My Maternity Records Belong to Another Woman novel Chapter 72

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“Such a shame, she was gorgeous.”

“She had it coming. Everyone warned her not to mess with Bianca Sterling.”

I wasn’t stupid.

Bianca was clearly unhinged, and I wasn’t about to let her disfigure me just to prove a point.

“I’ll give you the bag,” I said quickly. “It’s yours. Consider it a gift.”

But Bianca hit me again.

“Pathetic. Think a damn handbag is enough to cool me down?”

Pain burned through my face, but I forced myself to stay composed.

“I’ll pay you,” I said. “Whatever you want. Just let me go.”

Her eyes lit up with greed.

“Fine. Give me fifteen million dollars, and I’ll let you walk.”

I didn’t even hesitate. “Deal. I’ll call my people right now.”

Charles burst out laughing.

“Do you even hear yourself? In Riverton, barely anyone can pull that kind of cash in ten minutes. Who the hell are you trying to fool?”

I held my rage in check. “Give me ten minutes. If the money isn’t here by then, I’m at your mercy.‘

“Ten minutes it is,” Bianca sneered.

She pulled out her phone and set a timer. “Everyone heard her. If the money doesn’t show up in ten minutes,

I’m stripping her down right here for all of you.”

Laughter and jeers erupted all around me.

I finally managed to retrieve my phone and called the one person I knew wouldn’t let me down.

“Yaya, how did the date go?” my dad asked warmly.

My eyes stung. “Dad… your daughter got hit.”

“What?! Who?! Do they have a death wish?!”

I quickly summarized what had happened.

“She said if I don’t have fifteen million in ten minutes, she’s going to destroy my face and strip me in

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His fury exploded through the phone. “Unbelievable. Evelyn, stay right there. I’m sending my men now!”

The moment I hung up, my heart settled.

I’d be fine.as long as Dad’s people showed up in time.

Bianca stared at her phone like a predator counting down the seconds.

With only ten left, she sneered at me again.

“Start stripping, sweetheart,your clock just hit zero.”

But before the words were cold,

A fleet of trucks rolled up and screeched to a stop outside the mall.

The lead driver stepped out and yelled, “Fifteen million in cash,delivered!”

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