No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 652

"What are you doing?" I barked, startling the group.

Three men turned around, eyeing me from head to toe. One of them, his eyes practically twinkling, exclaimed, "Since when did Goldbridge have such stunners?" "Hey, miss, you here to rent a place? Or maybe you know the woman living here?" another chimed in.

"I believe I asked you first," I retorted coolly.

The guy who was knocking paused, then strolled over with a cheeky smile creeping across his face. "We're on the hunt for beauties, just like you..."

As he spoke, he reached out towards my chin. I turned my face away, and he let out a surprised grunt, "Feisty, I like that in a woman."

He signaled his buddies with a glance, then added, "Today's not been a waste after all."

As they moved towards me, I dodged. In the midst of our scuffle, a familiar voice rang out, "Stop, let her go."

It was Deborah!

She sprinted towards us, wielding a stick like a baseball bat, taking powerful swings at them.

"You're exactly who we've been looking for," the men turned their attention to Deborah.

There was no way I'd let them lay a hand on her. Picking up a brick, I hurled it at them...

yelped as the brick made contact, and

It's like I had been imbued with

him by surprise and hitting him square in his

two had grabbed Deborah and were about to strike.

got their attention. They

shoving them aside to pull Deborah behind me, facing down the two men. "The

note?" They

back to reality. One quickly went to the guy I had kicked, rummaging through

IOU from Deborah, for fifty thousand,

standing silently behind me,

thousand is the principal. With interest, that's eighty-three thousand," one

loan sharks, their interest rates bleeding people dry. The date on the note was just six months ago, and the

rate is

I said.

cash, I wasn't about

greed would only embolden

signed it. Not a penny less,"

thousand at most. If you insist on more, I'm calling the cops right

away, but I dodged. "If you want the money,