Infinite Rebate: I Get Richer Every Time I Spend

Bryce’s smile stiffened the moment Lucas spoke.

The sarcastic remark landed like a slap.

For a brief second, the muscles in Bryce’s jaw twitched.

His fingers tightened around the bouquet until the stems nearly snapped.

If this had happened anywhere else, Bryce would’ve exploded.

But not here.

Not tonight.

Not in front of Maya.

This confession had taken weeks to prepare.

He had spent over $150,000 planning every detail~from the fireworks to the flowers to the event company. There was no way he was going to let Lucas ruin everything with a few mocking words.

Taking a slow breath, Bryce forced a gentlemanly smile onto his face.

"Lucas," he said calmly, "maybe we’ve had a few misunderstandings in the past."

"I won’t argue with you tonight."

"But whether you appreciate it or not..."

"I spent a lot of time and money preparing this evening."

"So at the very least..."

"Allow me to finish what I came here to do."

Lucas merely shrugged.

His expression remained relaxed, almost amused.

"Go ahead."

The casual response only made Bryce feel even more uncomfortable.

He couldn’t understand it.

Why did Lucas sound so confident?

Why did it feel like...

None of this mattered to him?

Still, Bryce pushed those thoughts aside.

He had convinced himself that Lucas was simply pretending to stay calm.

After all...

What man could possibly watch another guy confess to the woman beside him without feeling threatened?

Lucas, meanwhile, simply leaned back with one hand in his pocket.

From beginning to end...

He looked like someone watching a stage play.

Bryce slowly walked toward Maya.

The beach seemed to fall silent.

The waves continued rolling ashore.

The bonfire crackled softly.

Everyone watched with anticipation.

Bryce stopped in front of Maya.

Then...

He slowly lowered himself onto one knee.

The bouquet of crimson roses was held carefully in both hands as he raised it toward her.

His voice softened.

"Maya..."

But before he could say another word~

Maya suddenly took two quick steps backward.

Her face immediately turned flustered.

Almost instinctively...

She grabbed Lucas’s arm with both hands and held onto him tightly.

"Bryce..."

"D-Don’t..."

"Please don’t say it."

"I already know what you’re going to say."

"And..."

"I don’t want to hear it."

Her voice wasn’t loud.

But every word was crystal clear.

"I’ve told you before..."

"I don’t like you."

"And now..."

Maya unconsciously leaned even closer to Lucas.

"I already have someone I like."

"So..."

"Please stop wasting your feelings on me."

"There won’t ever be a chance."

Her rejection was gentle.

Yet absolute.

The bouquet remained frozen in Bryce’s outstretched hands.

His smile completely disappeared.

The blood drained from his face.

He had rehearsed countless possibilities.

Maybe Maya would hesitate.

Maybe she’d blush.

Maybe she’d ask for time to think.

He had even prepared himself for a polite rejection.

But...

He never imagined she’d reject him before he even confessed.

And...

She did it while holding another man’s arm.

Bryce slowly lifted his head.

His eyes landed on Lucas.

Then...

He watched Lucas casually raise his hand and gently flick Maya’s nose.

"Ow..."

Maya rubbed her nose and pouted adorably.

Yet instead of getting angry...

She simply looked up at Lucas with a shy smile.

That tiny interaction...

Felt more intimate than any confession.

Bryce completely lost control.

"Maya!"

His voice suddenly rose.

"You..."

"You can’t actually like him, can you?"

"There has to be some misunderstanding!"

His breathing became uneven.

He pointed directly at Lucas.

"Do you even know what kind of person he is?"

"He’s nothing but a rich playboy!"

"A guy like him can’t possibly be serious about you!"

"He’s probably just playing with your feelings!"

The moment those words left his mouth...

Maya’s expression changed.

The warmth on her face disappeared.

Her beautiful eyes instantly turned cold.

She stepped forward without hesitation.

"Bryce."

Her tone was no longer polite.

"I won’t allow you to talk about Lucas like that."

"You don’t know him."

"You’ve never even tried to know him."

"So you have absolutely no right to judge him."

She tightened her grip around Lucas’s arm.

"In my eyes..."

"Lucas is a trillion times better than you."

"I think..."

"The only reason you’re saying these things..."

"...is because you’re jealous."

The word jealous struck Bryce like a hammer.

He froze completely.

Lucas looked at Maya in slight surprise.

Even he hadn’t expected her reaction to be this fierce.

He wasn’t angry at all.

Yet Maya had immediately stood in front of him without hesitation.

Lucas couldn’t help smiling.

It seemed...

Once a girl’s affection reached its peak...

Protecting the person she loved became pure instinct.

Around the bonfire, whispers quickly spread through the crowd.

"I’ve never seen Maya defend anyone like that..."

"She’s completely on Lucas’s side."

"Honestly... Lucas does seem better."

"Come on, Bryce spent so much preparing tonight."

"Yeah, but spending money doesn’t mean someone has to accept you."

"I think Maya made herself pretty clear."

Some sided with Lucas.

Others sympathized with Bryce.

But everyone agreed on one thing~

Tonight...

The confession Bryce had dreamed about...

Had already fallen apart before it even began.

At that moment, Lucas let out a small cough before slowly rising to his feet.

He casually dusted the sand off the back of his shorts, looking completely unhurried.

His calm demeanor stood in sharp contrast to Bryce’s increasingly ugly expression.

