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She Was Never Broke
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I worked in bottle service at a nightclub for four years just to support my boyfriend. His startup business failed. He told me he owed a fortune to loan sharks, saying that they would cut off his fingers if he failed to pay up. I gave him every dollar I had saved just to help him clear off his debt. I even gave him the emerald bracelet my mother had left me before she passed away. That night, I unintentionally overheard a conversation from one of the private rooms while I was working. "Preston, your girlfriend never would have given you that bracelet she had been hiding if Mia hadn't suggested we pretend to be debt collectors and assist you with this little show." Preston Hale laughed smugly before draining the drink in his glass. "It's just an old bracelet. Mia liked it, so I gave it to her." Then, he leaned back and added, "Now, help me think of another way to test Nora." So that was the truth. The love I dedicated for four years was just a test to him. The loan sharks, debt, fear, and desperation—he had orchestrated it all. I turned, walking out on him and out of the nightclub. Then, I reached out to my older brother, Adrian Whitmore, with whom I had been fighting for years. "Adrian," I told him, "I lost. I'll marry the man you arranged for me to meet."
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She Was Never Broke Chapter 8 My Forever
I scoffed and said blandly, "Yes, I don't love you anymore." My love for him began to fade after I learned the truth. When I realized he had schemed to take all my money… Well, my love for him had vanished entirely. Each joke he made at my expense and every so-called test he subjected me to brought me closer to breaking point. How was I supposed to love a man like that? Now, I had finally found someone who genuinely loved me more. My life was finally back on track. Frankly, the little bit of money Preston had squirreled away from me and guarded so carefully didn't even count as pocket change in my eyes. "No," Preston cried out, shaking his head in denial. "You can't do this to me. How can you be this heartless?" I only found out what had happened to my oppressors much later. After I returned to the Whitmores, Nathaniel and Adrian had joined forces and destroyed everyone who had ever hurt me. Those who ran businesses of their own went bankrupt within a month, and th
She Was Never Broke Chapter 7 Back Where I Belonged
Nathaniel had them forced to chug down two full bottles of liquor. "Preston, you bullied my fiancée for four years. So, don't think for a second that this ends here." He said it before Preston blacked out, as if he wanted to make sure Preston remembered his threat. Both Preston and Mia were dead to the world after two whole bottles of liquor. Everyone who had hurt me met a terrible end, including the useless men who had starred in Preston's little show of torment.The moon was already up in the sky by the time I returned to the Whitmore Residence. Adrian, who had claimed that he was still overseas, was sitting in the living room waiting for me. I had not seen him in four years. My reserved, arrogant brother looked more mature now, but he was still the same as ever. He always acted as if he had everything under control, even though the fool couldn't communicate properly even if someone held a gun to his head. I thought he would have a lot to say when he saw me. Instea
She Was Never Broke Chapter 6 The Real Bracelet
I likely wouldn't have run away from home if Adrian had just used his words for once. I wouldn't have wasted four years taking the long way around. Still, I didn't regret loving someone, even though he didn't deserve it. I also didn't regret being fooled for four years. I was young and reckless, so I was just paying the price for my foolishness. I just had to consider that the suffering I'd endured for four years was a trial before gaining maturity. However, there was one thing I genuinely regretted—not letting Adrian tell me just who my blind date was. At that moment, Preston looked as if he had been hit from both sides and no longer knew how to react. On the one hand, he had not expected me to have a fiancé the moment I broke up with him. On the other hand, there was the issue of Mia's identity. He had truly believed Mia was the Sterlings' sole heiress. Unfortunately, the patriarch of the Sterlings had just declared that she was never one in the first place. Preston
She Was Never Broke Chapter 5 The Man Who Came Back
A deep, urgent male voice cut across the room. The hand gripping my hair loosened instantly. Mia staggered away in fear, as if the man before her was some sort of monster. Even Preston looked panicked. "Nathaniel..." I murmured as I looked up at him. His face felt both familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. He used to shower me with gifts when I was child. He used to tease me by putting grasshoppers on my head. However, he suddenly disappeared from my world. It was as though he had never existed in the first place. "Nathaniel, I..." Mia was so scared that she could barely feel her hands. Her fingers felt like ice as the liquor clung to her like frozen sludge. She kept wiping them against her dress as if she could erase the evidence of what she had done to me. Nathaniel strode over, took off his suit jacket, and draped it over my shoulders before helping me up. My eyes fell on the mole near the bridge of his nose. Only then was I certain. It really was Nathaniel
She Was Never Broke Chapter 4 The Whitmore Name
Preston quickly cut his friend off. He still wanted to keep me on a leash. After all, I had not yet "paid back" the money for him. "What are you talking about?" Preston forced a calm smile. "Nora is just scared she won't be able to pay the money back." Then, he looked at me as if he were doi
She Was Never Broke Chapter 3 The Boss' Test
When Carla saw the confusion on my face, she looked just as puzzled. "The boss is Mr. Hale," she explained. "He was the one who arranged for you to work bottle service here in the first place." Then, she gave me a small, almost pleased smile. "But you've finally made it! I'm sure Mr. Hale will t
She Was Never Broke Chapter 2 The Broken Bracelet
Mia's gaze dropped to the bracelet, and her expression turned mocking. "Wait. Don't tell me this thing is fake." She slipped it off with obvious disgust, pinching it between two fingers as she held it out in front of me. I reached for it, but she took one step back and dodged my hand. 'Were th
She Was Never Broke Chapter 1 The Bracelet on Her Wrist
I had just hung up on Adrian when I saw Mia Sterling step out of a car. The emerald bracelet was on her wrist, bright and unmistakable under the streetlights. A moment later, Preston came out through the back door of the nightclub. The second he saw Mia, he strode over and pulled her into a hug
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