Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 703 Jasper Couldn't Control His Feelings

Jasper suddenly remembered Mandy, all because of that pack of Marlboros from before.

As he headed downstairs to settle the bill, he overheard an argument at the bar.

"Skyler, why wasn't the cigarette sale credited to me?"

"Room 303 wasn't your table. You're just trying to steal someone else's credit. What's the matter? You want a tip too? Well, maybe once you start wearing stockings, we'll talk." Mandy clenched her jaw. "But he specifically asked for me. I didn't go looking for him."

"There's no proof of that. If you want credit, get Jasper to vouch for you."

Mandy fell silent.

Skyler knew full well that Jasper would never come downstairs just to vouch for her.

In Skyler's eyes, Mandy was too proud and rebellious.

She needed to be put in her place, and that included making her clean the bathrooms and take care of the less desirable tasks.

"Skyler, why do you always target me?" Mandy asked, her voice barely concealing her frustration.

"I'm not targeting you. If you don't like it, you can leave."

Mandy's hands balled into fists, her frustration building.

Just as she was about to resign herself to another day of being mistreated, Jasper's voice rang out from the stairs, calm and clear.

"Credit her for the cigarettes."

Skyler immediately straightened. "Sure."

for free for half a month, but she was caught

change. He gave her a brief

at Mandy meaningfully. "If you knew how to play your cards right and got

Mandy didn't respond.

stung, especially for someone like Mandy, who was new to the

of kindness had stirred something in

to the next

Jasper's visits to Mystique weren't

person Mandy could run into

about Jasper and Violeta when she

the two of them

school believed

women got

Jasper would usually distance

knowing that the

them, the more trouble it would

to go to Violeta and start stirring up

public scene in the

stop Lucy

knowing better than to cross Hayden, backed down and

Jasper wouldn't have just stood by and watched

intervene because Violeta was different

had been right. It was another

Jasper had said before-he wished them the

down

pang of jealousy he felt deep him

weren't

.