Mollie instinctively stepped back, clutching her bag.

It was a crocodile-skin Hermès, worth a fortune.

Darien lunged forward, trying to snatch it!

Mollie immediately shouted, "That's mine!"

Darien paused for a moment.

Ellie smirked, "Yours? You're part of this unpaid meal, too. If you can't cover the bill, none of you are leaving!"

With that, Mollie hesitated, letting Darien hand the bag over to the manager.

The manager examined it. "This has some depreciation. I'll count it as a hundred grand. You're still short by over a hundred thousand."

Darien's eyes darted to Mollie's hair. Perched there was a diamond clip, one he'd asked Ellie to buy for her on her birthday last year.

How ironic.

The truth was, Mollie's most valuable belongings were always with her.

Without waiting for Ellie's next command, Darien ripped the clip from her hair!

Mollie's hair was now a mess, but Darien wasn't done. He yanked off her bracelet, her rings, and even her five-thousand-dollar Chanel earrings.

The manager collected the items, placing them on a tray. "These earrings? Maybe two grand—used. The hairclip, seven thousand. Bracelet? Market's down; it's only worth five now."

stripped of her jewelry, looking

manager announced,

out. Can we get

glanced

must have more cash in

immediately turned to

Mollie clutched her pocket.

lit up

of people who ran this

days ago, a drunk customer refused to settle his tab, and Darien had seen the guy's finger get cut

way was he losing a finger

both feared and longed for a life

Mollie's

manager raised his eyebrows. "Well, well, looks like Miss Mollie here has more in her account than

stared at him

deducted. You

Darien was dumbfounded.

still wasn't enough!

hard, looking toward

out with Mollie to

the hook either. Since they'd helped Mollie push her around before, Ellie squeezed a few thousand from

they were still short by eight

taken care of me for years. Can't you just cover the last eight

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