My billionaire husband spoils me too much
Chapter 496

Derek had bad days in the past few days.

He was not good at housework, but yesterday he messed up his room because of fighting with theblack cat, which made the whole apartment into a garbage dump.

Early in the morning, a retired lady from the neighborhood knocked on the door of his houseangrily.

"I hate those young people who are not self-disciplined. They spent all their money on eating,drinking, and buying luxuries. As for utilities bills, however, they were unwilling to pay that I have tocome to their house to ask for money..."

There are many hospitable retired volunteers in the old district of Crescent Garden. They are happyto help maintain the good running of the community, especially teaching those disobedient newresidents lessons.

Bang, bang, the thick alloy door was slammed by the lady violently. She urged angrily.

"Open the door immediately. I know you're inside. You haven't paid utilities for three months. It'sless than a hundred dollors in total. It's too irresponsible to repudiate such small amount ofmoney!"

The lady was energetic with her loud voice. "The last two times I came, you weren't at home. Today, Iasked Mr. Capener next door to keep an eye on you specially. I know you're in the house. Open thedoor! A hundred dollars is not a big deal. Don't be so irresponsible. Since you live here, you have tofollow the rules. You have to promise not to repudiate utilities in the future. Don't expect us to comehere all day to teach you..."

Derek opened the door in a daze with his short, messy hair.

The lady continued to criticize, "Finally open the door, you..." But when she looked inside, she wasshocked and screamed, "What's wrong with your house?!"

It was even more terrifying than a home invasion robbery. The sofa and chairs were in a mess, thecurtains were torn to pieces, and there were pieces of cups and plates on the floor.

Compared to the frightened expression of her, Derek was still in a daze. He said in a deep voiceslowly, "Don't pat on my door.”

Until now, the lady turned to look at the tall and thin young man in front of her.

Because Derek didn't sleep enough, he was sleepy and spoke with his head half lowered. It seemedthat he was woke up by the noise, and reluctantly got up for he couldn't stand the noise anymore.His shirt and pants were all crooked. He looked lazy, but wasn't sloppy. The first impression to himwas that this young man had a good temperament, who should be a well-educated and civilizedman,

Although he is a good-looking young boy with a lovely voice and a good temperament, she had tocriticize him for he had done something wrong.

The lady showed him the bills in her hand and said with a lower voice. "It's been three months sinceyou paid the utilities. I came here to inform you that if you don't pay it, the security guards wouldcut off your electricity and water directly.”

She continued to complain that, "The sun has upped for a long time, and you were still sleeping,young people nowadays are all like this. I came to inform you kindly but you complained so much.”Derek hadn't paid the utilities.

It was 98.2 dollars in total.

He took the bills and tried to close the door.

However, the old lady was such an experienced dunner. Just as Derek wanted to close the door, sheangrily slapped the door with a big palm and stopped him

"It's only 100 dollars. When can you pay it off? Do you really want your water and power supply tobe cut off? It'll bring you a lot of trouble, have you ever thought about the consequences?”Although the lady was furious, she advised him in earnest.

"I don't have money."

Derek looked up and said this. His voice was low, lazy, and slow.

What a shameless man! How could he just admitted that he had no money!

The old lady was so angry that she was about to continue scolding him. But when she saw Derek'sface, she suddenly stopped talking, as if she had forgotten what to say.

He caught a glimpse of the black cat in the room coming over to watch the show, then he quicklywent over and caught it.

With his long, white hand, he was steadily holding a black cat. Derek asked seriously with a low anddeep voice, "Can I use this cat to pay for it?"

The old lady was dumbfounded, gibbering with astonishment. She quickly waved her hand, "No,no!"

She looked at the black cat, which was struggling with its teeth and claws in the air. Then she lookedup at Derek's handsome face and looked into his clear blue eyes.

This young man is really pretty. The thought popped into her mind.

She had said so many harsh words just now as if she was a bully, but the young man did not showany anger on his face. He was really well-educated. No wonder he was so handsome.

As for her, who ran into his house to make a big noise for merely a hundred dollars utilities. Themore she thought about it, the more ashamed she became. How could this young man deliberatelyowe such a small amount of money? He must be in trouble. I'm really old and confused.

In the end, Derek did not say anything. But the old lady who came to urge the money was thinkingnonsense and did not press for it anymore. She lowered her head and felt ashamed. "Mr. Fisher,forgive me for being rude today..."

Derek still maintained the gesture he carried the cat. His face was fair and handsome, with a hint ofconfusion in his blue eyes. He did not say anything.

The lady praised him from the bottom of her heart. It was the first time she had met such ahandsome man in her life. Moreover, he had such a good temper that he was not mad at all.

