Chapter 7 "How much is the money?" Miles asked for the second time."A hundred thousand dollars. Do you have that much money to pay for her?" The man mocked Miles again, but he opened his bag and took out a parcel of money from it."Here is your money," They were stunned when he threw the money at the man. "Let's go," The man left with the other men, leaving Miles and Ashley who was already on her feet."Thanks for that. You didn't have to do that," Ashley said as she dusted the invisible specks of dust on her body, but Miles just stared back at her wordlessly."You weren't expecting me to have left you here like that, right?" He rolled his eyes and sighed. "You should be careful not to get into trouble. Those are bad guys and they could harm you if no one had come to your rescue. You should be mindful of who you loan money from," Miles advised her."I'm not owing them money, Miles. I've already paid the money before. The boss of the group is a gangster and he had been disturbing me
Chapter 8"Are you jealous, Jess?" Ashley was pissed, so she stepped forward and smirked at Jess."Don't be so full of yourself. There is nothing to be jealous about," Jess rolled her eyes, but deep inside her, she was fuming. How could he have found someone so early just barely forty-eight hours that they broke up?"You should mind your business then," Ashley said to her, then turned to Miles."Miles, let's go sit over there," She pointed toward the set of tables and chairs just behind Leo, and he nodded. They both walked over to the chair and sat on it."Your order is here," The waiter walked up to them and placed the food they had ordered earlier, along with Miles's bottled water since it was the only thing he ordered. He didn't just feel like eating anything tonight. At least not now."It's pathetic how he can't even afford a plate of food," Leo mocked Miles."I'm glad you left him, Jess. I couldn't afford to be with such a pathetic broke loser," Jess's friend added, and Jess snick
Chapter 9"I'm afraid I would have to involve the manager in this," The waiter threatened Miles."Yes, you should," Miles agreed, and they all glanced at each other.After the waiter left, Ashley looked around and found Leo and other classmates staring at them, so she sighed. Maybe it was a bad idea coming out here in the first place.Barely ten minutes after the waiter left, the manager of the restaurant, a man in his late forties, came walking into the restaurant with two hefty men walking behind him. They seemed to be his bodyguard."There you are, Mr. Collins," Leo uttered proudly as he stood up and smiled at the manager as he extended his hand for a handshake."It has been a while, Leo. How have you been?" The manager greeted Leo politely like they've been friends for a long time now."I've been good. I was still going to come to see you when we were done here. Is there a problem? You don't usually come here," Leo asked even though he knew that the manager was there because of Mil
Chapter 10"Over here, please," The waiter called out to his colleague who didn't spend another second before he walked over to where they were seated."Take this to that young man over there," The waiter gave Miles's bill to his colleague as he pointed toward Miles who was seated calmly.The waiter handed the bill to his colleague, and he left to meet Miles.While everyone was waiting for Miles to panic as he went through the bill, they were shocked to see the calm expression on his face instead."Two hundred thousand?" Miles raised his gaze to the waiter and asked."I told you that he won't be able to pay. How is a delivery guy going to raise two hundred thousand dollars for just a one-time meal?" Jake laughed even though he had yet to sort his bill out."What is two hundred thousand dollars that he can't afford? He is really a pauper," Leo mocked him as he laughed loudly."I'm glad you dumped him, Jess. I wonder how you would've coped with this," Jess's friend rolled her eyes."Yes
Chapter 11A dead silence played in the atmosphere as they all turned their faces away like Jake did not just speak to them. How were they supposed to afford such an expensive meal when they could barely raise money for their tuition fee? It's crazy how they were all bullying Miles earlier when they weren't any better than him. At least, that was when he was still poor."I don't have anything on me. I'm broke," Jess's friend was the first to quickly speak up as she scratched the back of her head, and the murderous glare that Jake threw at her was enough to kill her if look could actually kill."Didn't you say you have a rich boyfriend?" Jake scoffed unbelievably."I was just trying to make myself feel good," She muttered. Her voice was so low that Jake could barely hear, but still, he scoffed.Furthermore, he turned to Jess who quickly turned her face away and bit her bottom lip."I'm sorry... I don't have anything on me. I was waiting for Leo to send me the money he promised me," She
Chapter 12Ashley glanced at Miles for the umpteenth time as he drove them down the road. Even though she desperately wanted to mind her business and not ask about the money, her curiosity wouldn't stop kicking in, and she knew she would be disturbed and curious for as long as she kept it to herself."Are you ok?" Miles glanced at her and asked when he saw how uncomfortable she was, and she finally seized the opportunity to ask her question."I'm just curious. Miles... Where did you get that kind of money from?" She asked him out of the blue moon, and he matched the brake, bringing the car to an abrupt halt at the side of the road where many vehicles were passing by. "Uhm... The money?" Miles bit his inner bottom lip, trying to think of something convincing enough because he couldn't just reveal his identity to her like that. It wouldn't make any sense, and she wouldn't even believe him because even he would find it difficult to believe if someone ever said something of such to him.
Chapter 13Miles breathed out in relief once he stepped out of the class. The lecture was finally over, and he could finally go back home since he had been looking forward to the time the class would be over.He walked briskly down the walkway and made his way straight to the parking lot, and when he arrived there, he hopped inside his car and the ride back home began.As Miles rode through the dark yet busy road, his new phone beeped and a text from Ashley popped on the screen. 'Why are you taking so long, Miles?' He read through the text after he pulled over at the side of the road. He replied to her and told her he was on his way back to the dormitory. After he dropped his phone on the seat beside him, he started the car and drove off.The ride back to the dorm took less than ten minutes, and when he arrived, he pulled over neatly at the spot where he usually parked his car. Furthermore, he proceeded toward the building.Miles arrived at the front of their apartment and pushed the
Chapter 14'Why don't you be a man and stop this while I'm being nice, huh?' Miles dropped another comment. He couldn't just fold his arms and watch someone bash his friend like that, right?'Or else? What are you going to do? Are you going to beat me up?''I see you are a new user. I guess you are just using this for the first time' Came another couple of comments from the same person, and Miles huffed.'This is crazy and immature. You can't just come into someone's live and bash her like that''This man must be an asshole. Why would he talk to a woman like that? I guess he was not brought up well by his Mom. If not, he wouldn't talk to a woman like that''All these social media influencers are worse than Jezebels. Who knows, maybe she really slept with many men to keep her career going. People and doing things desperately just to get what they want''That's not fair to say to your fellow woman. It's her life, and besides, everyone is doing what they can to survive. If she is really