疯狂夺金

Connor looked at the unfamiliar number on his phone, a puzzled expression appearing on his face.

After all, it was already midnight, who would call at this time?

He hesitated for two seconds before finally pressing the answer button and softly asking, “Hello, who is this?”

“Mr. Connor , I am Luke, the owner of the Harlem’s Gold. We’ve met before, you should remember, right?” Luke asked in a very respectful tone.

“Mr. Luke, why are you calling me so late? Is there something wrong?” He paused for a moment and asked calmly.

“Mr. Connor , it’s like this. Last time at the casino, didn’t you lose 50 million to me? I know you deliberately lost that money to me, so whenever you have time, when can you come and collect the money?” Luke asked very understandingly.

In fact, this wasn’t the first time Luke had called Connor. He had called him once before when Connor was at Yelena’s house. However, at that time, Connor was busy entangled with Yelena and had no time to answer the call.

“That money was lost to you, just keep it…” Connor said softly into the phone.

“Mr. Connor , I dare not accept this money. You’d better take it away!” Luke quickly replied.

Originally, he had planned to use this money to repay the favor Luke had done for him, but Luke had no intention of accepting this money at all.

Moreover, Luke certainly didn’t want to use this money to make up for his favor.

“Do you really not want this money?” he asked softly.

“This is your money, Mr. Connor . Of course, 1 can’t accept it,” Luke said.

“Mr. Connor , when do you have time to come and collect it, or should I transfer the money directly to you?” he said with a smile.

“Well…” After hearing his words, Connor didn’t refuse anything and could only reluctantly give Luke his bank account number.

“Mr. Connor , the finance department has already closed for the day. Tomorrow, I’ll have someone transfer the money to you. How does that sound?”

“It’s alright, no hurry…” Connor replied lightly and continued, “You called me so late, 1 suppose you have more than just returning my money in mind, right?”

“Hehe…” Luke laughed awkwardly upon hearing that and then said softly, “Mr. Connor , you really can predict things. I do have something else I want to discuss with you…”

“What is it?” Connor asked softly.

“It’s like this, Mr. Connor . 1 remember 1 mentioned to you before that my granddaughter will be having a birthday party in a few days. 1 hope you can come and grace us with your presence. Do you still remember this?” Luke asked softly.

“I remember that. When is your granddaughter’s birthday party?” Connor didn’t want to owe him any more favors, so he asked directly.

“It’s the day after tomorrow…” Luke replied.

“The day after tomorrow?” Connor’s eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness because he knew that he would be in class on that day.

“What’s wrong? Mr. Connor , is it inconvenient for you?” Luke hurriedly asked when he noticed Connor’s tone wasn’t right.

“Two days from now is fine. Where is it?” Connor said helplessly.

“Seven o’clock in the evening, in Borealis City next to Porthampton,” Luke said.

“Borealis City?” Connor’s expression seemed even more frustrated after hearing those three words.

Initially, he had thought that Luke’s granddaughter’s birthday party would be held in Porthampton. Although he had classes that day, he could have waited until after class to attend.

But what he didn’t expect was that the birthday party was actually taking place in Borealis City!

Although Borealis City wasn’t very far from Porthampton, it would still take at least a two-hour drive.

If he waited until after his class to go, it would basically be too late.

“Mr. Connor, if it’s inconvenient for you, we can change the date…” Luke quickly said.

“How can we change the date for your granddaughter’s birthday?” Connor replied speechlessly.

“I’m just concerned that it might not be convenient for you, Mr. Connor,” Luke said with a smile.

“I don’t have any inconvenience. 1 might have to take a leave from school that day, but it’s no big deal…” Connor said calmly.

“So, Mr. Connor, are you saying that you will come to my granddaughter’s birthday party the day after tomorrow?” Luke asked excitedly upon hearing his agreement.

“Yes, I will go the day after tomorrow. Don’t worry,” He replied.

“That’s great! If you don’t have anything else, I won’t disturb your rest, Mr. Connor!” Luke exclaimed happily and quickly hung up the phone.

Connor slowly put down his phone, his expression filled with helplessness.

Because he knew that if he wanted to attend Luke’s granddaughter’s birthday party, he would have to ask Rachel for a leave.

Whenever he thought of her, he felt a headache.

But now he owed Luke a favor, and Luke hadn’t made any unreasonable demands. He just wanted Connor to attend the birthday party, and he even extended a polite invitation. So Connor naturally couldn’t refuse.

The next day, at 8 o’clock in the morning.

Connor arrived at the university.

At this point, he had become somewhat of a celebrity within Porthampton University.

First, Rachel had declared that she liked Connor , and then Yelena had released a video searching for Connor .

These two incidents alone had thrust him into the spotlight!

After entering the school, he could feel his classmates looking at him with curious eyes, which made him feel speechless.

The first class was Rachel’s class, and Connor had been thinking about how to ask for a leave from her.

He knew Rachel’s personality very well. Unless it was a special circumstance, she would never agree to let Connor take a leave!

So he had already planned to use Madison’s matter to threaten Rachel.

“Ring!”

The bell for the end of the class rang.

After packing up her teaching materials, Rachel directly called out to Connor , “Connor, come with me…”

“Okay…”

He quickly replied and got up to follow her out of the classroom.

“Is Connor really with Miss Rachel now?”

The students in the classroom all showed shocked expressions.

If it were before, these students wouldn’t have thought anything unusual.

After all, Rachel had often approached Connor before. But after the incident with Madison confessing to Rachel, everyone felt that Rachel and Connor’s relationship was extraordinary.

She had always been very aloof and naturally didn’t bother to explain these things.

So everyone thought that she and Connor must be involved in a romantic relationship!