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162 Chapter 162

162 Chapter 162

Seraphina’s POV 1

My heart was racing now. This was escalating fast, and I was alone behind the counter with no backup in sight.

“I need to call my manager, or the police,” I said, reaching for the phone.

He reached across the counter, grabbing for my shirt. I jerked backward, but not fast enough. His fingers caught the fabric, yanking me

forward.

“Let go of me!” I shouted.

“I’ll let go when I’m damn good and ready!”

I grabbed his wrist with both hands and twisted hard, using his own momentum against him. He yelped and released my shirt, stumbling

backward.

“What the hell-”

“Touch me again and you’ll regret it,” I said, my voice cold as winter.


He stared at me for a moment, probably trying to process the fact that the scared little cashier had just made him back down. Then his

expression shifted to something ugly and dangerous.

“You attacked me! I’m calling the cops! I’m suing this store! I’m suing YOU personally!”

Before I could respond, Gary appeared from the back office like a genie summoned by trouble. His face was already flushed with stress,

his tie askew.

“What’s going on out here?” he demanded.

“Your employee attacked me!” the man shouted immediately. “I was trying to pay for my stuff and she went crazy! Grabbed my arm,

twisted it! I think she sprained something!”

Gary’s eyes went wide with panic. “Sir, I’m so sorry! Please, let’s talk about this calmly-”

a war wound. “Look

attention!”

not what happened,” I started to

Gary whirled on me.


with the kind of groveling smile that made my skin crawl. “Sir, I am deeply, deeply sorry

me make

I watched Gary apologize, offer free

of attention. He claimed his

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full of free beer and lottery

“My office. Now.”

like a death march. Other employees watched with sympathy and curiosity as I passed. Mia’s

slammed the door

“Sit down,” he ordered.


I sat.

“Putting your hands on a customer? Are

I said. “I was

set you on fire! You

protecting

a lot of money,” Gary snapped. “That card reader he broke? That’s coming out

Also your paycheck. And if he

corporate,

mouth fell open.

comes to about three hundred dollars. I’ll take

dollars. More than I made in a week. Money I didn’t have. Money

I sounded. “I can’t afford that.

that before you decided to play wrestling with a


“I was covering for her! If she’d been here doing

another date-”

don’t see Mia in this office,” Gary said coldly. “I see you. You

responsible.”

“That’s not fair!”

want to keep this job

like a threat. I thought about my empty apartment.

on

want to keep the

mouth shut. No more

find somewhere else to work.

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