Life After Prison

Chapter 178

Severin smiled. “Let’s go. Your next step should be to resign from your job, don’t you think? You have a lot of cash now, after all. If your parents ask where you got it from, just tell them that I returned it to your family. That’ll spare you from having to explain the full story to them. Anyway, we’ll view some homes once you hand in your resignation”

“View some homes?” Queenie was speechless. That damn Severin had caused so much trouble, and yet he was somehow thinking about going house-viewing. However, when she saw that Severin had no plans to run away, she had no choice but to cancel her plans in the hope that Severin would have a few tricks up his sleeve and not fear Hugh’s backer.

Severin drove the car and arrived outside a bar. After parking the car, Severin and Queenie walked into the establishment, where Queenie had a word with the manager.

“I’m quitting, Paul!” Queenie said as she looked at her manager, Paul. “Could you pay me the rest of my salary? I haven’t worked much this month, but the commission on drinks adds up to more than seven hundred dollars.”

froze for a moment and his expression seemed to sink. Queenie was good-looking and had a stunning figure, so it was no surprise that a rich kid named Gareth

Paul and even offered several thousand dollars to Paul in private so the latter would tamper with the drinks. His plan was to have Paul arrange for Queenie to keep him company at one of the private rooms, and when the time was right, Paul would privately pass the tampered bottle of wine to the rich young man. What happened next between the rich kid and Queenie later on was none of Paul’s concern, since he already had the money

he expect that a problem would pop up not long after he took the money in exchange for agreeing to help Gareth. He would stand to lose a lot if Queenie quit her job! When that happened, the money would have to be refunded, and Gareth would certainly be unhappy enough that he might even slap Paul a couple of times. He knew that he could

when you’ve been doing such a great job all this

embarrassedly. “I don’t lack money anymore, Paul, and a place like this just isn’t

on his face. He looked at Severin, who was standing beside Queenie, and frowned when he saw that Severin was dressed rather stylishly. He could not help but ask, “Did you get a rich guy to take care of you now? Is

Severin and realized that Paul had misunderstood her situation. She explained hurriedly, “You’re mistaken! This is actually my cousin. He owed my family some money, and he

straint and

hot and for