Chapter 83\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to take on this kind of job again, but Mr. Mercer paid too much to be turned down. He said he was already connected to Mr. Howard. If we helped him just this once, he wouldn\u2019t forget us after he made it. We\u2019d get to live the good life along with him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston let out a cold laugh. \u201cHow much did he pay you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThree million.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was three million. They were jobless. They could sleep with a woman and get paid. There\u00a0<\/p>\n
was no reason for them to refuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And it wasn\u2019t even their first time. They could just leave the country for a few months and\u00a0<\/p>\n
then come back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian\u2019s hand at her side clenched so hard her knuckles went white.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three million was the amount Zane had told her to bring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He\u2019d wanted to use her money to pay these men to rape her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Logan was vicious to the core.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian picked up the money bag by the door, carried it in, and tossed it in front of the man.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston glanced at her, then signaled the bodyguard to let the man go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The grip on him loosened. He slowly reached for the bag, disbelief in his eyes, and asked carefully, \u201cSo, what do you want us to do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian said, \u201cGet Zane to come out. Then, do to him what you planned to do to me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s expression twisted. He gave an awkward smile. \u201cMy brothers and I\u2026 We\u2019re not into\u00a0<\/p>\n
men.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re not, someone will make you be,\u201d Vivian said, her eyes cold. \u201cOtherwise, you won\u2019t live long enough to spend the money.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s face stiffened. He opened the bag, and his eyes went wide. Inside were nothing but\u00a0<\/p>\n
fake bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDamn it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second he realized he\u2019d been played, he cursed. The next second, Kingston\u2019s bodyguard\u00a0<\/p>\n
slammed him to the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThree years ago, did Zane ever tell you what kind of family the woman you raped came from?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man was the most timid of the group. At her words, he shrank back. \u201cWhat kind of family?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian didn\u2019t answer. She only looked toward the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The private room door swung open from the outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A middle\u2013aged man in a silver suit stood in the doorway, cane in hand, a hat shadowing his face as the hallway light framed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He walked in on a carpet so soft he didn\u2019t make a sound, but the men on the floor felt their hearts tighten.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he stepped out of the shadowed entryway, the jagged scar on his face came into view.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone born and raised in Baymoor had heard of Victor. They\u2019d also heard the name Scarface.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back in the day, he\u2019d been called Baymoor\u2019s Underworld King.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t what he used to be, but he still had people under him who\u2019d die for him when it\u00a0<\/p>\n
mattered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Victor\u2019s gaze swept past everyone and landed on Vivian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kingston felt the violence rolling off the man. Without a word, he caught Vivian by the wrist and pulled her to his side, shielding her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivian turned and held Kingston\u2019s wrist instead, a quiet signal for him to relax. Then, she greeted Victor first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Shaw, I think you heard what they just said. Since you came, you probably don\u2019t plan to let the person who hurt Ms. Shaw walk away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Victor took off his hat and handed it to the man behind him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have to thank you, Ms. Hartwell.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
If it hadn\u2019t been for Vivian, they would never have known that the one who made Leah suffer had been right beside them all along.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 84\u00a0<\/p>\n
I Cancel the Engagement and Level Way Up 83 Chapter 83\u00a0 \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to take on this kind of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-cancel-the-engagement-and-level-way-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}