From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 518

If the system were still with her, she wouldn't be stumbling from one dead end to another.

Just then, her phone rang.

Rebecca took a deep breath and answered. "Dad?"

"Rebecca, how's it going? Did you see Mr. Christensen and Mr. Robinson?" Daly's voice was taut with worry.

She forced herself to sound steady. "Dad, try not to worry. I promise I'll sort this out!"

It had only been a day, and yet half of the Morris Group's assets had already vanished. Of course Daly was panicking.

"Hurry, then. I'll be waiting for your news."

"Okay." Rebecca hung up, her brows knitting in frustration.

Suddenly, a thought struck her.

Midnight Bar.

She remembered the system mentioning once that Daniel was a regular there—- he dropped by several times a week.

So, if she went to Midnight Bar, she'd almost certainly run into him.

It wasn't long before her car pulled up in front of the place.

At the same moment, the black sedan that had been tailing her all afternoon rolled to a stop at the curb as well.

Five burly men stepped out and headed into the bar, one after another.

Inside, the air was thick with neon and the pulse of music-glamour and vice woven together.

Rebecca scanned the crowd, searching for Daniel's familiar face.

Nothing.

was usually so easy to find,

She made her way to the bar and ordered an Azure

Daniel was here. If he was, she knew

the tall barstool when a middle-aged man

him a look of pure disgust. "Do you really think you're

the cover of serving drinks to drop a small white pill into her

instantly,

lifted her drink,

strong cocktail, but after just one glass,

her skin flushed

fingers to her temples and stumbled toward

are you alright?" The same man who'd hit on her earlier was suddenly

now, her body limp in his arms. "Hot...

man exchanged a knowing glance

men closed in, and together, they

paid them any mind-things like this

to a dingy motel

head throbbed and her whole body ached -sore,

at the bar. After drinking it, she'd

And then...?

had led her

blurred flashes of the previous night surfaced in her mind-images too awful to

turned deathly

just a

clenched the sheet

did

down-and what she saw made her blood run cold.

these five

ended up in bed with a group of

Smack!

hard across the