Chapter 459 - 453: Did You Say Thank You to My Assistant?

The assistant hadn’t expected Gabriel to remember him, much less generously offer him a bottle of water.

He lowered his head, not daring to look at Gabriel.

"Did you say thank you?" Gabriel’s expression suddenly turned serious.

The assistant and Nina both looked up.

Seeing their reactions, Gabriel said with surprising patience, "Nina, I’m asking you. Did you thank my assistant?"

"I..." Nina’s eyes filled with confusion. "Why should I thank him?"

"My assistant drove you back. Doesn’t that deserve at least a ’thank you’?"

Gabriel was very protective of his people.

Their party had arrived about forty minutes after Chloe. In all that time, Nina hadn’t even bought his assistant a bottle of water.

He grew angrier just thinking about it.

He wanted to call the new assistant over, but for a moment, he couldn’t recall the man’s name. After a pause, his voice softened a little. "Why are you still standing next to her? She’s so cheap, it’s not like she’s the one paying your salary."

The new assistant froze for a moment, then quickly stood up.

He felt a warmth spread through him.

He knew Gabriel had said that on purpose, for Nina’s benefit.

Sure enough, Nina’s face turned livid.

However, before she could say a word, Gabriel turned and walked away, heading for the VIP lounge.

Furious, she kicked her suitcase to vent her frustration.

’She had no idea what was wrong with that moronic agent of hers, not even bothering to pick her up.’

’Not only that, he’d even booked her an economy class ticket.’

’If it hadn’t been the last flight of the day, she would have canceled it for sure!’

However, just as her mind was racing with angry thoughts, Chloe suddenly came back.

"Oh, right. I forgot something."

Before Nina could speak, Chloe took out her phone and displayed a QR code. "The money for the shoes. I’ll round it down for you—three hundred yuan. If you want, you can use Alipay instead."

Nina stared, looking up at her for a long moment, completely unable to process what was happening.

’That woman, Chloe, was actually serious!’

’She’s actually making a fuss over three hundred yuan?!’

But Nina couldn’t very well refuse to pay. Noticing the curious stares from people around them, she quickly pulled out her phone and transferred the three hundred yuan.

Once she got the money, Chloe left without another word.

Nina plopped down on a chair, fuming, completely unaware that a group of students had already filmed the entire exchange and posted it online.

The moment it was posted, the comment section lit up.

"Gabriel is so cheap, he wouldn’t even buy her a bottle of water."

"A guy like that is so cheap."

"Our Gabriel, cheap? He just treats people how they deserve to be treated."

"Why should he have to buy her water?"

"Looks like they just finished filming their show. The video poster said Gabriel’s assistant drove her back, but she didn’t even buy the guy a bottle of water. I heard someone say before that Nina was super rude to this assistant. If I were Gabriel, I wouldn’t have bought her anything either."

"I agree with the comment above. Nina was clearly the one out of line. What’s wrong with Gabriel teaching her a lesson by not buying her anything?"

"Nina’s reaction is hilarious, too. Kicking her suitcase when she’s mad. I feel so bad for her suitcase."

"Hahaha."

"Poor suitcase."

"Am I the only one who wants to know the story behind the three hundred yuan?"

The comments below the video continued to flood in, but since Nina’s online reputation was already poor, the incident passed as just another minor controversy.

At this moment, they had all boarded the plane.

After a flight of about three hours, they arrived at the airport in Emberfall.

Gabriel had other work and wasn’t staying at the apartment, so he left after dropping Chloe off at her door.

Back home, Chloe unpacked her luggage, throwing everything machine-washable into the washing machine.