog with a slab of meat? Don’t tell me you expect him to pay off the debt with his Alipay incentives?"

Felix's temper was a bit more impulsive than Alex's, and the more he listened, the more infuriated he became. He said loudly, "Sukie Lane! First of all, Brother Alex didn't borrow your money and no one has hired you to collect the debt on my behalf, so you have no say in this matter. Secondly, Alex has already paid me back."

"Borrowed for a day and paid it back? Felix Moore, it’s fine if you're just fooling yourself, but you still want to fool Quinn?"

"Then look carefully!"

Felix clicked on his Alipay account balance. No more, no less, just 50,000.

Now, Sukie felt embarrassed. Her face sank and she could not say anything.

At that moment, a white BMW X3 drove over and parked on the side of the road. A shirtless young man with a wing tattoo on his right arm got out of the car.

The cloud on Sukie's face instantly dissipated. She waved at the tattooed man and proudly said, "Let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Shane Locke. Felix Moore, weren’t you saving up to buy a house? You can hire him to check out the houses. You can also look for him if you want to buy a car. A buddy of his runs a car dealership."

Felix pressed his lips and said, "No need."

"Right, you've only saved tens of thousands. You can't even afford a toilet, let alone a car…”

Sukie completely forgot about the embarrassment just now and seized the opportunity to show off her superiority. She noticed that Alex was staring intently at Shane's car and rolled her eyes.

"What are you looking at? That's a BMW and it’s over 400,000. You couldn't afford it even if you stared your eyeballs out!"

Alex frowned, "Over 400,000?"

"I didn't think you'd still be so childish and have no self-awareness even a year after graduation! Back then, you had to pay for your classes in installments, but you still wanted to pursue me. It's the same as you wanting to buy a BMW now. You’re just a typical person who aspires for something you’re not even worthy of!"

"Who said I wanted to buy a BMW? How could I buy a car that cheap?"

Alex quite liked the BMW X3, but once he heard the price, he was not interested.

This was a joke! How could a mere 400,000-plus car be worthy of his status as a top-tiered rich second-gen?

Sukie did not know of Alex’s thoughts and new-found wealth, so she rolled her eyes again.

"You're still pretending when you have no money? Alex Cohen, you make me feel disgusted!"

"You better watch it, Sukie! Don't show off with your ignorance…”

Even Alex, who had a good temper, could not endure it anymore.

As they were talking, Alex could hear the low roar of an engine approaching. He followed the sound and found that the car coming their way was not the sports car he expected, but a striking blue SUV.

Felix also stared at the car. He was startled.

"A Lamborghini? This car isn't seen here often."

Sukie threw him a look of disdain.

"I thought it was a luxury car, but it turned out to be a knock-off. Lamborghini is a sports car, when did it produce an SUV?"

Felix stared at Sukie like she was a fool. He smiled but did not say anything.

Even Shane, who had just walked over, turned pale and said awkwardly to Sukie.

"That is indeed the recently introduced Lamborghini Urus, a luxury car that combines sports car performance with an SUV appearance."

"Oh...honey, I love that car so much."

"What's the use of liking it? Let's not talk about the domestic price, which is at least 3 million, the supply is still very limited. Even if you have the money, you may not even be able to buy it."

"In that case, I'll just take a look at it…”

Sukie took out her phone and snapped a few pictures of the Lamborghini.

Under their watchful gaze, the Lamborghini also stopped at the side of the road. A strong man with a muscular body got out of the car, clicked on a photo on his phone, and one by one compared it with the people in front of him. He then walked straight up to Alex and said very respectfully, "Hello Young Master, I'm Big Ken."

Young Master?

Alex had never dreamed that someone would actually call himself Young Master and felt flattered.

"Hello."

Big Ken pointed at the Lamborghini and handed over the car keys with both hands.

"Young Master, that car is your gift."

"What?"

Alex could not even feign composure. His expression was as if he had seen a ghost.

Come to think of it, Wayne Larson was really considerate and exceptionally benevolent. His first shot was already a Lamborghini!

Shane was also surprised.

"Someone actually gifted a luxury car worth 3 million?"

Big Ken waved his hand and said, "You're talking about the basic 4.0L model. This is the city's first upgraded spec, with a 4.8L engine and a 0 km/h to 100 km/h acceleration time of only 3.6 seconds. Its market price is 5 million. In the whole country, there aren't many of these cars in existence. It can be said that this isn’t only a car, but also a symbol of prestige."

"Ahem, I know."

Shane knowingly shut his mouth.

Sukie had not figured out how Alex could be associated with words like “Young Master” and “luxury car”, and was indignant for a moment.

"Alex Cohen, so what if you have a luxury car? With that big of an engine displacement, fuel consumption must be high. I guess you'll lose a day's worth of living expenses with just one press of the accelerator. Can you even afford to drive this?"