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Thinking about the trouble of hiring taxis when Zed is out and thinking about the possibility that I may never buy a car in the future because child-raising would then be our concern, I offered a condition.

“Okay, Kim, I’ll have it your way, but I will pay it through salary deduction.”

Kim’s face darkened, but he still nodded in the end. “Fine.”

“Another thing,” I paused and looked at him, “please change the brand of the car. It’s too expensive.”

Kim shook his head and said, “No way. Vince is not just an agent but a friend. Aside from that, he is in great financial need since his wife has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.”

I froze. Never did I expect that a man such as Kim would have sympathy over ordinary people like me. And the good thing was that he wanted to help him in a way that wouldn’t lower his ego.

“Why don’t you just lend him some