Chapter 500 Persistence

"No way — I'm a man of integrity!" Daniel thought to himself. All these years, his parents hadn't

come looking for him, nor had The Perkins, so why would a simple instruction from a butler make

him want to return to his family? What a joke!

Just as he was contemplating this, Daniel's phone buzzed with an incoming call. Fishing the phone

out of his pocket, he found it somewhat surprising to see Beauty’s name on the display. This woman

only calls when there's trouble brewing.

After a quick thought, Daniel promptly hung up the call. However, Beauty immediately called back.

After hanging up three consecutive times, her persistent dialing was evident. Resigned, on the

fourth call, Daniel answered the phone.

"Hello?"

A lazy "hello" from Daniel was immediately met with a sharp shout from the other side.

"What in the world are you doing?" demanded Beauty.

"Do I have to report my activities to you? After all, you’re not her."

"What did you just say? Say that again."

"I don’t have to report my activities to you."

"Not that part."

"Then what part?"

"Tell me what part."

"That’s all there is. There's nothing else."

Daniel became fearful; he didn't dare to speak further, knowing full well that Beauty was not

someone to take his casual words lightly.

"Where are you?"

"I am... uh... I'm..."

Daniel wasn’t hesitating, but genuinely unsure where exactly he was in New York.

Within moments, Beauty hung up and forwarded a location to Daniel's phone. Starbucks.

She was at Starbucks and wanted Daniel to join her — maybe for a coffee?

While Daniel wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about coffee, he guessed chatting with Beauty wouldn't

be too bad — other than her fierce nature, she was quite pleasant, not to mention good-looking and

curvy.

Intending to grab a taxi, Daniel found none after waiting ages. He decided to walk to Starbucks

instead. Entering the coffee shop, he spotted Beauty sitting alone by a floor-to-ceiling window,

sipping coffee.

"Beauty, why only one cup? You planning to share with me? Want an indirect kiss or something?"

"Get lost!" Beauty rolled her eyes and asked, "What time is it now?"

"How would I know the time?"

"When I called you, it was half-past five. Now it's quarter past six."

"Oh."

"Oh? Do you realize how big a blunder you’ve made? I told you to get here in ten minutes, and you

made me wait for forty-five?"

"Why should I do everything you ask? Am I really such a spineless, unprincipled man? That I would

rush over at your command? It’s already a privilege for you that I deigned to show up."

"I gave you a privilege? I'll twist you to death, you country bumpkin!"