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.”

owner asked curiously, “Where do you work, buddy? That’s

construction site. It’s hard–earned money, barely enough to get by.” Valin replied with a weary

change exchanged a

five dollars to

him back three

work. Now that you’ve got some extra cash, why not play

card game and the money on the table, swallowing hard

win when I play with my coworkers.”

to gamble, the newsstand owner

already won 200 dollars. We play small stakes, just three to five

hesitated, wearing a conflicted

“I don’t know…”

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bald guy

face turned red with indignation.

not her. I’m

exchanged knowing glances

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

deep breath and plopped into the newsstand owner’s

lose money, don’t try to

guy lit a cigarette, exhaling a

like that. You

stack of cash on the table, catching the men’s

bald guy looked at