She instantly became warm and kind. She smiled with fine wrinkles around her eyes," Derek, do youusually live here alone? When did you move here? I've lived here for 40 years. The houses in thisarea are a little older, but the neighbors nearby are very kind and contented. Life here does notmove as fast as the life in the east. It's rare for young people like you to stay here..."

Looking at Derek's appearance, the lady associated all the good characters with him subconsciously.Seeing the lady suddenly became so enthusiastic. Derek felt a little awkward. He wanted to close thedoor directly, but the door was tightly held by her. He was still holding the cat and listened to herwithout any emotion.

Suddenly, the lady got close to him excitedly. "Derek, I wonder if you would mind me introducing agirl to you. My niece is really good and filial..."

Without changing his expression, Derek took a step back. He didn't like to get too close to others,nor did he like to be socially intimate with them.

But he forgot to refuse, and he completely underestimated the enthusiasm of those hospitablepeople.

Soon, a rumor gradually spread over the Crescent Garden district.

It said that a handsome man had recently moved into their neighborhood. The retired squaredancing aunties said even more exaggeratedly that the young man was a descendant of a reclusivearistocrat.

This man was very mysterious. He lived alone with a black cat. Even the cat's squatting posture wasvery noble.

Now, Derek's apartment was bustling every day, with ladies deliberately passing by his door.Rumors of various versions were endless.

Friday afternoon was so close to the weekend. Both the office workers and the students wereexcited. Christina and Crystal agreed to meet and go shopping at this time.

"Shh!"

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone.”

Christina had just received a call from Derek. It was quite rare for him to call. Usually, this guy didn'tsay anything to her even when she went to his house. So Christina was a little nervous when she sawhis calling.

She made a silent gesture to Crystal, lest she would miss any words. Derek would not repeat thesame sentence.

"What?" Chritina frowned, suspecting that she had misheard.

As expected, Derek did not repeat. Soon, the call was cut off.

Staring at her black screen, she was angry and felt confused at the same time.

"What the hell? Why don't you make it clear? What bill?" Christina called back as she nagged toherself.

But Derek had turned off his phone, and it was useless for her to call.

Christina was furious and speechless.

"What's wrong?" Crystal saw her looking at the phone furiously and asked.

"It's Derek, I just want to punch him now." Christina stared at the screen of her phone and spokequickly.

After hearing about this, Crystal laughed aloud.

Derek, who was so-called the lonely prince charming, only had a few phone numbers on his phonelist, and only a few people could get close to him.

"Derek is blessed by god with his face. No matter how angry you are, you can't do anything bad tohim when seeing his face... Ha ha... He is really suitable for earning his living by his face.”

Crystal teased Derek with a smile. It was rare for her to bring up the topic about him. No matter howcurious she was about Derek, she could only imagine about it. But with Christina here, she couldhear more interesting things.

Christina immediately scolded that, "If he could be smarter, he would cheat for money, not like now,calling me for paying his 100 dollars utilities.”

"100 dollars utilities?" Crystal looked at her in surprise.

Christina sighed speechlessly.

The original quote about Derek's words was, "Bae, the utilities bill is 98.2 dollars. I couldn't afford it."Then, he didn't even say a word more and cut off the call.

Christina was annoyed. "He lives alone and rarely uses water and electricity, and it's impossible forhim to cook. It might take months for him to spend 100 dollars for utilities. When the propertymanagement staff see that he haven't pay for a few months, they might go to urge him."

Derek must have been annoyed by them to call her for help.

"Doesn't Derek have 100 dollars?"

According to her estimation, the market price of his shirt and pants alone would cover all the livingexpenses of an ordinary family for three months.

"He's out of money.”

Christina said expressionlessly, "The last time he went to a lawyer and said transferred to me all hisassets directly, without much thinking. If Uncle Larry hasn't fed him regularly, this guy would havestarved to death.”

Crystal laughed after hearing this.

Neither Derek nor Christina had a clear concept of money. Now that it was her turn to help him,Derek didn't seem to feel ashamed. He just wanted to solve the problem as soon as possible so thatthe hospitable lady wouldn't come knocking on his door again.

"After we are out of the pet store, I'll go to his place to see what he's doing." Christina said toherself.

Christina used her little knowledge of pregnancy to remind Crystal, "It's better not to keep petswhen you're pregnant, especially those with furs. I don't know if you're allergic.”

"Those pet has been vaccinated. It shouldn't be a matter if I don't get in touch with it often.” Crystalsaid in a gentle voice. "In Geoffrey's school, they have a course this semester, which the teacherasked the student to feed the small animals themselves, saying that it could cultivate the their senseof responsibility since young."

Christina felt it unreliable when hearing this course.

Then she complained, "Who said that raising an animal can develop a sense of responsibility? Somepeople can't even take good care of themselves. Maybe they have to fight for food with their pets.”Derek, who was far away in his apartment in Crescent Garden district, suddenly sneezed. "Achoo ..."