d her phone. Her stomach fe
eyes. They were pitch black, swirlin
ce shaking. "For top-tier escorts like you, it
t echoed in his head, fueling a fire in his che
d them on, and sat down in a massive leather armchair in the corner of the room. He cr
slowly rotate the heavy gold signet ring on his pinky
terror in her throat. "The
ds. He saw the cheap fabric of her ruined dress
stated, his voice f
her head. The air left
ice cracking. "Are you insane? Why don'
, mocking smile. "My time is worth
ntly. This man wasn't just a gigol
ation clawing at her throat. "I don't even have
pped rotating the ri
e Elysium with no money?" he mocked,
. She scrambled to the edge of the bed, leaning over to dig frantically through her s
An accident? You reeked of alcohol, used a master keycard to brea
. She had no memory of a keycard. She had
eeling leather wallet. She ya
er stepmother had maxed out months ago. The other was a b
overty suffocating her. She couldn't even afford the
ap debit card onto the mahogany nightstan
, her voice cracking, but her chin tilted up in a desperate display of defia
the piece of plasti
nal corporations for sport, was being offered a
e cheap card, a crack formed in his logic. If she was a corporate spy or a high-end gold
ed back to the bed, looking down at
t me to accept this in
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