Chapter 1: Broke AF
"Money can't buy happiness? Which fool said such nonsense?"
A tall young man with dark circles around his eyes and a bitter frown muttered hatefully. Although he was dressed properly, with one hand puffing a cigarette and the other squeezing an empty can of beer, he looked completely out of place.
He wasn't in a good mood.
After all, his girlfriend had just dumped him.
Reason?
Of course, the damn money which he didn't have.
He still remembered her words as clearly as a day.
"Lucien, let's be honest. The world is cruel and unforgiving. Love can be pure, but without money, it quickly withers."
"You can barely survive, how can you promise a future to me? We should end this now rather than dive into misery."
And just like that, she walked away from his life as if she wasn't there to begin with.
Years of so-called love went into the gutter just because he was broke.