Nina Summers’s eyes went wide. "How could no one know?" she retorted. "So many people at the company were watching! Plenty of them saw you call me out. If I go missing, you’ll be the prime suspect!"
In the face of Nina Summers’s threat, Chloe Sharp just sneered. "So what? I can just tell them you wanted to skip work and that we agreed I’d say that to cover for you."
"And as for why you disappeared after skipping work... that has nothing to do with me. Let me be honest, all the surveillance cameras on the route from the company are broken. Nobody knows where you went after you left!"
"Besides, there’s no way for you to leave this place. You’ll vanish without a trace, and with no body, the police won’t find any evidence. What can they do to me? They’ll just have to file a missing persons report! So many people go missing these days. In a couple of days, no one will even remember you two!"
Seeing the color drain from Nina Summers’s face, Chloe Sharp’s expression filled with triumph. She chuckled. "You two just stay put, get cleaned up, and prepare to sell your bodies. Who else can you blame for being so blind as to offend the Walsh Family? You brought this on yourselves!"
Chloe Sharp finished with a giggle, covering her mouth. Her malicious gaze swept up and down Melody Summers and Nina Summers. "Then again," she hummed, "this might be a good thing for you. After all, the clients here are either rich or powerful..."
"If one of them takes a fancy to you and buys you to keep as his private pet, you’ll get to live the good life! HAHAHAHA!"
Staring at the malice twisting Chloe Sharp’s innocent, doll-like face, Nina Summers said in utter disbelief, "Do you hear yourself? Aren’t you a woman? How can you say something like that...?"
"Enough!" Chloe Sharp sneered, cutting Nina Summers off. "I suggest you face reality. Be good, don’t resist, and don’t even think about escaping. Or else..."
Chloe Sharp pointed to Joelle Lawson, who was cowering in the corner. "Or else," she threatened, "you’ll end up just like her. You’ll have all your teeth pulled, your eyes sewn shut, and your limbs broken. Go on, try me if you don’t believe it!"
Melody Summers looked where Chloe Sharp was pointing and saw Joelle Lawson huddled in the corner, her face a mask of terror.
Seeing Joelle Lawson’s emaciated frame, hollow cheeks, sunken mouth, and deranged expression, Melody Summers couldn’t help but frown.
Noelle Quillan had traded the credit she earned from guarding Gene Young and his wife for Joelle Lawson’s early release. Melody Summers had assumed the mother and daughter had gone home to resume their lives. ’So why is Joelle Lawson here?’
’Could it be... she’s been trafficked again?’
Just as Melody Summers’s gaze fell on Joelle Lawson, Joelle Lawson happened to look up, meeting her eyes.
The moment their gazes locked, the terror on Joelle Lawson’s face slowly receded, replaced by a look of pure hatred and resentment.
Joelle Lawson glared viciously at Melody Summers, the bitterness and resentment in her heart spreading like wildfire, threatening to consume her entirely.
’Why?!’
’Why had she been reduced to this, while Melody Summers was still perfectly fine?’
’Why is fate so unfair?!’
Joelle Lawson suddenly shot to her feet, pointed a finger at Melody Summers, and shouted, "Watch out! This bitch will call the cops! The Crestview Hotel was shut down because she reported it!"
With that, Chloe Sharp turned to the two men behind her. "These two bitches are all yours. Follow Autumn’s orders and ’discipline’ them properly. Once they’re broken in, send them upstairs to be put on the roster."
At Chloe Sharp’s words, the two men turned to look at Melody Summers and Nina Summers. They toyed with the iron rods in their hands, their faces breaking into identical, lecherous grins.
Chloe Sharp, meanwhile, retreated to the doorway, pulled out her phone, and started recording, calmly preparing to document what was about to unfold.
’In her view,’ she thought, ’inexperienced girls like Melody Summers and Nina Summers would be broken and docile in a couple of days.’
’And she would record the entire process to show Kylie Walsh.’
Baring their yellowed teeth, the two men advanced on Melody Summers and Nina Summers with sinister smirks. One of them muttered filthily, "Lawson, looks like it’s our lucky day. You don’t see whores of this quality often. A pair of beauties, too. We’re gonna have ourselves a real good time..."
Melody Summers’s brow furrowed at the sight. As she pulled Nina Summers behind her, she secretly retrieved the Enchanting Secret Medicine from her space, discreetly hiding it in her palm.
By now, the two men were right in front of Melody Summers, and the stench rolling off them was overpowering.
Staring at Melody Summers’s beautiful face, the man called Lawson gave a lecherous chuckle, tossed his iron rod aside, and eagerly began to unbuckle his belt.
The other man, meanwhile, stared at Melody Summers with pure greed. A vile smirk played on his lips as he poked her with his iron rod. "You little bitch," he said, "get over here and take off your master’s pants."

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