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 accident, it will be I who is at fault," Nathan said as he cast a glance 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 contently lazy 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 flashing 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 would last for one month. Finally, the
contract would expire one month later. 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 the last 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 place!" 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 the last 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 place 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 flavors 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 to come 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
flashed 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
successfully 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.

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 flavors 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 muscular arm.

"I hate crowded areas," Nathan said plainly. 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 place, not their home.



However, even in such a public place, his aristocratic origins could not be suppressed. That day
Nathan wore a casual white T-shirt, and the white color with his porcelain 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 glance.

It was indeed wretched for him to come to such a crowded place.

The Sun Hotpot Restaurant was a large-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 become one of the favorite places 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.


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