Chapter 21: Parents for hire

**Lucas**

“Sir? Selling the phone to her?” Calvin asked wide-eyed.

“Yes, well she seems stubborn and I knew she was going to reject it.” I ran my fingers through my hair.

“So I had to come up with something,” I explained, but Calvin just kept staring at me like I was from a different planet.

“Goodness, I knew that you were going to screw this. That's why I wanted to help,” he murmured under his breath but I still heard him anyway.

I turned to glare at him. “What did you say?”

“Nothing,” he replied.

“Good. I thought so too.”

Then I moved away from the window where I was standing and settled into my chair. “So what do I ask for as payment?” I muttered, rubbing my chin.

“You're not really going that route, are you?” He narrowed his eyes in a curious way.

I cocked my eyebrow. “What's wrong with it?”

“Well she's going to think you want to buy her over. And you definitely don't want her to have that impression about you right?”

I tapped my finger on my desk and th