Chapter 78 Self-inflicted Humiliation


    "Do you want me to drive?" Mandy asked as she quickened her pace, so she could keep up with


    Nathan.


    "What do you think?" Nathan rhetorically and disdainfully asked.


    "But I..." Mandy stammered hesitantly as she stood in front of Nathan.


    "But what? Did you want to say that you have never driven such an expensive car; thus, you are afraid


    you might wreck it?" Just like a mind reader, Nathan said exactly what Mandy was thinking in her head


    but couldn''t say out loud.


    Hearing this uncanny prediction, Mandy just nodded her head obediently.


    "Don''t worry. If you get into a car ident, it will be I who is at fault," Nathan said as he cast a nce at


    Mandy. ''This girl is really not ambitious. She is afraid she will die because she is driving a luxurious


    car!'' Nathan thought inwardly.


    "Ha-ha, okay, as long as you remember, you will be the person at fault, not me, then I''ll drive," Mandy


    blurted aloud. She was so excited that she jumped in the car and quickly buckled her seatbelt.


    Nathan slowly got in the front passenger seat. It had been awhile since he had sat in the front


    passenger seat. Mandy was honored that she could be his driver.


    "So, where are we going for dinner?" Mandy asked as she started the car. She wore an innocent smile,


    revealing a row of neat, white teeth.


    "Wherever! I don''t care," Nathan said. A touch of a smile appeared on his handsome face. His tone


    was contentlyzy like a cat in the sunshine.


    "Okay!" Mandy stepped on the gas and drove out of Crystal Street.


    The night view of City A was very beautiful. Looking at the shing neon lights outside the car window,


    Nathan felt empty in his heart. Somehow, whenever he got close to the feeling of happiness, it


    vanished from.


    Before their premarital cohabitation, Mandy had instituted a series of rules for Nathan. Firstly, no third


    party was allowed to know about this. Secondly, their contract wouldst for one month. Finally, the


    contract would expire one monthter. From then on, they would have nothing to do with each other.


    Nathan counted the days. He realized there was only half a month left.


    Realizing this, Nathan couldn''t help but frown. He looked at Mandy''s face. His intuition told him that she


    was willing to leave after the agreement had finished.


    On seeing a red light, Mandy slowly stepped on the brake. She drove steadily, giving Nathan a sense


    of safety.


    Out of the corner of her eye, Mandy saw a pair of eyes staring at her. She suddenly turned around and


    met Nathan''s cold gaze. She pursed her lips and asked tentatively, "What''s wrong?"


    "Where are we going?" Nathan asked softly. He didn''t want to let Mandy see through him and, more


    importantly, know his heart. He had promised her that he would give her only one month. He wouldn''t


    break his promise even if today was thest day.


    "Uh?" Mandy uttered. She didn''t know that Nathan was really thinking about this question when he


    looked at her just now.


    "Uh? What did you mean?" Nathan snickered. There was a hint of reluctance in his tone.


    "Don''t worry. You can count on me. I''ll take you to a high-end ce!" Mandy promised with a hearty


    laugh, patting her chest.


    Nathan squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. At that moment, the traffic light turned green.


    Mandy turned forward and drove the car again.


    Mandy didn''t think too much about the arrangement. She knew that there was only half a month left.


    She decided to be happy every day of thest half month. She thought she had better not irritate


    Nathan. Truly, she wanted to end things peacefully.


    The Sun Hotpot Restaurant


    It was an old hotpot restaurant with a history of over twenty years. In the past twenty years,


    tremendous changes had taken ce in the City A. Many restaurants had closed down, but this hotpot


    restaurant had survived. Although it had moved to a new address and changed its interior decoration


    style, the vors of its hot pot were still the most authentic.


    "It''s summer now. Why did you bring me here for hotpot?" Watching the car pull into the underground


    garage, Nathan felt a little regret at saying ''wherever.'' He should have been more specific since he


    didn''t want toe here to have a hotpot meal in the scorching heat of summertime. Nathan appeared


    a little annoyed.


    "You know, they have the best hotpot dishes here. They are so delicious. I haven''t had it for such a


    long time," Mandy mumbled. Her beautiful face was as innocent as a child''s, and her smile was always


    very simple and warm. Looking at Mandy''s profile, Nathan let go of his annoyance.


    "I know you have bad tastes," Nathan said as he looked sidelong at her. He had a mocking smile in his


    frivolous tone.


    "You have such a good taste? Why did you let me choose a restaurant today?" Mandy retorted as she


    shed a cunning smile. She slowly parked the car and pulled on the handbrake.


    After getting along with him for a period of time, Mandy realized that she had to use strategy in order to


    sessfully argue with him.


    As for Nathan, for the first time in his life, he finally understood the words–self-inflicted humiliation.


    He looked at her coldly and said in a low voice, "I said you have a bad taste in food. I didn''t say you are


    bad… Do you think you are a girl of low caliber?"


    Nathan said disgustedly. Hearing Nathan, Mandy was so annoyed that she giggled. As the saying


    went, "While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten!"


    "Let''s go," Mandy said before she jumped out of the car and threw the key to Nathan. She felt that


    driving a Lamborghini gave her a feeling of empowerment.


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    With a small grin, Nathan walked inside the restaurant in big strides. Mandy hurried to catch up with


    him. She always felt a little irritated that he left her behind. However, when they went into the hotpot


    restaurant, they smelt the mouth-watering vors of boiling meat and broth being mixed together. At the


    sight of this, a smile involuntarily emerged on Mandy''s delicate face.


    "Are we going to the private room or the free seating area?" Mandy asked with a smile as she pulled


    Nathan''s muscr arm.


    "I hate crowded areas," Nathan said inly. Noticing there were a lot of people around, Nathan pulled


    Mandy''s hand closer to him unconsciously. Outwardly, he appeared a little flirtatious when he kissed


    her long hair.


    "Okay, I got it," Mandy answered. At the moment, Mandy felt a little nervous while being held in


    Nathan''s arms. After all, this was a public ce, not their home.


    However, even in such a public ce, his aristocratic origins could not be suppressed. That day


    Nathan wore a casual white T-shirt, and the white color with his porcin skin made him so handsome.


    His delicate features, even if he was surrounded by a crowd of average people, made Mandy know she


    could recognize him with just one nce.


    It was indeed wretched for him toe to such a crowded ce.


    The Sun Hotpot Restaurant was arge-scale restaurant, big enough for two thousand people to have


    a meal at the same time, and it had five hundred private rooms. Its premises were very busy every day


    since it had be one of the favorite ces for young people.


    A waiter, who was pushing a cart of hotpot dishes, led Mandy and Nathan into a private room. Inside


    the private room, an elegant, cool, and peaceful ambiance could be felt, which was much different from


    the hot weather outside.