Chapter 18
"No, that’s not what I mean," Madeline refuted. "I don’t need any luxury car, and I don’t understand why you would give me an expensive gift."
Lance frowned. He didn’t seem to like her answer just now. "What do you mean? I can’t spoil my own girlfriend?"
"I’m just your contractual girlfriend."
"You’re still my girlfriend, nonetheless," Lance insisted. "You need to have all the standards I want, including your transportation, housing, and other miscellaneous things."
"You—"Madeline forgot that she was talking with a man who probably had never stepped on a dirty street his whole life. He was extremely rich and lived on a whole different planet than her. "Look, I’m thankful for your gift. But I cannot accept that luxury car."
"Why?"
"Because I live in a normal neighborhood! It will attract people’s attention, including the bad ones!" Madeline huffed. "We live in an entirely different world, okay? You won’t understand."
Lance’s face soured. "Then why didn’t you tell me? I have a beachside villa in Los Angeles. You can stay there."
Madeline has a headache dealing with this rich kid. The more she talked with him, the more she realized he wouldn’t understand.
"Look, I won’t be able to move out for now. I also have a little brother whose life I can’t just uproot from his neighborhood," Madeline said. "I won’t take the car, but thank you for your thoughtfulness."
Lance didn’t expect Madeline to simply reject his gifts like that. He had prepared so many things for her because she would be a part of him for a while. So it was natural for him to spoil her.
"Alright, if you don’t want any of that, you should at least accept this."