The Dumped Husband Gets A Debt System

Four

Reed chuckled at the sound of the receipt being printed and wondered if he would ever get used to having enough money to spend on anything he wanted.

I could get used to this, he thought to himself.

 "It really went through." Angie whispered to herself in a daze of disbelief.

Angie who had been mouthing off beside Martha would never have bellieved that someone that looked like Reed would actually have that sort of money. She immediately sank to her knees and clasped her hands together.

"Please, forgive me sir."

If she had known how things would end, she would have aligned herself with Reed right from the minute he walked in.

But Martha was Angie's senior at work and she had started insutling Reed first, so it had been easy for Angie to follow Martha's lead and insult him too.

And doing that had led her to oppose someone who could pay a seventy three million dollar bill without blinking. If he complained, she was sure to lose her job.

She was ready to throw herself at his feet and beg for mercy. She needed this job too much to try to be proud.

"What are you doing, Angie? Don't kneel for this fraud." Martha mouthed off but when Reed's eyes caught hers, she wanted to shrink.

She was foolishly holding unto bravado. She had met many wealthy people and Reed looked nothing like that, so her assumption was that the money he used must have been stolen.

She stared back and Reed and shrugged, she was convinced that he must be a scammer of some kind.

"Martha, he has paid his bill. What else is there to question? We should beg him." Angie tugged Martha's skirt, trying to pull her closer so that they could kneel and plead for mercy.

Maybe if they bowed to him he would forgive them and let them keep their jobs. A job she desperately needed and could not afford to lose.

Martha's fingers trembled but she still raised her head and looked down on Reed.

“This proves nothing, after all cards can be cloned. Systems can be hacked. Look at his eyes, doesn't he look like a thief?"

"That is enough Martha. Appologize to Mr Reed immediately." Jessi scolded. She reminded herself to put a request in so that they would look into Martha's attitude with guests.

Martha glared at Reed and felt overwhelmed with disgust that she would be forced to appologize to someone like him who she felt was beneath her.

As she grumbled and began to lower herself to the ground, Reed stroked his chin and interrupted her descent.

“Wait a minute, weren’t you saying something earlier about chewing your shoe and resigning from this job?”

Martha stiffened. She had only said all that because she thought he could not pay, did he really expect her to chew her shoe?

People started to murmur again.

"Is he really going to make her eat her shoe?"

"Nobody forced her to say she would resign and eat her shoe, she has to keep to her word."

"Serves them right for looking down at someone who can pay their entire salaries without blinking."

"What is this ruckus about!" A voice interrupted the bickering.

Everyone stopped and stared at the manager, Mr Brown as he stormed into the lobby looking irritated.

He walked with an air of self important with his badly fitting suit that could barely button up over his large belly. His eyes roved around until the landed on Reed. The manager was immediately sure that the cause of the trouble was the young man who looked out of place in the exclusive hotel's lobby.

"It's nothing sir, I was just dispersing everyone." Jessi explained.

She did not want to escalate the drama any further but as she turned, Martha spoke forcefully. She wanted to bring in a distraction she could hide behind.

"Sir, this begger is trying to scam the hotel and he refuses to leave." She pointed at Reed.

The manager looked at Reed from head to toe and thought, Just as I predicted.

"Security!"

The guards who had been standing by like statues immediately sprang into action but Jessi stepped forward.

"Please, there is no need for that, Mr Brown. Mr Reed has already paid for his stay."

"Paid? Do you want the hotel to be leveled with money laundering accusations?" The manager gritted his teeth.

"He is a fraud. That card can't be his." Martha interrupted.

A few people mumbled their agreement.

The manager studied Reed and wanted to pinch his nose from the imaginary stench of poverty. He felt assaulted by Reeds poor look, he could not even bother to wear his sunday's best if he was going to try to scam such a pretigious hotel.

“How dare you try to be smart? Do you know how easy it is for someone like you to disappear from a place like this?”

Reed’s patience ran out.

It seemed they were determined to keep him down at the lobby the whole day, his time was wasting.

They system said twelve hours and he had already spent over an hour getting to the hotel and they further delayed him. At this rate, his first mission would be a failure.

He remembered that the system had spoken of penalties for failed missions, and Reed did not want to find out what those penalties were.

He exhaled slowly.

He had paid.

He had stayed calm.

And yet…

They were still looking at him like he didn’t belong.

Something in his chest went cold.

Reed glanced at the system interface hovering in the corner.

[Available Credit: $925,000,000.00]

He did the math quickly. The Golden Gate was worth maybe $600 million. He had more than enough.

"I have changed my mind." Reed said finally, he sounded bored.

"Look at him trying to back away, didn't I say he is a fraud? Why are the police taking so long?" Martha spoke in excitement.

Reed did not look at her, he just fixed Mr Brown with an icy look.

"Maybe I shouldn't just rent the penthouse, maybe I should buy the entire hotel."

[Credit increase approved : $1,000,000,000. Reason: Strategic asset acquisition, Face Slapping Opportunity. Ostentatious Accomodations Found.]

Reed smiled as he noted that the figures on his dashboard had changed.

When the people around him heard what he said about wanting to buy the entire hotel, they were struck dumb.

The noise stopped and the air seemed to go still.

For a moment, it felt like time itself had paused, then the chaos spilled out.

"Did he really say he will buy the entire hotel?"

"Somebody check that man for drugs, he must be intoxicated."

The manager could not help himself. He bust out laughing.

"Young man, do you know how much this hotel costs?"

"I do not care." Reed said, unmoving. "I will buy it and give everyone here a pay raise."

Another ripple ran through the crowd.

Pay raise?

The staff exchanged stunned glances.

Even the guards hesitated.

For the first time, doubt flickered in the manager’s eyes.

The crowd went wild.

“This guy is either a lunatic… or dangerous.”

“No one jokes about buying this place.”

"I saw a man buy a casino once on a whim. He ended up owning half of Vegas."

"What family is he from? I bet he is a member of one of the big four."

The manager’s lips curled slightly. He had met a lot of dumb people in his life but this young man took the cake.

“Do you have any idea what you’re saying?”

"Guards! What are you still waiting for? get him."

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Sir." Jessi stood in a protective stance in front of Reed.

Reed raised his brow, surprised that Jessi was willing to stand by him.