I Owe You One Novels & Stories

"Kid, don't say I didn't give you a chance." He then pointed at me and said, "Either she spends a year with me, and I'll erase the three-million-dollar debt, or you figure out how to pay it off today. Sell your kidneys, your blood—whatever. I don't care." At that point, the company didn't have a penny to its name. Corey pleaded desperately for more time, but the men were merciless. A dozen of them charged at me to grab me. At that moment, all I could think about was saving Corey and this company.

Technically, the bar wasn’t even open in the middle of the afternoon, but since she owned the place, it didn’t really matter. "I’m not getting married anymore." I poured myself a full glass and downed it in one go. The burn of alcohol seared down my throat, and for a moment, my mind wavered. "Whoa, look at you. Such a rebel." Rebel? What did that even mean? "I saw his old chat logs with his friends." I stared at the ice cubes in my glass. The bar’s lights weren’t fully on yet, just the soft glow from the counter reflecting off the amber liquid, rippling like melted gold.

DRAKE’S POV Stephanie takes a while before she gets back to the table. She lets out a deep sigh as she takes her sit. “Everything alright?” I ask. “Yeah… everything’s…fine” She answers a little distracted. “It doesn’t look fine. Was it your cousin again?” I furrow my brows. “No, it’s just a friend of mine begging for some money, it’s a large sum, she ran into debt and is looking to refund” She explains placing her phone back on the table.

"Thank you, I owe you one" "One?" he asked with a low tone with his arms wrapped round her shoulders as he noticed a small cut in her head. "Yeah I owe you for saving my life and helping me out" she repeated defensively. "No you don't owe me one, you owe me two and now with what I'm about to do you owe me three, I would like to see how will be repaid" he said in a low and seductive tone. Which made her heart melt, she felt good and at the same time miserable.

I just nod my head in agreement, then he drives away. As soon as he drove off, I felt tired all of a sudden, even though I hadn’t done anything yet, but It happens every time I get a notification from my driver, telling me he’s going to pick me up by 3 pm like he just did now, and it happens every fucking day and I’m pretty much used to it by now. But just because I’m used to it, doesn’t mean I’m okay. I let out a deep sigh after the chain of thoughts ran through my head, attracting Lisa’s attention.

“It was Fabio , I swear ... i owe him a lot of money, so he said if I attacked you , my debt would be forgotten. I had no choice.” He replied. I kicked the chair angrily and growled . “Do you think I’m joking around! Fabio is just a gun dealer , what reasons could he have to order you to attack me huh!.” I grabbed his neck and pointed my gun to his temple , “Tell me who really sent you , before I put a fucking bullet into your brains!.” I demanded. “I swear ... on my life ... It was Fabio.” He replied shakily.

Still, she gestured for another. “Another glass, please.” The bartender refilled it. “This second one,” she said, holding it up, “is to being a commoner. It hurts when people like her remind you where you belong.” She downed the drink, her eyes watering, and asked for another. “Now this third glass,” she said, voice slurring slightly, “is to being the country’s poorest.” She winked and lifted it—but before she could drink, her head spun. She set the glass down quickly.

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“Give me one reason why I should trust you.” “You are the only person who knows who I am. No one is aware of the fact that Byron chase has a daughter except for you. I am not lying, you are the only one who can help me, please.” Stephanie begged. She did not care if she sounded desperate. Maybe because she really was. She wanted to get away from Britney, from their house, from the place where she was kept like a prisoner for years.

In the end, it was humiliating, and in the presence of a lawyer, she officially wrote an IOU to Aurora, which was also notarized. After writing it, Aurora picked up the note. “Isobel, in the future, every penny you earn, you have to send it to me until you pay back your debt, otherwise, I will go to court to sue you, this is a mandatory repayment of money, if you do not pay back the money, it will be a breach of trust and you could even pay an higher fine, trust me! you do not want it to be like that.” Isobel gritted her teeth.