Chapter 2
“She’s just a waste of money, a parasite. Anyone who wants her can have her. Just have fun, brothers.”
Hearing my uncle’s words, I turned and ran out, but this was the innermost room. Without the bartender from earlier, I couldn’t leave.
With a crash, I felt dizzy, blood on my forehead, and fell to the ground. My palms were pierced by shattered glass.
“Run, why don’t you!” The pot–bellied man’s blurry figure appeared before me.
It was over. It was really over this time.
Tears streamed down my face, my vision blurred, and the pain was so intense I couldn’t stand.
“Get lost!”
Before fainting, I heard a pleasant voice and saw a blurry figure…
I woke up in a hotel bed, my forehead and hands bandaged.
“You’re awake.”
It was the first time I met Jack. His youthful face was clean, with handsome and bold features. I was momentarily at a loss.
“Did you save me?”
The boy looked at me for a while, then glanced away and nodded. I quickly thanked him. He didn’t look at me or speak.
Did he want money? But he didn’t seem like he needed it.
“Snapchat, maybe?” I asked softly.
He looked at me, but his gaze was no longer the same. Now it was full of disgust and disdain.
I looked down, feeling helpless. That look was just like my uncle’s.
“Jack.”
He threw his phone in front of me, his voice cold.
“Julia.”
I quickly added him on Snapchat, noticing his dark profile picture.
“Julia, the name suits you, acting all innocent.”
He raised an eyebrow, his tone casual.
I looked up in shock, seeing a mischievous smile on his face.
“Automatic transfer of ten thousand dollars.”
The mechanical voice came from Jack’s phone, for the medical and hotel expenses I just sent. This hotel looked expensive, and I only had twelve thousand left in my account.
“What does this mean?”
“Medical fees and hotel expenses.”
“Did you add me on Snapchat for this?” Jack’s handsome brows furrowed, disbelief in his voice.
10:10 PM
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I slowly got out of bed, my head finally feeling better.
Seeing me silent, Jack suddenly pulled me, his expression dark and uncertain. He looked at me with hesitation before finally speaking.
“Julia, stay with me, and from now on, I’ll only want you, alright?”
At the time, I thought it was a question, but it turned out to be a statement. He was notifying me, not asking or negotiating.
And yet, I inexplicably nodded and agreed.
But there was no joy in his eyes. It seemed as simple as saying, “Let’s have breakfast.”
After that, I left my uncle’s house and was placed in a villa by Jack. Rather than respect, it felt more like disdain and contempt. He never touched me. But for anniversaries, birthdays, and every holiday, he always gave me gifts, never missing one.
He frequented the nightclubs every night without exception.
Yet I fell for him. I wondered if asking certain questions would mean losing even what little we had.
I never spent the money he sent to my account. I continued working part–time at the flower shop with my best friend. I didn’t tell Jack any of this, afraid he would look down on me even more. To someone like him, a privileged young man, I feared being seen as a blemish…
