NovelEnglishSusan shook off her hand.
With a fierce look, Becky asked, “Susan, do you know what you just did? Do you know what will happen if they record everything you said to them and posted it online?”
“Let them do it! I’ll let people know what kind of a person Rachel is!”
Becky placed her hand on her forehead, annoyed.
“Let people see what kind of person Rachel is? Susan, do you really think that your words are enough to make people believe that Rachel is bad? Do you even know what you are doing? You are slandering Rachel!”
“Slandering…’ Susan heard it clearly.
Something suddenly occurred to her, so she turned around, intending to Leave.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSeeing that, Becky stopped her, and asked, “What are you going to do now? Susan, calm down.”
“I’m very calm.
Becky, don’t worry about me.
I’m sober,” Susan replied.
“Didn’t you just say that I was slandering Rachel? I’ll prove it to people if I am slandering her or if I am telling the truth!”
“Miss Salazar toldthat if you don’t cout ten minutes after going in, I should call this number.” The woman took out a business card hidden in her sleeve and handed it to Rachel.
Rachel grabbed the card and checked it out under THE dim light.
She didn’t recognize the nor number.
But it was stated on the card that the person was a media reporter.
“Uh… Miss Bennet, I have something else to say.
Miss Salazar offereda huge sum of money and a promotion if I agreed to bring you here.”
“Oh, how much is she willing to give you?” Rachel responded in a disinterested tone, making it impossible to tell whether she was mad or not.
After a bit of hesitation, the woman bit her lower lip, raised two fingers, and said, “Twenty thousand dollars!”
Seeing no change in Rachel’s expression, she was worried that her words weren’t being taken seriously, so she added, “Please, Miss
Bennet, I’m telling you the truth! I know what I did was wrong, but
I really don’t want to get into trouble.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI’m begging you, could you please just letgo? The money…Heck, I don’t even want it anymore! If you need proof that I’m telling the truth, I’ll give all of it to you right now!”
She took out the check from her pocket and handed it over to Rachel.
The poor girl’s face was ghastly pale and filled with regret.
It was clear that if she had known that things would end up this way, she would’ve never accepted Susan’s money in the first place.
“Hmm, Keep the money.” Once again, Rachel gave a listless response, showing no concern for the woeful woman in front of her.
“Huh? Wait, what?” The woman couldn’t believe what she heard, causing her to stammer.
“I’ll even give you an extra twenty grand.” While waiting for a response, Rachel placed the business card between two fingers and focused her gaze on it.
No matter how hard she tried, the woman couldn’t figure out what was going on inside of Rachel’s mind.
But when she heard Rachel’s offer, she immediately sensed that something was wrong.
Her body started trembling in fear, so much so that she needed to take a step back.
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