Selah's heart thumped with fear.
"It seems you like the hard way!" the bald man mumbled. "Be careful! You'll be doomed! I'll ask you again. Will you drink it?"
"Yes, of course!" Jerry nodded and winked at Selah, saying, "Mr. Wu, your wine is too strong. How about letting Selah drink the cocktail I just brought?"
Then, he poured a glass of cocktail for her. "Selah, drink this glass of cocktail. Also, apologize to Mr. Wu now!"
Selah looked at Jerry gratefully, picked up the glass, and drank it up. "Mr. Wu, I'm sorry."
Many years later when she thought back, she felt she was like a fool at that time. She had thought that Jerry was really trying to help her out, but she did not expect that he had prepared a bigger trap for her.
"Well, not bad. Drink two more glasses!"
"Okay, okay!" Jerry replied and poured two more glasses of cocktail for Selah.
She drank the two glasses of cocktail as they wished. Seeing that, Mr. Wu lost his interest. He took the wine and went to dance with the women who were playing Chinese lute.
In the corner, Selah felt dizzy and hot within a few minutes. She wondered if she had drunk the cocktail too fast.
"What's wrong?" Jerry asked while leaning over.
"I feel a little dizzy." Selah shook her head, hoping to get rid of the dizziness. "I drank too fast just now."
"Why don't you go upstairs and have a rest? You can't accompany them here like this," Jerry suggested. "I'll call you when it's time to leave."
"Is that okay?" Selah was overjoyed by his consideration. It was great to finally have a rest.
"Of course." Jerry nodded and helped her up. "These business owners are all drunk. It's impossible to talk about business. Let's talk about it another day. You go to bed first."
Selah's ears were buzzing so she did not clearly understand what Jerry had said. She just let him carry her into the room.
The room was dark except for the dim light of the bedside lamp.
With that, Selah fell asleep immediately.
"Have a good rest. I'm leaving now." Jerry chuckled as he opened the door. Seeing that she was fast asleep, he walked out. Looking at the key in his hand, he smiled with a successful light in his eyes.
When Barry arrived at the club, it was already late. Drunk men were lying over the sofa and on the floor. The sight made him frown imperceptibly.
"Oh, Mr. Gu is here!" The director had sharp eyes. Seeing Barry come in, he immediately pulled him in and said, "Come on, Mr. Gu. It's our honor to have you here despite your busy schedule!"
"It's my pleasure to join your celebration party as well." Barry smiled.
Jerry stood aside and was surprised to see the man come in. It was hard for him to imagine that the man in front of him was a legend. In just two years, Barry had been promoted to the position of the general manager of GM.
There was a slight coldness in Barry's eyes. His angular outline and slender figure stood out among the crowd in the room.
Well, it was not a loss for Selah tonight anyway!
"Mr. Gu is late. Punish yourself by drinking three glasses of wine!"
"That's right. Young talent, you can drink a few more glasses of wine!"
Barry was surrounded by several people who urged him to drink. Some actresses wanted to approach him, but were instantly rejected by him.
Perhaps it was because the place smelled like his hometown, or because of the thought of Mary that he did not refuse the wine. This made him a little drunk.
He did not drink when he was in college. However, when he got older, he learned to smoke and drink to drown out his longing for Mary.
"No, I can't drink anymore." Barry waved his hand in refusal. He did not know how many glasses of wine he had taken. "I should go back now," he said groggily.
Jerry took the opportunity to step forward, and hold Barry's arm to coax him. "Mr. Gu, you shouldn't go back tonight. We have prepared a room for you upstairs."
"Hmm?"
He pulled the half-drunk Barry to the room upstairs. "Mr. Gu, our company will provide you with a very special 'gift' tonight. It is a virgin.."
When he pushed the door open, there was only a little light from the room.
Jerry smiled meaningfully and said, "Mr. Gu, enjoy yourself tonight." Then, he closed the door, leaving only the drunk man and the drugged woman inside. Barry just snorted in response. He did not seem to hear what Jerry had said. He staggered towards the light on the edge of the bed.
As soon as he walked to the bedside, he heard someone's voice.
Selah curled up on one side of the bed. Her body was burning and she groaned in pain.
Barry shook his head and mumbled, "Who... who are you? Why are you here... in my room?"
When Selah heard a man's voice, she felt a little scared, but she somehow anticipated this.
"Wrong room?" Barry was a little surprised to be inside a room with a woman he did not know. He turned around to leave, but stopped when he heard the woman's voice.
"Help me." Selah suddenly grabbed Barry's hand, as if she had grasped a savior. Unintentionally, she leaned towards him.
It was as if a current spread between the two of them.
Pah!
Selah slapped him hard across the face. She knew that Jerry must have a purpose to save her. However, she did not have the heart to hear him admit that she was just a tool to make money.
She thought he had at least some sense of decency as a person.
"Damn it!" Jerry spat out a mouthful of saliva, and grabbed Selah's neck with one hand while glaring at her. "I think you are tired of living, aren't you? Aren't you afraid that I will sell you back? Bitch!"
"Bastard! Jerk!" Selah slapped Jerry's arm and kicked him hard, but to no avail. He remained unmoved and she was almost strangled to death.
Not long after, he felt pain so he pushed her away. Selah was so weak that she fell on the sofa and coughed several times.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
All of a sudden, someone's phone rang in the room. With a cold face, Jerry took his phone and looked at the caller ID. Seeing that it was from a director, Jerry quickly answered it fawningly. "Oh, director, why are you calling?"
"What? Please listen to me, director!"
Selah heard Jerry's voice change several times. After hanging up the phone, he paced back and forth in the room in a hurry.
"No. No. No,"
he murmured to himself. Suddenly, a fierce look appeared in his eyes and he began to pack up his things in panic.
"What are you doing?" Struggling to sit up, Selah asked in confusion.
Jerry did not answer. However, his expression turned anxious and he began to pack up his clothes, passport, and so on.
She stood up, and grabbed his sleeve. "What are you doing? Stop! Where will you go?"
"Fuck off!" All of a sudden, Jerry pushed Selah away and gave her a heavy punch on the back of her neck.
The sex last night, the effect of the drug, the anger today, and the depression in her heart, all together, had made Selah unable to hold on any longer. After Jerry's punch, Selah's body went soft and she fainted.
Jerry angrily packed up his things. When he was about to leave, he suddenly saw Selah's bag out of the corner of his eye. He went back and took all the cash, bank cards, passport, and ID card in her bag. To put it simply, he had taken everything that could be taken away.
"Humph! You bitch! You should feel lucky that I did not sell you! Now you will have to live on your own luck!"
With his suitcase in his hand, Jerry glared at Selah one last time and left.
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