99. Little Notebook

"I refuse," Damar stated nonchalantly.

"Why are you refusing?" Anantha asked, genuinely surprised.

"No reason, I just want to decline."

"Can you explain why you are declining our offer?" It appeared that Rey could not take a no for an answer without reason.

"Just because I don't want to. Um, and one more thing. Rather than accepting your money, it's better if we use my own money. Not all songwriter's poor, well not really … hehe. So, rather than using an outsider's money to invest, it's better if I use my own money. Don't you think so?"

Where did Damar learn to be this arrogant?

Oh, well. That didn't matter. Wherever he learned his gloating style, his answer would not be far from his annoying vague way a la Damar. Most importantly, he succeeded in rebuffing Rey, followed by Anantha.

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"Damar, you have that much money?" Agus naively asked.

"Nope."

"Eh?!" Agus' jaw dropped like an idiot.