

I dropped my car off for maintenance at the service center. When it was finished, I told the staff to put it on the tab of my cousin, who ran the shop. The staff member nodded and started to process it, but then the female manager stepped in. "We don't do tabs here. You've got to pay up now," she said, slapping the bill down right in front of me. Premium Diagnostic Scan: $80,000 Exhaust System Sound Enhancement: $100,000 Engine Harmony Calibration: $100,000 Total: $280,000. I laughed at the absurdity. Since when did my cousin start running a rip-off operation? The manager crossed her arms and gave me a snooty once-over. "Always trying to mooch off Chad. I've seen plenty of broke relatives like you. If you can't swing it, don't act like you can." Unwilling to argue with her, I pulled out my phone and called my cousin. "You have ten minutes to fire the manager, or your shop is finished."

Clara Grant, a top student from Quinton University, joins Ford Corp to save her ailing mother—only to become unexpectedly bound to CEO Xavier Ford and pregnant with quintuplets. At first, he mistakes her for a gold-digger and resents the situation, but gradually comes to see her strength and resilience. As Tina Parker’s schemes unfold, he consistently protects her. In the end,misunderstandings are cleared, and they find lasting happiness together.