Chapter 648

"What do you think you're doing?" I shouted.

The men turned to look at me, their eyes scanning me from head to toe. One of them, his gaze practically dripping with greed. "Well, well. Since when does Lindale get girls this pretty?" Another one chimed in, "What's it to you, sweetheart? You looking to rent a place? Or are you friends with the lady in here?"

"Seems to me I was the one asking the questions," I said, my tone icy.

The man pounding on the door swaggered over, his expression oozing sleaze and menace. "We're just here looking for pretty girls. And look at that we found one."

As he spoke, he reached out a finger toward my chin.

I dodged his touch. He let out an amused "Huh."

He said, "Oh, feisty. I like that. Feisty girls are more fun."

He signaled his companions with a quick look. "Looks like this trip wasn't wasted after all," he said smugly.

Before I could react, they started closing in. I stepped back, dodging hands as they reached for me. The situation was spiraling fast when a voice broke through the chaos. "Stop! Let her go!"

Demi.

I whipped around just in time to see her charging toward us. She swung a stick without hesitation, landing a solid hit on one man's arm.

been looking for you, and here

shifted to her

brick on the ground,

the shoulder, and he stumbled back

gone, it was like something had ignited inside me a stubborn, unrelenting fire that

landed hard, knocking the air out of him. He doubled over, clutching his stomach and stumbling,

still two others, and they'd managed to grab Demi. One of them was reaching for her hair when I shouted, "If you want your money, don't touch

Both men froze, their heads

them back and pulled Demi behind me. Fixing them with

They repeated,

you'd better have something to back

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men exchanged wary glances before one of them hurried over to the guy I'd kicked, rifling through his pocket. After a moment, he pulled out a crumpled piece

IOU, handwritten and signed by Demi. The amount: $250,000. I

me, Demi said nothing, her silence speaking volumes-it

the principal," one of the men sneered. "With interest, it's $415,000

off and squeezing people until there was nothing

the IOU. Six months. In six months, the interest had ballooned to more than half

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