n, I heard your grandmother is sick. Need any help? I came all this way just to see you and her."


    The man imed to be offering help, but his face was dripping with sarcasm, betraying any charitable intentions.


    "Come on,n. Even if you don''t care about your own grandmother, you shouldn''t refuse a kind offer. If she doesn''t get treatment soon, she''s not going to make it. As far as I know, she''s the only family you have left in this world. Are you really going to stand by and watch her die?"


    "Oh? And what are you going to help me with, seeing as you''re t broke yourself?"n asked, raising an eyebrow. Newman''s appearance here was definitely not a coincidence.


    The two were rivals at school, constantly bickering over trivial things, and it was always Newman who started it.


    Looking at him now, he was no longer dressed in cheap knock-offs but in brand- name clothes. He must have joined apany ande here to unt it.


    Newman smirked, one hand stuffed in his pocket, his gaze a mixture of contempt and arrogance. “Ian, you haven''t been to schooltely, so you probably haven''t heard my good news. My entire team was hired by a very well-knownpany. We''re talking a six-figure sry. I''mpletely out of your league now."


    "Hey!n, what are youughing at? What''s with that look? Who do you think you''re looking down on?" Newman''s voice rose. He hatedn''s confident demeanor more than anything.


    But he was different. Natalie had told him to keep studying and get a good education while he was young.


    “Of course. My starting line is your finish line. Naturally, I had to share this little update with you, just to make you a little jealous."


    Newman had always been arrogant. Though poor, he saw himself as a man of integrity who had gotten where he was on his own merit.


    Since his circumstances were simr ton''s, he feltpelled to unt his sess, proving he had made it big sooner.


    He trailed off his eyes suddenly widening as he caught sight of Natalie''s stunning face, her radiant skin and her graceful figure. Well, well,m you''re really something t broke and you still managed tond such a gorgeous woman." Cóntent


    Natalie frowned at him. His frivolous and arrogant behavior made her deeply ufortable.


    She was dressed simply today in a casual pantsuit with her hair in a ponytail giving no hint of her status Only her exquisite face, pure and ethereal in the evening light, Stood out


    She looked atn and said, “Ian, why don''t you go back and take care of your grandmother."


    "But... Natalie, you..."


    Newman''s smile turned predatory, like a dog that had smelled blood. He narrowed his eyes. "Don''t tell me you found yourself a sugar mommy,n. She looks so young and has such perfect skin but she has an of of wealth. She could definitely


    afford to keep you."


    "Miss, I''m much better thann. Why don''t you sponsor me instead? I promise I''ll


    take very good care of you."