Lucas smiled faintly.

"Bryce."

"Finished?"

"If you’ve said everything you wanted to say..."

He glanced around at everyone gathered on the beach.

"...then it’s my turn."

He clapped his hands once.

The crisp sound immediately drew everyone’s attention.

Even the students who were still whispering stopped talking and looked toward him.

Lucas smiled casually.

"Everyone."

"Since today is the grand opening of Lanai Island..."

"I figured I should prepare a little surprise too."

He pointed toward the endless ocean stretching into the darkness.

"So..."

"Would you all mind looking out to sea?"

"I’m about to..."

"...give everyone a little shock."

The corners of his mouth slowly curled upward.

Then...

Lucas calmly pulled out his phone.

The call connected almost instantly.

"Lilith."

"Let’s begin."

"Understood, Chairman Lucas."

On the other end...

Lilith immediately relayed the order.

Within seconds...

Several technicians stationed along the coastline simultaneously ignited the launch system.

BOOM!!

A deafening explosion echoed across the ocean.

Every student instinctively turned toward the sound.

From somewhere far out at sea...

An enormous sphere of blazing golden light shot upward into the night sky.

It was unlike any ordinary firework.

It was so massive that despite traveling incredibly fast...

It actually looked slow.

Like a miniature sun...

Slowly ascending into the heavens.

Higher...

Higher...

Higher...

The entire beach fell silent.

Nobody blinked.

Nobody spoke.

Everyone simply stared upward.

Finally...

When it reached an unbelievable height—

BOOOOOOM!!!

The night sky exploded.

An ocean of dazzling light erupted overhead.

For a split second...

It looked as though another sun had appeared above Lanai Island.

Countless streams of golden, crimson, sapphire, emerald, and violet sparks burst outward in every direction.

The colorful explosions stretched across nearly the entire sky.

Then...

The fireworks transformed.

Millions of glittering embers cascaded downward like a celestial waterfall.

It looked as though countless stars had been ripped from the heavens and were gently falling toward the earth.

The ocean reflected every color.

The waves shimmered like liquid diamonds.

The beach...

The palm trees...

The hotels...

Everything was illuminated by the breathtaking light.

Every face present was frozen in complete shock.

"...Holy..."

Someone unconsciously muttered.

A mechanical engineering student suddenly shouted.

"That’s an Excalibur Artillery Shell!"

"I’ve seen videos online!"

"They cost over a million dollars each!"

"What kind of lunatic actually fires one off?!"

Another student swallowed hard.

"I never thought..."

"I’d actually witness an Excalibur Artillery Shell in person."

Someone beside him immediately laughed.

"Don’t flatter yourself."

"It wasn’t launched for you."

"It was Chairman Lucas."

"We’re all just lucky enough to witness it."

The crowd erupted into excited screams.

Phones shot into the air.

Everyone scrambled to record the historic scene.

Meanwhile...

Bryce stood rooted in place.

His face burned so badly it felt like it was on fire.

The carefully arranged confession.

The custom flowers.

The romantic decorations.

The silver fountain fireworks that had cost him $150,000...

Compared to the Excalibur shell currently lighting up the heavens...

They looked like cheap party decorations bought from a discount store.

It wasn’t even a competition.

It was complete annihilation.

Bryce slowly lowered his head.

His confidence completely shattered.

His phone vibrated in his hand.

Without hesitation...

He quietly texted the event planning company.

Cancel everything.

Don’t bring out the remaining decorations.

It’s over.

There was no point continuing.

Anything else he did tonight...

Would only make him look even more pathetic.

Taking advantage of everyone staring at the sky...

Bryce quietly turned around.

Step by step...

He disappeared into the darkness without anyone noticing.

...

Beside Lucas...

Maya instinctively hugged his arm even tighter.

Her beautiful eyes reflected the endless fireworks blooming overhead.

She looked completely mesmerized.

"Lucas..."

Her voice was almost a whisper.

"It’s so beautiful..."

"Did..."

"...did you prepare all of this?"

Lucas smiled.

He gently nodded.

"I did."

Then he looked up at the sky.

"This..."

He said calmly,

"...is only the beginning."

Almost as if responding to his words~

BOOOOOOM!!

Another Excalibur Artillery Shell blasted into the heavens.

Then another.

And another.

The sky exploded continuously.

One magnificent firework after another bloomed across the night, each one even more spectacular than the last.

The students completely lost their minds.

"There are more?!"

"Is he serious?!"

"Each one costs over a million!"

"How rich is Chairman Lucas?!"

One girl stared blankly at Maya.

"I suddenly understand..."

"Why Maya never looked at Bryce."

Another student laughed bitterly.

"I thought Bryce was already ridiculously impressive."

"But next to Chairman Lucas..."

"He’s basically invisible."

Someone else elbowed his friend.

"Hey."

"Weren’t you just saying Bryce was more romantic?"

His friend scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"...I was young."

"...and incredibly stupid."

The group burst into laughter.

Another student hurriedly raised his phone.

"Stop talking!"

"Record it!"

"Every second of this video is worth money!"

"Do you know how much we’re watching burn in the sky right now?"

Someone immediately calculated.

"One Excalibur shell is over a million dollars..."

He looked at the endless fireworks blooming overhead.

"...Forget apartments."

"We’re literally watching luxury mansions explode in the sky."

Another student shook his head in disbelief.

"No wonder Maya chose Lucas."

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