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.

into her tiny rented

space barely fit a narrow bed and a rickety table stacked with scraps of stale

live with confidence. She wasn't wealthy, but she always had enough

of a

reached for her hand, but it wasn't how I remembered. Her fingers were rough, her

tiny cuts.

to ask. The answer was in her hands-she'd been working herself raw just

to make ends meet. That was something, at

she finally settled beside me on the bed, the silence between us broke. "It's the Drago

to catch

said, and just like that, I

whispers about their dirty money

figured she was just scared, so I rubbed

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Chapter 649

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

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

barely acquaintances. And even

me off, shaking

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

words hit like ice

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

the money, but from the nightmare waiting

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