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.

slowed, she led me into her tiny rented apartment. One look around, and my

damp and spotted with mold. The space barely fit a narrow bed and a rickety

she always had enough to live comfortably and

because of a

her hand, but it wasn't how I remembered.

tiny cuts.

didn't need to ask. The answer was in her hands-she'd been working

shady lines to

let her shower and gave her clean clothes. When she finally settled beside me on the bed, the silence between us broke. "It's the Drago family," she

trying to catch

she said, and just

about their dirty

she was just scared, so I rubbed

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Chapter 649

grabbed my hand. "I remember... Cole Drago pursued you, didn't

Was this why she'd been so distant? Did she think I

even

off, shaking her

them," she said, her voice trembling,

hit

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

money, but from the