Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 649

Chapter 649

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The man fumbled with his phone and quickly rattled off an account number. Without hesitation, I transferred the $300,000.

"Now, the IOU," I demanded, holding out my hand.

They passed it over begrudgingly, one muttering under his breath, "Damn, didn't think you were this rich."

I met his gaze. "I'm not just rich-I have connections. If you ever come back to harass her again, you might hold the money, but I promise, you won't live long enough to spend it." Sometimes, you just have to bring the heat.

Their cocky smirks vanished as they slinked off, but one couldn't resist tossing a jab at Demi over his shoulder. "With a rich bestie like her, why take out a loan?" "Get lost!" I snapped.

They scurried off, but Demi didn't relax. Her whole body trembled.

"It's over now. They're gone," I said softly, stepping forward to pull her into a hug.

"Ahhhh-"

Her wail ripped through the silence, raw and full of anguish.

I didn't say anything. I just let her release everything she'd been bottling up for who knows how long.

finally slowed, she led me into her

The space barely fit a narrow

wasn't wealthy, but she always had enough

of a

but it wasn't how I remembered. Her fingers

tiny cuts.

answer was in her hands-she'd been working herself raw just

crossed any shady lines to make ends meet. That was something, at

at my hotel, I let her shower and gave her clean clothes. When she finally settled

blinked, trying to

Seavora's Drago family," she said, and just like that, I

about their dirty money weren't exactly

scared, so I rubbed her back. "Don't worry.

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Chapter 649

my hand. "I remember... Cole Drago pursued

why she'd been so distant? Did she think I was tangled up

And even

off,

away from them," she said, her voice trembling, "They... They force girls to

hit like ice

$500,000 debt. The Dragos had probably tried to make her sell her body to

not just from the money, but from the nightmare waiting