The Day My Contract Ended I Married Another Man novel Chapter 62

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The entire mall fell into stunned silence.

Everyone turned to stare at me in shock.

“Holy crap… who is she?! She actually came up with that much money in under ten minutes?!”

“She looks so low-key.how the hell did she pull this off?”

“No way this is real. I can’t even scrape that much in Monopoly.”

The driver at the front was none other than Thomas,my dad’s right-hand man.

He approached me calmly, flanked by ten sharp-looking enforcers.

Charles’s bodyguards backed off immediately, cowed by the incoming presence.

Thomas bowed slightly. “Miss Evelyn. Mr. Black is flying back from Chicago right now. He asked me to come handle the situation.”

I gave a small nod, then turned to Bianca.

“I always keep my word. Here’s your money.”

She still looked dazed, like she couldn’t comprehend what was happening.

“You’ve got to be put up a show,” she said weakly. “No way you gathered all that in minutes. These guys must be actors. The trucks must be empty.”

I took the handkerchief Thomas handed me and wiped the blood from my lips.

Then go check for yourself.”

I turned to the drivers. “Open the trucks.”

One by one, the truck doors lifted, revealing stacks of crisp bills.

“Holy shit… that’s what money smells like.”

“Who the hell is this woman? You don’t just casually drop fifteen million in cash…”

“Bianca seriously screwed with the wrong person this time.”

Bianca rushed forward, grabbed a stack, checked it,and nearly fainted with joy.

“I hit the jackpot! I’m a multimillionaire now!”

Charles stared at me like I was some kind of alien. “Who the hell are you really. Evelyn Black?”

I didn’t answer him.

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I walked straight up to Bianca and said. “I slapped you once. I’m paying you fifteen million. Satisfied?”

She nodded eagerly. “Yes, yes! I’m satisfied! We’re good!”

I smiled.

“Good. Now it’s my turn.”

“You stole my bag. You slapped me three times. So let’s go by your logic.I want forty-five million in return. That’s fair, right?”

Bianca’s eyes widened. “Are you insane?! That’s extortion!”

I looked her dead in the eye. “Then we go with option two, three hundred slaps, followed by a mall-wide streak.”

“Your choice, Ms. Sterling.”

She panicked and tried to run,but Thomas’s men were faster.

They pinned her down in seconds.

I grabbed her chin. “Since you can’t choose, I’ll do it for you.”

“You don’t look like you’re worth even fifteen million, let alone forty-five million. So… we’ll go the physical route.”

Then I let loose.

One. Two. Three. Loud, crisp slaps that echoed like thunder.

Bianca screamed, flailing like a madwoman.

“Charles! Help me! Please!”

Charles rushed to shield her. “She slapped you three times. You did the same to her. You’re even now. Let it go, Evelyn.”

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I couldn’t help but laugh as I looked him dead in the eye.

“Bianca Sterling insulted me, robbed me, and hit me.I can be angry all I want. And you think I owe you anything? Please.

Who the hell are you to demand anything from me?”

Charles Whitmore’s face darkened.

He lowered his voice, trying to sound threatening.

“Evelyn Black, I’m willing to let this go for your sake. Don’t push your luck.”

“You don’t want to face the consequences of crossing Whitmore Enterprises?”

I smirked. “Funny, I was just about to say the same to you.”

“If you piss me off, it won’t just be you, your entire precious little empire will go down with you.”

“So get out of my sight. Once I’m done with your little girlfriend, I’ll deal with you next.”

Gasps rippled through the crowd.

“Who is this woman? Is she just trying to say Whitmore Enterprises couldn’t afford to offend her?!”

“Whitmore’s one of the fastest-rising giants in Riverton! Only a few families could rival them,maybe she’s from the

Jarretts?”

“No way. I’ve met the Jarrett heiress. She doesn’t look like this.”

Then who the hell is she?”

The crowd whispered, speculating wildly.

Can’t blame them. The Black Viper Syndicate had once ruled Riverton’s underworld,but in recent years, my father had stepped back, rebranded, and retreated from public view.

Most people had long forgotten the name.

Charles, emboldened by the crowd’s confusion, sneered.

“You’re bluffing. Even if you’ve got some background, you’ll never outrank the Whitmores.”

“Let me be clear,Bianca is my girlfriend. She’s going to be the next Mrs. Whitmore. If you so much as touch her again. I swear on everything, I’ll bring the full weight of Whitmore Enterprises down on you.”

Bianca, her cheeks still swollen from the slaps, lit up like a Christmas tree. Charles had just acknowledged her publicly.

His parents had always disapproved of her, and their relationship had been hush-hush.until now.

Suddenly, she was legit.