Chapter 218

Stella was a little surprised. 'Why is dad calling me?' Stella wondered. 'Don't tell me he regrets giving me that bracelet the night before.' In Stella's perception, Albert was very stingy. Rainee said that he was probably afraid of being poor because he grew up in poverty. Even after he had the money, he was still stingy with it. His stinginess was not just toward Rainee and Stella but also himself. Rainee, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She liked to spend money when she made it. Maybe it was because they had different values. They would argue about money all the time. Albert would criticize Rainee for spending money without restraint. Rainee would perceive that Albert's mindset was too narrow and that he was too concerned with making or losing money. When they met big clients, he would not even buy a suit that cost over ten grand and would not book a decent hotel. He was afraid of losing money if the deal fell through. But, to say that Albert was penny-pinching w