Anna's lips slightly twitched when she heard Jimmy's commanding tone.
"At J. S. Entertainment, you are my boss, but now it's my personal time. Where I work and what I do is none of your concern. What's important is that there is no clause in the contract I signed that prohibits trainees from working at a bar, so... you don't need to worry about it."
After Anna finished speaking, she immediately got off the car.
As Anna flagged down a taxi and left, Jimmy's eyebrows furrowed tightly together.
Anna was planning to visit her father at the hospital, but after considering Jimmy's attitude earlier, she hesitated and called the bar manager's phone number.
Originally, I was just trying my luck, but I didn't expect the bar manager to agree that I could start working tonight.
She immediately went to the bar according to the address provided by the manager.
After changing her clothes, Anna started working. Because she had worked in a bar before, the job here was familiar to her. The only thing that made her feel a little uncomfortable was the bunny girl outfit she was wearing.
Anna tugged at the hem of her skirt, and a hint of helplessness appeared on her face.
The manager came to Anna.
"table numble six wants a bottle of brandy, please send it over quickly."
Anna smiled and nodded, then walked over to table numble six with her drink in hand.
At night, it was the busiest time for bars. Within two hours, Anna had no time to rest at all. Finally, she found a chance to take a break and almost collapsed onto the chair.
Looking at the woman in the middle of the stage, wearing heavy makeup, scantily dressed, and dancing sultry steps, Anna couldn't help but shake her head.
They had to maintain an elegant dance posture while constantly avoid being taken advantage by those nasty men. It's not easy to earn the money.
After taking a short break, Anna walked towards table number two with a bottle of red wine in her hand.
Not sure if she was being too sensitive, she always felt a cold glare from the direction of table two staring at her.
Taking a deep breath, she walked towards table number two around the corner.
How... how could it be them?
Anna never dreamed that the customers at table two would be Jimmy and Bryce.
Without any hesitation, she turned around and was about to leave.
"Stop."
Jimmy's cold voice echoed in Anna's ear.
"Don't forget you're a barmaid now. I can file a complaint against you at any time based on your working attitude."
Anna, upon hearing the threat, had to stop in her tracks and expressionlessly placed the tray of drinks on the table.
"Please enjoy," she said.
Bryce felt his presence was unnecessary as he witnessed the tense atmosphere between the two. However, a smile of amusement appeared on his face as he watched the show.
He grew angrier the more he thought about it, and his words were laced with coldness as he spoke.
"With the amount you make from your job, do you really think you can pay me back in a short amount of time? Anna, don't be so naive. Even if you worked for a year, there's no way you could repay me."
Jimmy's contemptuous tone made Anna's face grow even paler. She had thought that he was someone worth getting to know again when he offered to help her out, but now she saw that he was nothing but a scumbag.
"I am naive indeed," she retorted angrily. "Otherwise how could I have ever thought that you was someone worth getting to know again? It turns out my thoughts were too naive; businessmen are all cunning and despicable."
Anna's eyes blazed with fury as she spoke.
"Since you've decided that I'm such a cunning and despicable person," Jimmy said with an insidious smile on his handsome face. "I'll give you three days to consider it carefully. If you change your mind, come find me at the Harrison Group. By then, you don't have to repay the money, and I can even get your brother out of jail."
Anna felt her pride and self-respect trampled underfoot by Jimmy's words; anger overtook her reason as she grabbed the wine bottle off the table and poured it over him mercilessly.
"I won't agree to your terms! Don't delude yourself any further!" Anna spat before storming off without looking back.
Jimmy watched her leave until she disappeared into the bar's lounge area while Bryce sighed beside him.
"You're only making things worse for yourself by doing this," Bryce warned him.
But Jimmy remained confident in himself. "She'll come back to me."
He looked away from Bryce, then took the tissue paper handed over by his friend before elegantly wiping away the wine stains on his face.
"She will come back." His eyes shone with possessive desire like those of an avid hunter tracking its prey.
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