Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

The woman with wine-red hair stepped forward, looking at Andrew with complete indifference. "My name is Liliana Peck, and I own this club! Originally, you wouldn't be qualified to know my name, nor would you be qualified to set foot on my territory!"

She continued, "But since Joe specifically asked for you to be brought in, I figured I'd at least be courteous enough to say it. And just so you know, if anything happens to you here, I don't care who comes knocking afterward. It won't matter."

Behind her stood several fashionably dressed girls. As with most children of the elite, they were flawlessly dressed, glowing with wealth and vanity. They were fair- skinned, trendy, every outfit designer-labeled and curated for envy.

One girl in a short skirt looked at Andrew with disdain. "Liliana, why are you even talking to him! He's just a clueless nobody. Once Mr. Driscoll gets here, he'll be on his knees crying before he even speaks."

Another girl, wearing a leather jacket and heavy smoky eye makeup, spat to the side with a look of disgust. "Liliana, Mandy, why was your breath on this lowlife? Come on, let's continue our card game! We just agreed that whoever loses has to strip until they're completely naked!"

Mandy Jefferson pouted and said, "I'm not playing anymore. You guys can play if you want! My body isn't for trash to look at. I feel dirty just being in the same room."

She lit a cigarette and puffed casually, clearly done with the conversation.

Andrew ignored all of them and picked a spot to sit, unbothered. Honestly, without their wealthy parents, these flashy, pampered girls would probably be working the curb just to make rent.

This floor is my private space with my close friends, and I don't like

unmoved, boredly surveying his

you please get up? You've

at her impatiently. "Ms. Peck, you're from the Peck

froze, caught off

sneered. "Liliana, looks like this country bumpkin

is one of the Five Apex Families of Gabo

overthinking it. No one investigated you, and in my eyes, you're nothing special

Liliana laughed mockingly. "Then

of men like you! A nobody going for someone

BUMS

you're from the Peck family because of your brother, Miles. He once got eight million in funding from

first stunned, then