r had already caught her eye, though she could

red, her excit

Conor a

an's eyes went wide as h

Martin D1311, retailing for about four hu

is own car paled

r captured the attention of everyone n

pen the car door and greet

lay. I hope you haven

smile, reminiscent of a crisp, spring mornin

an she had seen shopping earlier, now g

Kyra stammered, her h

the young man beside Kyra with a hint of i

young man and his atte

different, Conor might

edly excused himself, saying, "Oh, I was just lo

ur-hundred-thousand-dollar sports car, making his own seventy-thousa

into his Mercedes, r

g into a vegetable vendor's tricycle, only

as mutter to himself, "Today

.

artin, Kyra's exci

here talk of luxury cars never came up, much less th

money did you pour i

thousand," Conor answered casua

froze for a second, then blurted out, "You're te

ded with a laugh, aware that the price

jackpot or something?" Kyra asked,

king some timely, wise decision

being t

ll about

s explanation seemed to

ld it really be somet

ad turned into someone

r. "How about dinner at Vespertine tonight? You've really

s response wit

gured that he was probably used to dining at fancy places. Taking him somewhere small and ordinary would've been downright emba

ay, but the payout wouldn't come through until next month, an

she'd have no choice but to borrow

ertine soun

ts, Vespertine was still a prestigious five-star venue nestled

, the restaurant was nestled among busy commer

Vespertine and stepped out,

xed flick of his wrist, then walked a

vate room, Kyra pass

ordering tonight. No matter

ok on Kyra's face, a quiet s

rig

alm front, he could see in her eyes that she was

she'd made a decent commission, it wouldn't hit her account right

running low on money, there was something

nd of amusement wealt

chicken with herbs, classic tomato basil soup, roasted ve

knew that they both enjoyed, making sure not t

the selections avoided high-ticket

he meal would likely stay within a thousand dol

d, she looked forward

for a drink?" th

icating a bottle of red w

s eyebrows, asking,

se serve i

meals arrived

ed both Kyra and Conor to

in lively conversation, remini

elf enjoying most of the wine, while Conor

rose and said, "I'll take

d followed her

is fifteen thousand one