Chapter 6 Who could it be?

"I’ll pay you. How much do you need? You just have to live with me and be my housemaid.”

“Oohh looks like you do have a new job.” The person who spoke behind my back got our attention.

I noticed the frown of Mr. Reed while looking at the man who interrupted our conversation. I turned to look at the man, and my eyes widened in horror. Why, of all days does he need to come here? Is he here to end my life? Just like what he wrote on my mirror? I immediately hugged myself for fear that this might be my end. What about my mother? Who will look after her if I disappear to where in this world?

“Who are you?” I noticed Mr. Reed stepping forward, and it was like he was blocking me to face the newcomer.

“Are you her new boyfriend?” Mr. Reed asked.

The shark loaner, Greg, laughed as if he had heard a ridiculous joke. 

“Boyfriend?” He looked at his men. “Don’t be absurd, Mister. I don’t have plans to make her my girlfriend. She’s not my type. She’s not that hot to be my girlfriend.” His men chuckled at his remarks.

I scoffed. He’s not even my type. I looked at him in disgust. 

“Then why are you here? Who are you?”

The man in front of me immediately caught my attention. His broad back was facing me. But he still looked handsome, even if I was just looking at his back.

Why was I thinking about him? I shook my head. This can’t be happening. Focus, Aurora. Don’t let yourself distract other guys, especially the uncle of your ex.

“Her father owed us money. And I am here to get what is mine.” George, the leader of the shark loaner, said.

I snorted at what I had just heard.

“I told you, Sir. I will pay you by the end of this month. And it’s just the third week of the month. Can’t you spare me for a moment?”

George spat on the ground in front of me before he glared at me. “The audacity of this woman. Give me at least partial payment or else-”

It was as if my head boiled, my nose blew smoke, and my cheeks were red because of what I had just heard from him.

“Or else what?! Threaten me again like what you had just done?” I scoffed.

“I can sue you. You know that.”

I could see George frowning as if he was puzzled at what I said.

“What are you talking about?” he asked.

“Are they behind the threats you received?” Mr. Reed interrupted.

“Threats?” George asked quizzically.

“What threats?” he asked.

I led the way inside my house to show them what they did.

“Now tell me, this is not your doing?”

George scanned the area and saw how messy my apartment was. He even read the written threat in the mirror.

“This is childish.” He pointed out the mirror. “I don’t do threats like this. I’ll torture the person instead of doing these cowardly things.”

I looked at him in disbelief. “You’re lying. Who would have dared to do these things to me aside from you? You have a motif, and you’re the first person, I think, who has the capability and intention to kill me.”

“In what reason?” he asked.

“Because I couldn’t pay you right away.”

He scoffed. “Miss Smith, so that you know… Money is an important thing to me. If I took your life personally, what would I gain from it? Will you pay me back even if you are in the afterlife?” George.

Right. That’s acceptable. But if he’s not behind the threat… then who? I wondered.

“Then who was behind your threat?” Mr. Reed asked.

George shrugged. “I want to clarify that I am not associated with whoever did it. What matters to me is money. And I need you to pay me, ASAP.” 

I took a deep breath and massaged the bridge of my nose in annoyance. I was about to speak, but the man in front of me suddenly spoke.

“How much money is she in debt to you? I will pay for it.”

I noticed George’s brows raised as if he couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

“NO! You don’t have to. I don’t need your help. I don’t need your money.” I protested.

“Her father owed me two million. That includes the interest and emotional damage that I’ve been through.” I looked at George in disbelief.

Damn this guy! He doubled the digits to a hundred percent. My father only owed him seven hundred thousand, and if I add the interest, it’s just one million. Why did he say I owed him two million?

“You’re unbelievable! You doubled the price! That’s not fair!” I clenched my fist and wanted to punch his face. This guy is getting on my nerves.

“Okay, then.” I noticed him getting something from his pocket.

I frowned as I wondered what he was planning. 

“I don’t have a check here. So here’s my card and call me first thing tomorrow morning. Or go to my company and I will give you the amount you need.”

I forced Mr. Reed to face him and looked at him in the eyes. “I will pay him by the end of this month, sir. Please, let me handle my problem. Don’t interfere.” 

“I am offering help. Besides, you will work for every penny I will pay to your creditor. My offer is not for free, you know. You will  also need to work for me.”

“But I am not accepting your job offer.” I firmly said.

I don’t want to have any connections with the Mendez Family, especially with this man in front of me.

He raised his brows while staring at me. “Fine. I’ll give you until the last day of the month. If you can’t pay him, then you will have to work for me. As I will pay for your debt.”

Gritting my teeth, I clenched.

“Fine!” I said before I turned to look at the shark loaners.

“Come back on the last day of the month and I will pay you in full,” I said with my head held high.

The shark loaner and his men vanished after the conversation. And I started cleaning my room. I noticed Mr. Reed was still in the living room, standing with his hands in his pockets.

“Why aren’t you leaving?” I asked.

“Because I was wondering who, besides your creditor, has an ulterior motive to threaten you.” Mr. Reed asked.

I shrugged. “I don’t know. But whoever it may be, I don’t care.”

It was already night, and luckily I was finished cleaning. I double-checked the locks of the door, afraid that the vulgar might trespass on my apartment. I lay down on my bed but the word “I WILL KILL YOU,” in the mirror earlier, bothers me.

Who on earth wants to play with me? I don’t know what to do now. I just hope that whoever did it, will not come back anymore.