The Road to Rebirth Her Fresh Start and His Late Sorrow by Helena R. Bates

Chapter 259

The room erupted in laughter from the other men.

Nancy's expression was grim, but she retorted, "And what about Ramona? Where have you put her?"

John sneered, "You can't even take care of yourself, let alone worry about Ramona. Whatever your fate is, hers will be the same, just with more men here."

With that, John stood up and walked over to Nancy.

He stared at her delicate face, a mess of beauty amidst chaos, and was momentarily entranced. John reached out to touch her cheek. "How are you this beautiful? I've never seen anyone like you."

Nancy turned her head away in disgust.

"John, this is a crime. Let me go, and I can pretend none of this ever happened. Ember can still walk the runway."

"Crime?" John laughed mockingly. "If paying for Ember is a crime, why hasn't anyone arrested me?"

He suddenly grabbed Nancy's chin, his smile vanishing into a dark scowl. "In this place, I make the rules. No one will save you, so you better cooperate, or we'll make you regret it."

"Why waste time talking?" a scar-faced man interjected impatiently. "If you're not going to take her, step aside."

Another chimed in, "Yeah, stop wasting time."

"Who said I wasn't?" John quickly responded, grinning. "I'm going in."

looked at Nancy. "Lena, the designer, I won't

her, Nancy's heart raced, and she struggled fiercely, but she couldn't

John's weight pressing down, her face turned pale, and

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be begging

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could finish, the door slammed

their heads, and Nancy looked up to see Judson standing

of motion. He punched John, sending him sprawling to the

froze, caught off guard by