Just Before My Wedding: Trapped By My Ruthless Boss novel Chapter 148

Comment

Send gift

No Ads

Chapter 148

Chapter 148

KISAREL

I climbed the stairs without running, even though my legs wanted to. In the bedroomt. I locked the door. My fingers bovered. over the key for one second after turning it as I took in a deep breath.

My chest still hurt, but I felt a sense of satisfaction growing inside me. The satisfaction of speaking up for myself for one my life.

I pulled a bag from the closet and packed as fast as I could.

I didn’t take everything. I wasn’t stupid enough to believe I could empty a life in ten minutes while jare waited downstairs took casual clothes, underwear, toiletries, my charger, and the little velvet pouch that held my mother’s old earrings

My hand paused over a framed photo of Jace and me from two years ago.

I left it facedown on the dresser.

Downstairs, Jace was standing near the foot of the stairs when I came down with the bag.

His eyes moved to my bag, then to me.

“I’ll drive you,” he said.

“No.”

“Arel-”

“I said no!”

His mouth tightened again, but he did not grab me this time around.

I walked out before my courage could evaporate.

I flagged the first taxi I could see, and the moment I got in, I decided… There was an important stop I had to make.

***

“Miss Harry,” The cashier said carefully, to me, looking from her screen to my face and then back. “This withdrawal and transfer amount will clear almost the entirety of your savings and take your account down to almost nothing. Are you sure? Is everything alright?”

“I know. Everything is fine.”

Her fingers rested on the keyboard. “Seventy–eight thousand dollars is a very large amount to move at once. I’m required to ask if anyone is pressuring you to make this payment.”

A laugh almost came out of me..

Was anyone pressuring me?

Of course.

Jace. Fred. Moon. Oceans. HR. My own humiliation. Every degrading show I had been a main character of since Saturday,

1/3

Chapter 148

No. I will “No one is pressuring me.

Her concern did not disappear. “Are you certain?”

“I’m investing in something big

The cashier blinked. “All right.”

She processed it slowly, probably waiting for me to change my mind, but I didn’t.

I watched my savings shrink into numbers on a screen, watched years of scraped–togefner security leave my count and move toward a company that had thrown me out beside its lobby.

My stomach twisted with every single confirmation the money went through before it finally left my accom, but underneath the fear and sadness, one thing was certain: I would not owe SSC for the clothes Oceans put on my borty

When the transfer was done, I sat in the waiting area and typed the email before my hands could seart shaking soo

To: Accounts / HR

Subject: Wardrobe Salary Advance Repayment

‘Please apply this payment to the wardrobe salary advance deducted under my employment file. Kindly confirm in writing that I no longer owe SSC for the wardrobe

expenses

I attached the proof of payment and sent it.

Then I opened Oceans‘ contact.

My thumb hovered over the screen.

The last time I had seen him, he had been on one knee in Jace’s hallway, begging me not to make him leave.

The next time I saw his world, it had spat me out.

I ignored the fifty–two missed calls and eighteen text messages from him and went straight to the messaging app.

‘The office advance has been cleared. Send me the remaining personal balance and a payment account. Do not contagi for anything else.’

I hit the send button and set the phone face down on my lap, taking calming breaths to push down the stupid emotions rising in me and making me want to open his messages to see what he had to say.

*

The cab pulled up to the building, and my heart climbed straight into my throat.

The whole place threatened to drown me in stupid memories the moment I walked into the premises.

The guards at the gate let me in without hesitation. One even nodded, like he had been expecting me. My feet slowes at that, but I forced myself forward. I didn’t have the time to process nods and smiles right now.

Inside, the air smelled faintly of cedar, clean sheets, and him.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify