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“Miss,” the old beggar hesitantly asked, “can you hear me?”“Oh, I can very much hear your heartbeat,” Jessica replied, controlling herself from hissing at him. She and her brother were always very close to ending up on the streets, so she could totally understand the act that the beggar was putting up. “I know you must be going through a tough period, but if you think that will justify anything and everything you do, then you’re gravely mistaken.”“I-I don’t understand what you’re talking about, Miss,” the old beggar looked confused.“I know you get what I meant,” Jessica blurted. “I suggest that you leave before the guards show up, or they’re going to handle you roughly.” She warned him and entered the building.She reached the tenth floor, where the interview was being conducted. To her shock, Natasha was also among those who were waiting in the conference room. There were already more than fifty people. It took her a while to find Irene who was sleeping. She just sat next to her a
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Irene exclaimed. “EHH?” “Why are you reacting like that after seeing a resume?” Jessica couldn’t control her curiosity and took a peek at the resume. The only thing written on it was his name ‘Regan’ and his experience of 40 years begging in the streets. “Huh?” Neither Jessica nor Irene had ever seen anything like it before. Irene quickly gave the file back to the old beggar and gave a thumbs-up. “You’re definitely going to make an impact.” “Thank you,” Regan happily said. Irene looked at Jessica and controlled herself from laughing. “If that can be called a resume,” she said in a low voice, “mine can be called a gold mine.” “Shh,” Jessica pinched Irene’s cheek. “He may hear you.” “Even if he hears me, what’s wrong with it? I’m only speaking the truth.” “Yeah, but there’s something called decency,” Jessica pinched Irene’s ear this time. “You mean THIS?” Irene pinched Jessica’s nipple. Jessica’s jaw dropped. She quickly looked around, but luckily, nobody was watching, at least
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The house owner, Jordan, gave a huge shock to Denver by refusing to kick Jessica and Derek out even though Denver offered a lot of money. Denver left as a frustrated man, thinking Jordan was just a foolish man who didn’t know the value of money.However, Denver had no idea that Jordan’s aim was not money but Jessica. He had developed so many feelings for Jessica over the years. She was the only woman he knew who never dated anybody and didn’t spread her legs for money. Everything about her made him want to bend her to his will. He wanted to make her his woman, even if it meant making life difficult for her. This was the reason he didn’t fix the broken pipeline in her house, so she would suffer. He didn’t care if she thought of him as psycho or something else. He only wanted her to come to him and obey him and bend to his demands.Right now, Jordan, who was old enough to be easily mistaken for Jessica’s grandpa, came to her house with a bag full of chocolates, biscuits, and all kinds o
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The next morning.Both Denver and Russell had birthdays on the same day. Denver was someone who got most of his friends by buying them drinks or dinner. That worked when they were young, but now his friends wanted more. Women and drugs, to be precise.Natasha didn’t like such things, so he kept it a secret from her and arranged a morning party at his penthouse while he took Natasha to a fancy restaurant. They had a great time together, and Denver left ten $50 bills in the folder, even though Natasha told him that 500 dollars was a bit too much for a tip. But he replied, “They don’t like 1 dollar bills, and this is a special day, so… this much is nothing.”Additionally, Denver was planning to surprise Natasha by taking her for dinner on an ultra-luxury cruise ship.However, everything changed when Denver’s dad and Natasha’s dad received invitations for a birthday party, inviting not just them but their whole family. Both their fathers called their children at the same time and told the
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Origin Casino. The oldest casino in the city.Derek had known about this casino well because it wasn’t too far from his house. Its owner Thomas Origins was a reputed gambler who would never send men after those who made good money in his casino, given no cheating was at play. And there were rumors that the cheaters would be thrown in the crocodile pool in the underground chambers of the casino.The guards stopped Derek. “Do you have more than 100 dollars?”Derek smiled and showed the cash he got. They silently moved away. He gave them a hundred dollars each, and they thanked him for it.“If I win, I’ll pay you more on my way out,” Derek’s words strengthened their smiles.At Russell’s house.The party had already started at five in the evening. Hundreds of people from the neighborhood flocked and enjoyed all the exquisite delicacies. There were more than fifty varieties of dishes to choose from. Even the most prideful eaters wouldn’t be able to taste all the dishes.Russell was made to
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Tyler the Collection King had received quite some attention from the guests because most of the guests were from the same neighborhood. Even the millionaire guests and billionaire guests who were much richer than Tyler now found themselves asking each other who this fat Tyler was.Tyler put a garland of 100 dollar bills on Russell and gave him a car key, saying he had bought a Benz car for Russell.Everyone in the Bennett family was stunned by Tyler’s actions. Russell quickly put the car key back in Tyler’s hand, “I can’t take it. It’s too much.”“You have to,” Tyler demanded in a loud voice and then whispered, “for my sake.”Russell pursed his lips. He didn’t want any gift from Tyler who had ruthlessly dragged his family to the streets before the Lynn family got involved, but because Tyler was begging him, he stayed silent as Tyler put the car key in his hand. After Tyler and his men took pictures with Russell and left the stage, Viola again whispered in Russell’s ear, “You’re such a
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A couple of minutes earlier.Jessica’s eyes dazzled as she went to the food section. Just from the smells she could tell that there were more than ten different varieties of chicken dishes, and even more fish dishes. The beef roast with salt and pepper sprinkled over just made her drool. Without any shyness or hesitation, she started putting multiple varieties on her plate.Jennifer appeared out of nowhere and hissed, “You think this is your home? Eat only one or two items and leave.”Jessica’s entire mood was spoiled because of those harsh words. She didn’t even want to eat now, but she had already put some items on the plate, so she walked away without adding more items.A fat woman wearing a colorful saree joined Jessica. She was Madison. She lived in the very neighboring build and was very close to Jessica. “You shouldn’t even have let that dark-skinned woman inside. She just spoils my view.”“I would have long slapped her a hundred times, but I’ve been controlling myself because
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The cake was cut and distributed to everyone. Not all got to taste more than one flavor. Only Viola and James tasted all seven flavors as they were the ones tasked with distributing the cakes. Actually, the workers were supposed to do it, but the siblings didn’t let the workers sweat and instead took the burden on themselves. And they surely didn’t regret doing it.Viola gave a piece of cake to Jessica. She wanted to put some part of the cake in Russell’s mouth just like Kyra, Viola, and Arnold had. However, she couldn’t find the internal strength to do it anymore.Russell was still talking with Kyra, and she couldn’t bear to see them together. The cake was delicious, but she could hardly savor it. Her whole focus was on observing Russell’s expressions. He seemed happy when talking with Kyra. “Does he like her? More than he likes me?”If there was anything she knew better than most people her age, it was that money could make or break bonds. Her relatives didn’t help her or her brothe