THE CHANGE
1021 Words
Maverick stood there awkwardly. Maybe $600 wasn't much to her, but to Maverick, it was a significant amount — nearly two weeks of deliveries. Since she clearly didn't want to talk, Maverick quietly closed his door.
"Ring, ring..."
Just then, Maverick's phone rang again.
He picked it up and answered weakly, "Hello, who is this?"
"Young Master Koda, did you see the money I transferred to you?" The voice of a middle-aged man came through.
"Did you transfer money to me?" Maverick was taken aback, then suddenly remembered the message he had seen earlier.
"Yes. I know you might think I'm a scam, so I transferred some money to prove myself. If you don't believe me, you can check at the bank..." The man chuckled.
Without thinking twice, Maverick hung up and rushed to the nearest bank with his card.
When he saw the number on the ATM screen, he was stunned. The man wasn't joking — there was indeed an extra $80,000,000 sitting in the account number of 473......9103.
"It's... it's real!"
Facing such an enormous amount of money, Maverick felt like he was dreaming. With his hand trembling, he took out his phone and dialed the number from just now.
"Young Master Koda, do you believe me now?"
The middle-aged man answered quickly, his tone cheerful.
"Who... who are you? Why are you giving me so much money?" Maverick asked, his voice filled with confusion.
"Young Master Koda, if you have time, please come to Koviko Hills, the twenty-seventh floor. I will explain everything to you in person," the middle-aged man said slowly.
Maverick hesitated for a couple of seconds, then softly replied, "I'll come over right now."
"Very well, Young Master Koda."
The middle-aged man courteously hung up the phone.
Maverick withdrew five hundred dollars from the ATM and hailed a taxi to the Koviko Hills. Since he had no idea what this money was about, he only took out five hundred dollars. This way, if something went wrong, he would still have a chance to fix it.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Maverick arrived at the location of the Koviko Hills.
The parking lot was filled with luxury cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the people around were dressed grandly. In contrast, Maverick — still in his delivery jacket, the company logo faded on the sleeve — looked completely out of place.
"Excuse me, deliveries go through the service entrance around back!"
As soon as Maverick stepped into the Koviko Hills building, a receptionist in a black uniform frowned and called out, her expression filled with disdain, eyeing the insulated bag strap still slung over his shoulder.
"I'm not making a delivery!" Maverick retorted with a blank expression.
"Then what business could you possibly have here?" The receptionist pouted, her voice full of disdain.
"I'm here to find someone!"
"Find someone? Who do you think you can find here?" The receptionist scoffed.
Maverick didn't know the name of the person he was looking for. He was solely focused on figuring out the mystery behind the money, so he had no patience to deal with the receptionist. He strode directly towards the elevator.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? I told you, you can't go in there! Stop right now, or I'll have security throw you out..."
Seeing Maverick heading for the elevator, the receptionist hurriedly ran out to stop him.
"Ding!"
At that moment, the elevator doors suddenly opened.
Seeing the receptionist chasing after him, Maverick stepped into the elevator.
"Ah!"
A startled cry came from inside the elevator.
In his haste, Maverick hadn't noticed someone trying to exit the elevator, and he collided head-on with the person inside.
"Are you blind? Didn't you see me in here?"
A scream echoed inside the elevator.
Maverick couldn't help but glance at the woman in front of him, and he was instantly stunned.
The woman had a head of fiery red curls and wore a tight, short red skirt that hugged her curves. Her tall figure was enhanced by black stockings and high heels, and her chest seemed ready to burst out of her top. Despite the anger on her pretty face, she was undeniably attractive.
Just moments ago, the woman had been holding a cup of coffee, which was now spilled all over her chest due to Maverick's collision.
"What are you doing? Where's the security? How can they let just anyone in here?" The woman shouted in disgust as she took a good look at Maverick.
"I'm really sorry. I was in a hurry and didn't see anyone inside..." Maverick apologized, instinctively reaching for the napkins placed by the elevator to help clean the coffee off her. But as Maverick's hand touched the woman's chest, everyone in the elevator froze.
"Ah... pervert!" the woman instinctively screamed.
In an instant, seven or eight security guards rushed towards Maverick.
"I'm sorry, I... I didn't mean to!" Maverick stammered. Seeing the guards charging at him, he didn't have time to think. He pushed the sexy woman aside, dashed into the elevator, and pressed the button for the 27th floor.
By the time the security guards reached the elevator doors, Maverick's elevator was already ascending.
"Manager Roxy, what's going on here?" The head of security asked, puzzled, as he addressed the stunning woman.
"A delivery boy came out of nowhere and harassed me! You need to catch him right now! I must take him to the police... Why are you all standing there? Go catch him!" The beautiful woman, with her large, watery eyes, shouted loudly.
"But..." The head of security hesitated.
"But what?" The beautiful woman frowned.
"The guy ran to the 27th floor where General Manager Ambros's office is. General Manager Ambros has made it clear that no one is allowed on the 27th floor without his permission..." The head of security said helplessly, glancing at the elevator.
Hearing this, Manager Roxy paused for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Then wait here and block all the exits of the building. That jerk will have to come down today, one way or the other!”
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