Fighting for a Taxi

"Mr. Alex! Geez, I'm sorry I'm late. You shouldn't have been treated like this," Poppy said in a panic, then added her concern. "You're okay, right?"

    Earlier, when the bank employees were busy discussing a customer with a special passbook, Poppy had seen the passbook and that's when Poppy found out about Alex's social status.

    Alex shook his head slightly at the pretty girl's question, then it was more about the stares of Elena and Almero and the other people who seemed surprised at Poppy's treatment of Axel.

    How could a manager of Morghan Bank respect Axel so much? Even referring to him as Sir, is very confusing. Certainly, Elena and Almero couldn't get enough of it.

    Then, Elena interrupted. "Miss, I think you've recognized the wrong person. This is my ex-husband whom I just divorced, he's a thief! You shouldn't treat him with such respect."

"Yes, that's right," Almero continued in surprise.

    Hearing Axel being insulted like that made Poppy furious.

"How presumptuous! Mr. Axel is not a thief, he is a special customer of our bank."

    Everyone was stunned, especially Elena and Almero who heard that.

Now it was Almero's turn to try to set the record straight, "What do you mean, Miss Poppy? She's just a café waitress, a poor hobo! We know her very well, how can you call her a special client?"

    Elena replied, "That's right..."

"Enough!" stopped Poppy. She couldn't stand the way they kept putting Axel down. For a moment she even called the security guard to chase the two couples away.

"But what did we do wrong? We caught a thief, Morghan Bank should have rewarded us instead of treating us like this!" Almero rebelled.

    Almero still took the time to insult Axel, "Heh, rascal, hurry up and admit that you're a thief."

    Their behavior made Poppy even more angry, so she repeated her command to the two security guards who were holding Elena and Almero's bodies, "Drag them out right now!"

    Afterward, Poppy also chastised the people who were still gathered there to make a spectacle of their special client, so everyone dispersed.

"Thank you for helping me," Axel said later after the situation calmed down.

"Ah, there's no need to make light of this, sir! I should be the one apologizing that you had to experience such an inconvenience."

"I'm used to this, just relax."

To be honest, Poppy wasn't too surprised to hear those words because Axel looked like a hobo. She would have accused him of theft if she didn't know who he was.

    Then Poppy offered to take Axel out, but he refused. He's not used to being treated special, and in no time at all, he's out of Morgan Bank, having stopped a passing taxi on its way to the hospital.

    The Drama returned after he entered the vehicle, as a woman suddenly appeared and asked him to get off.

"Sir, I want to take this taxi! Please tell him to get out of there!" she ordered, leaving Axel dumbfounded.

    Unfortunately, the driver did not heed her words and kicked Axel out of there.

"But I ordered this taxi first," Axel interrupted.

"I did, and I don't want to take you. Please get off now or I'll get violent."

    To be honest, Axel was getting fed up, he had to meet people like this everywhere. It's just that Axel didn't want to cause trouble and get into a fight later because there were more important things he had to do now, namely immediately returning to the hospital to pay Berry's demands.

    Finally, Axel relented and got out of the taxi nicely. However, Axel's relenting attitude only made the two men even bigger-headed. Instead of settling things, they insulted him even more.

"You poor bastard, you want to take a taxi! He can't afford public transportation." The driver looked sarcastically at Axel.

"That's right, sir. Not to mention you have to wash this car because that guy smells like a hobo."

    The woman's voice, dressed up, swayed as she hurled insults at Axel. She even sprayed perfume towards the seat that Axel had been sitting on.

"Hey, you heard me! I'm still lucky I didn't ask for compensation! Now you're sneaking into people's cars."

    Axel, who had been silent and holding back to remain patient, now began to lose control. In the next second, he took out a wad of money from the envelope he had been holding. Then he threw it into the taxi right into the face of the woman who was sitting sweetly in the passenger seat that replaced him earlier.

    Seeing the large amount of money made the two people jump in surprise and their expressions were extraordinary. The driver and the woman stared at Axel from toe to toe in astonishment, as the man in front of him looked like a hobo but had this much money.

"That's real!" the woman observed 3 seconds later. Feeling that she had found a new way to humiliate Axel, she added another sentence, raising her tone of voice and giving him a sardonic look.

"Or maybe this money is counterfeit again!"

    The taxi driver quickly replied, "Ah, that's right. It's fake money at best! Hahaha, acting like a rich man."

"Just check the authenticity! Check if you need to take it to the bank. Call my name Axel Geraldo," Axel responded flatly and so casually.

"I would have paid you the money if you hadn't been so arrogant!"

    Seeing Axel pointing at Morgan Bank, the taxi driver realized that Axel had just left the building. The phenomenal bank that not everyone had savings in there, made him a bit ambiguous.

    For a moment, he was asked to show the sheet in the attractive woman's hand. The driver managed to examine the bills.

"How fake is the money? I don't even need to be checked, I already know," the woman cynically stuck to her opinion.

    However, a second later. The driver was stunned and suddenly shooed the attractive woman away.

"Uh, Miss get down now! I want to take this gentleman."

"What?!" The woman was surprised.

"I said get out of my car right now!" Not just a voice, this time the man even opened the door for her. Then, he pushed her arm to get out of his car as quickly as possible until she accidentally fell in front of Axel.

  A moment later, there was a driver who invited Axel in so politely. "Come in sir, I'll take you wherever you need to go."