But then I tried to surprise him with this extravagant lunch a few days later. I had this whole cute setup planned when the waiter told me the card was maxed out.
I texted him to confirm the card's limit, only to find out it was a supplementary card with a $500,000 limit.
Since I thought he might have forgotten he'd used it, I kept quiet.
After all, big-shot CEO like Oliver have a lot on their minds, and I didn't want to create any trouble over it. I decided I'd wait until the next month, when the balance resets, and then treat him.
Well. That fantasy lasted all of five minutes.
A furious Oliver stormed into my office, his eyes wild, wielding a stack of credit card statements as if they were weapons.
Therese!" he shouted, slapping the stack onto my desk. "How could you be so greedy? I told you to spend freely, but you exhausted half a million pounds in three days!
His voice was rising with every word.
"So the reason you hesitated before was that the limit was too low? Huh? You're such a damn gold-digger! Thank God I haven't married you yet, or you'd drain my entire fortune quickly!
And just like that, Oliver demanded we call off the engagement.
Not only that, he said I had to pay him back.