wife? What's this? Coming for a drink? Wait... if you'r

ed speaking, the private

of the cart tightly a

miliating me. Running away wouldn't change anything, so I might as well

my mother cried herself to sleep each night, and my brother was working tirelessly as a del

ward, I forced a sti

're here, why not support my business a little? If you ha

Bob shook his h

' and 'bro.' Now that my family had fallen, he looked absolutely delighte

time to act on impu

my smile and

Is this really the same arrogant Miss Moore from before? It's only be

laughter erupt

wouldn't mean that kind of business, would you? Haha! If that's the case, why don't you strip down fi

tle in my hand and

ette as if he hadn't heard their vulgar

my forced smile. "You guys misunderstood. I meant the liquor business. Since we use

ard onto the bar and sneered, "There's thirty grand on this card. Get dow

he room as everyone turned thei

as calm, but his gaze was so deep and unreada

ard onto the bar. "Here's another hundred grand. If you

at him

s still Julian's wife. He was right here-how

ad already told th

it clear to them how

f you can't let go of your dignity, then what are you even doing here? We're offering you a g

ght-I nee

my pride didn't me

looking at Bill

and said mockingly, "A hundred grand? That's all you're offering f

w Bil

nd always pretended to be generous while actually being a cheapskate

m to cough up ten grand w

d now, just to humiliate me, me

I really that awful of

as Miss Moore, after all. How could you of

pted with la

lared at me and scoffed, "Honestly, ev

d instead. "You were serious, right? If I b

ly not expecting me

e was notori

st have been hi

d, "You? The proud Miss Moore? No wa

d for the card, clearl

'm not joking. Barking a few times isn't hard, and thirt

stared at the card in my hand,

down and do it, then! Let's see how t

e was l

door, my father talking about ending his life, my mother sobbing

eep breath

kneel, a firm hand su

I turned

n's deep, unr

skipped

flatly, his words d

emptied as the othe

hirty-grand card back o

onto mine. "Are you really

d took a step back. "Is President Carp

knowledge in Chicago-I refused t

?" Julian repeated,

hinking, and I didn't have

Carpenter, here's the liquor you ordered. If you're

at me, his g

omment-I didn't expect him t

, ready

"I'll give y

my tracks, st

ser, his dark eyes

on," he said, his voic

ight w