My eyes widened when I realized that he had placed his black card into my hands. I immediately tried to shove the card back into his hands and stammered, "I-I c-can't take this. I c-can p-pay for myself, and I h-have my—"

He pushed the card firmly back into my palms and forcibly curled my fingers around the card. "I know you can pay for yourself, but I want you to have it. Anything that you could possibly spend today wouldn't even make a dent in my account, so please don't feel ...