Chapter 10 Debt-Paying Male Escort

• Antonia Traver's POV
• "L-Let go!" I didn't expect him to be so bold. Not only did he put his arms around me, but he even kissed me.
• I scrounged up all the energy I could to escape from his hands. After grabbing the agreement, I shoved him aside in a hurry. "Don't get any ideas about me! I'm telling you right now. From today onward, your job is to sell your services right and work hard to repay your debt!"
• "Can you bear to let me do that?" He narrowed his eyes and stared pointedly at me.
• "You're just a walking ATM to me. Why wouldn't I be okay with it?" I took my phone out. "Let's exchange our numbers so that we can get in touch when necessary."
• He took my phone and typed in his number. I took it back from him and saved his number as 'Debt-Paying Male Escort'.
• "I'll send you my bank account details. You need to transfer the money to me every night before midnight. Are we clear?" I commanded as I sent my bank details to him.
• Just then, my phone started ringing.
• I saw that it was Michael's number, so I answered the call and snapped, "Stop pressing me. I can't pay the bill and I'll forget about the job. Happy now?"
• After barking into the phone, I ended the call with my face burning up.
• Despondent over the fact that I lost the job I had only just found, I sank into the couch and grabbed the wine glass in front of this man. I downed the whole thing as I griped, "It's all your fault! You're the reason why I can't even find a job, and when I finally do, an *sshole comes along to set me up."
• "Hm? Someone at Dallas Group is setting you up?" he asked.
• "You wouldn't get it even if I told you." I didn't want to entertain his question, but a thought flashed across my mind and I quickly asked, "By the way, can you settle a bill? It should come up to twenty or thirty thousand."
• "Sure!"
• "Oh, great!"
• I got him to help me settle the bill for the private room. The bill came up to slightly over twenty-five thousand.
• "Thanks. I'll deduct that amount from the debt you owe me!" I said.
• After that, I went back to my colleagues. "I've settled the bill. Did everyone have fun?"
• "Of course. We had a great time! Thanks, Antonia." All my colleagues quickly voiced their thanks.
• "Did you really settle the bill? I heard that it came up to over twenty-five thousand," one of them commented disbelievingly.
• "Yeah. It was so expensive that I ended up maxing out all of my credit cards. I'll have to starve for quite some time now. Haha," I chuckled bitterly. "Still, I'm glad you guys had fun!"
• "Um…" A few colleagues felt bad for me and turned to look at Michael.
• "You're being too humble, Miss Traver. This amount probably isn't even enough for you to buy a purse, so why would you have had to use your credit cards?" Michael sneered. "But we do have to thank you for today. It'll be my treat next time!"
• I abhorred this shameless, despicable man with every fiber of my being, but I couldn't lash out at him because I wanted to keep the job. My only choice was to ignore him and leave with the rest of my colleagues.
• "I drove here, Miss Traver, so I can give you a ride."
• "It's fine. I can get a cab. Thanks for the offer."
• Once I exited the private room, I went back to the other room where that male escort had been but I didn't see any sign of him, so I guessed that he was probably busy with a client. The life of a busy professional, huh?
• I sent him a text instead. 'I'm leaving now. Make sure you do a good job and take on as many clients as you can. The faster you settle your debt, the sooner you'll be free!'
• Elijah Stone's POV
• As soon as that woman left, I ordered my subordinates to close the door.
• I was in the middle of work when I received her text which made me chortle. She was so st*pid that I was beginning to find it rather adorable!
• "Sir, Panda has shown up!" One of my men, Larry, came in to report to me. "I've sent someone to tail him and see who he meets up with."
• "Make sure he doesn't know we're on his tail."
• "Got it."
• I showed up here today not just because of that woman, but also because there were some business matters I needed to deal with. It would likely involve some shady people so I needed a secret location to work out of, and Twilight Bar served as a good cover.
• Panda was a thief, but he was no ordinary thief. He was a highly trained, professional thief who took on jobs from anonymous clients on the dark web for huge sums of money.
• Not long ago, he stole a very important chip from my company. We were still in the process of catching him.
• Right then, my phone started ringing. That woman was calling me.
• I suspected that she was calling because she was afraid that I was reneging on our deal since I didn't respond to her text. Amused, I answered the call. "Hello?"
• "Why aren't you responding to me? Are you trying to back out of the agreement?" Antonia questioned accusingly.
• "I was busy earning money to pay off my debt." I got into character right away. Indeed, I was a debtor that owed her money; a male escort who needed to earn enough funds to compensate her for causing her emotional damages. An amusing form of roleplay, I thought to myself.