Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell

Chapter 345

Valin approached the newsstand, grabbing a bottle of water from the shelf.

“Hey, boss, give me a pack of cigarettes.”

“Help yourself,” the owner replied without even glancing up from his card game.

Valin took a pack of cigarettes and asked, “How much for all this?”

The owner gave him a quick look and said, “Two dollars.”

Valin handed over a hundred–dollar bill.

The owner frowned, “Got anything smaller?”

“Let me check,” Valin said, pulling out a wad of cash totaling ten thousand dollars from his pocket.

The owner’s eyes widened in shock. He nudged one of his companions with his foot and subtly gestured toward Valin.

The men around the newsstand noticed the cash, and their eyes lit up.

One of them chimed in, “Hey man, no problem. I can break that hundred for you.”

Valin gave an embarrassed smile.

“Thanks a lot, buddy. I just got my annual bonus. I don’t have any small bills yet.”

work, buddy? That’s a nice chunk of bonus.”

a construction site. It’s hard–earned money, barely enough to get

change exchanged a hundred–dollar bill for smaller denominations,

dollars to the

gave him back three dollars in change

you’ve got some extra cash,

glanced at the card game and the money on

terrible at cards. I never win when I play with

Valin’s desire to gamble, the newsstand

here. This spot’s lucky today. I’ve already won 200 dollars. We play small stakes, just

wearing a conflicted expression.

“I don’t know…”

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huh?” a bald guy taunted, using reverse

turned red with

my house, not her. I’m not afraid of anyone!”

exchanged knowing glances

“If you’re not scared, sit down and play a few hands with

a deep breath and plopped into the newsstand owner’s chair.

don’t

cigarette, exhaling a cloud of

any rules like that. You can leave whenever

on the table, catching

at