A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love by Arny Gallucio

Chapter 2831

Melissa crouched in the dimly lit kitchen, tirelessly scrubbing the stack of greasy bowls and plates.

If she finished these, she’d earn $100, adding up to $3, 00 for a month’s work.

With her other two jobs, her monthly earnings could soar to nearly $20, 000.

She was determined to pay off her debts as quickly as possible.

She often thought about clearing her debt to Marcus, believing it would bring her some peace when facing him.

The thought of their relationship, however, was something she dared not entertain.

The events of that night in her rented apartment seemed like a distant dream to her.

A dream she felt she should forget.

And she almost did forget, like a child who relishes a sweet cake only to have the taste fade over time.

crossed her mind, a tinge of

broken by a

realized her cut finger had been soaking in the dirty dishwater, now swollen and throbbing with

gaze fixed

yet she knew she couldn’t

would be past one in the morning by the time she

early start at the breakfast shop at

washed the dishes with intense focus, the pain in her hands seemed to

restaurant, a man

silhouette stretched in the

the light

Her eyes met his.

was impeccably dressed as always, maintaining his poise even in such a shabby

cold, impersonal, as if he

slightly, a hint of awkwardness on her

more self-conscious than she had been at the cafe, unsure of what

lips, said slowly, “Do you love him

was a man whose pride wouldn’t