I’m Someone Else

The burly man, Nate Poole, glared at her and fumed, “Chloe Hahn, don’t act like I haven’t shown you any mercy. When we signed the loan contract, it was clearly stated that you need to pay up by the fifteenth of this month. Well, it’s the end of the month now! How can you ask for a few more days? Are you trying to skip out on the loan?”

“No, of course not, Mr. Poole. I really don’t have any money.”

“No money, huh? Hasn’t Twilight Bar given out this month’s paychecks? Where’s yours?”

“I-I used the money to pay for my father’s hospital fees!”

“F*cking hell!” Nate cursed. “So, you have the money to pay for medical treatments for that d*mn father of yours, but no money to pay me back, huh? Do you think I’m running a charity?”

“Nate, why are you wasting your breath on her? Let’s just go around the house and take whatever’s valuable,” one of Nate’s lackeys suggested.

Nate paused. His eyes flicked across the shabby room, and his lips twitched.

Smack!

“Ouch!” The man who had spoken rubbed his head and asked resentfully, “Why did you hit me, Nate?”

“So what if I did? Bashing you up won’t make up for the grief you caused me. Why don’t you take a f*cking look around? Does it look like there’s anything valuable in here? Do you know how much she owes me? 50 thousand! Forget about the things in here. Even the selling price of this house won’t be enough to cover the debt!”

“U-Um, Mr. Poole…” Chloe spoke up weakly. “I’m renting this house… so I can’t sell it…”

“F*cking hell!” Nate felt as if he was going to get an aneurysm. He was so pissed off that he nearly choked up blood. Is it your life’s mission to make me mad, little girl?

Chloe seemed to have realized that it was poor timing for her to say something like that, so she took a step back and eyed Nate in fear.

All of a sudden, Nate’s eyes lit up. “Look at how pretty this chick is. Why am I worried about not getting my money back?”

“Hehe!”

leering after hearing

what Nate meant. They threw lascivious looks at

do. I’ll tell the manager at your bar that from tonight onward, you’ll start taking clients. I’m sure that with these looks of yours, you’ll raise all the money you need to pay me back

“No! Mr. Poole, I—”

off. “How’s this then? You said you wanted me to give you a few more days, right?

I don’t want

to you!” Nate flew into

to the ground from the forceful slap. The corner of her lips

a bar, so why bother pretending

cover my father’s medical fees! I’m not that kind

“Oh, stop acting tough!”

won’t have to pay the 50 thousand back if you

with Nate. Tons of women in Irieson would kill at the chance of getting with Nate, but he doesn’t even

cackling and kicking

Hear that? Come. Let’s

at the thought of having his way with this innocent and pretty young

how to fight. How

end, she closed her eyes in despair as tears flowed down

me

to lament the injustice

Crash!

that seemed to have brought dust and splintered wood with

daze and saw the man

stubble, slender frame, and pale complexion made him look like someone who had dispirited with life, but none of it could hide

large travel bag in one hand while the other was holding onto a chair that only had one of its legs intact. All

Nate, who was clutching his forehead with

at Thomas as he hadn’t figured

were all staring at Thomas