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Gracie’s body ached, her face swollen and bruised, but thankfully, she had only soft tissue injuries, no fractures.
She shook her head weakly. “I don’t know, Ethan. | would rather die now...” She started crying.
Ethan's gaze was cold. “There are guards outside. Rest well. | have things to handle.”
Gracie felt too ashamed to ask him to stay after what she had done last night. After Ethan left, her phone rang.
Seeing the familiar number, she answered the call with trembling hands.
“Well, Gracie, are you selling the shares?” Jed Gordon's cold voice sent a chill through Gracie, nearly making her
drop the phone.
“You were behind the matter?” she asked, suspecting he had orchestrated the attack.
“Does it matter? I'm offering fifty billion for the shares. Will you sell?”
“Yes,” Gracie replied.
For roughly a month, Isabella had been employed at Brenna’s store. On June 10th, the day salaries were
disbursed, her phone buzzed with a bank notification as she left work, confirming a deposit of 57,891.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn Shirie, such earnings were notably substantial.
Overjoyed, Isabella strode hwith a buoyant gait, eager to mark the occasion by purchasing smeat and
seafood to cook.
Passing by the supermarket, Isabella went in and bought plenty of groceries before going home. Upon reaching
her doorstep, Isabella was about to open the door when she heard voices inside.
It was Ruby's voice.
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“Mack, have you landed a job yet?”
Inside, Mack sprawled across the couch, engrossed in his phone, his expression souring at the question. “No,
Mom, leavealone. I'm convinced the Harper family has blacklistedacross Shirie. No company in this city
will hire me.”
Ruby's frustration boiled over. “Those Harpers! We're already scraping by, and they are still targeting us?”
Still, she knew her anger was futile; the Harpers held power to squash them effortlessly.
“Why not try driving for a rideshare service? Your dad did it and brought in over 10,000 dollars a month. It could
ease our financial strain and improve our situation,” Ruby suggested.
Mack's irritation flared. “Absolutely not. Isn't our situation humiliating enough? I used to be the vice president of
the Barrett Group, rubbing elbows with Shirie’s elite. | can’t beca driver now. What if | run into someone |
know? | would beca laughingstock!”
Ruby felt frustrated. For a week, she had watched Mack laze around, either lounging in bed or on the couch,
showing no effort to find work.
With only Alec’s incsupporting the family of four, funds were tight, and even in the scorching summer heat,
they couldn't afford to run the air conditioner.
“You dismiss every suggestion. Do you plan to loaf around forever? | can’t keep supporting you like this!” she
exclaimed.
Mack glanced up from his screen. “Isabella’s working. She’s pulling in over thirty thousand a month, maybe even
about fifty thousand with bonuses. We can rely on her income. She’s my sister; she ought to support me.”
Ruby, exasperated yet powerless, snapped, “How can you say that? A grown man leaning on his sister? That's
shameless!”
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