Chapter 0013

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Any sensible person would have retreated and left the troublesome couple alone, but this man.....

My eyes were fixated on him as he took an equally threatening step forward. His body seemed even more tout...alert.

"I know who you are, Mark Torres. President of GT Group. And I know you can make me go bankrupt, but that wouldn't stop me from defending a helpless lady. You can't waltz in here and harass my guests, your wife or not." His words had that underlying tone to it, it was filled with unspoken threats.

There was a shift in the air, and Mark seemed stunned at the man's response, then he abruptly turned back, cackling.

"This man is a joker." He sobered up, "You know all of this yet you dare to meddle in my affair? Are you tired of your bar already?"

Oh no. I couldn't let this go on. Clearly, the bar owner wouldn't give up, and Mark wasn't one to back off a threat either. I couldn't let a total stranger go bankrupt just because of my personal affairs. The bar owner opened his mouth to speak, but I stopped him.

my palm as I pushed him backward. If he hadn't willingly moved backward, I wouldn't have even been able to move him an inch from his spot. Then I turned to the bar owner's increasingly familiar face, "Thank you for trying to help, but rest assured. Mark wouldn't hurt me." I forced a

you sure?" He seemed so

"I assure you

fight all the time. It is always bound

him, my brain still worked. I

us for several seconds. Then he took a hesitating step back and nodded. "I'll count on your words then. Take care. His arm shot out,

hands when Mark slapped his hands away, then he took hold of mine and pulled me away from there. He pounded

was the other

a stool before the bartender. He must have followed us to confirm that Mark really wasn't going

taken aback when he winked at me, then he placed his thumb on his ear and his pinky finger across his lips.

to find a card there. I stealthily slipped it into the back pocket of my skirt before Mark would see it and create another scene. How did the card get in my palm? The thought bothered

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tried to work out how I had gotten the

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