All Chapters of She Saved Me Then, I Save Her Now: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

"You want my family to give you 100,000 dollars as a wedding gift? Who do you think you are?"The gruff male voice rang out across the old-town cafe.I stood at the entrance, my gaze locking onto the woman sitting in the corner.It was Natasha Ferris.After eight years apart, she had become so thin that she was almost unrecognizable. A faded, washed-out old puffer jacket hung loosely on her, looking completely empty and oversized.She kept her head down, her hands twisting the hem of her clothes tightly.The man sitting across from her was potbellied, with a balding crown, a thick gold chain hanging around his neck. This was the man who had posted videos mocking Natasha in the matchmaking group chat, and his name was Shaun Buchanan.Next to Shaun sat a middle-aged woman dressed in flashy reds and greens. She was eyeing Natasha sideways with a condescending glare."Natasha, I'm not trying to pick on you." The middle-aged woman spoke up, her tone dripping with condescension. "You

The slap knocked Natasha's head to the side, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth."You brat, this isn't up to you!" Henry grabbed her by the hair and started dragging her toward Shaun."Toby," I uttered coldly."Understood." Striding forward, Toby seized Henry by the wrist and twisted it back in the opposite direction.Henry howled in pain, his face contorting. He let go of Natasha, and she slumped backward, all strength gone from her body.I reached out and caught her steadily by the back.She turned her head in shock and met my eyes."Spencer Garrison?" she called out, completely dumbfounded.The sight of her bleeding lips made my blood boil."That's right, it's me."Natasha stared at me in disbelief. Then she instinctively stepped back, trying to pull free of my hand."What are you doing here?" she asked in a slightly trembling voice.Instead of replying, I simply pulled her behind me. Then, I swept my gaze over Henry, who was still on the ground, before letting i

I simply stood there watching Shaun in silence. In moments like this, silence carried far more weight than words ever could. Cold sweat broke out on Shaun's forehead. He couldn't fathom how a single phone call could wield such power.The surrounding customers were whispering among themselves too, their gazes shifting from contempt to awe when they looked at me.Toby stepped forward and said, "Mr. Garrison, shall we terminate Legend Building Materials' contract now?"The moment Shaun heard the name "Mr. Garrison", his legs buckled with fear and he nearly collapsed to his knees. His face turned ghastly pale, his lips trembling uncontrollably."Mr. Garrison? You're the Mr. Garrison?""Just how many partners named Garrison do you think our company has?" Toby shot back.A thunderous roar exploded inside Shaun's head.Even someone as thick as him could put two and two together now.He must be wondering why I—the youngest partner at the company, the legend who created its core techn

Natasha froze. "How do you know all that?""I looked into it," I replied. "You gave me 300,000 dollars and kept only 30,000 dollars for yourself. Throughout four years of college, you worked three jobs on top of your studies to scrape together Mrs. Ferris' medical bills."Every month, you transferred 800 dollars to me with a note that said, 'Eat more meat.' But you wouldn't even spend money on the cheapest food in the cafeteria for yourself."With every sentence I spoke, Natasha's face grew paler."Your senior year of college, Mrs. Ferris took a turn for the worse and needed a kidney transplant. You went everywhere trying to borrow money, but all you got was doors slammed in your face."With no other options left, you dropped out of college and sold your family home in your hometown, barely scraping together enough for the surgery. And that was when you cut off all contact with me."I pulled a thick stack of carefully preserved bank transfer receipts from my pocket."For the pas

"Is that so?" I emerged from behind them and walked up to stand at Natasha's side. "I'd quite like to see exactly what kind of consequences those would be."Gene paled and stiffened the instant he saw me."Holy shit! S-Spencer?"Ida was stunned too. Even though she didn't know me, she definitely recognized the look of sheer terror on Gene's face."You know him?" she whispered to Gene.Gene ignored her and stood up, forcing an awkward laugh."Mr. Garrison, what a coincidence. What brings you here?"I looked at him and draped my arm around Natasha's shoulder."Oh, it's not a coincidence at all. I'm actually here to back up my girlfriend."Natasha stiffened and instinctively tried to pull away.I held her firmly against me, lowering my head and whispering in her ear, "Don't move. Just play along."Natasha stopped resisting, but her cheeks burned hot.At the word "girlfriend", all the color drained from Gene's face. Not in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that a mere d