The Real Heiress Is Coming Back (Hannah Carter) novel Chapter 319

Chapter 318 Sleep On The Couch

Chapter 318 Sleep On The Couch

“Weren’t you the one who said you didn’t want it?” Hannah aske, looking surprised.

“I suddenly want it now,” Barnaby said.

Then, just to mess with Joel, he wolfed down one, snatched Hannah’s chopsticks, picked up the piece she’d just bitten into, and dropped it into his own bowl.

Joel was shocked.

Hannah was speechless. She reached for another piece, but Bahaby just took the whole plate away,

Joel was too shocked to speak.

Hannah: “Barnaby, can you stop messing around?”

“Eat your noodles first,” Barnaby said, sliding the bowl over to her. “His mom made those for his daughter-in-law, not for you. You’re not marrying him, so quit trying to steal someone else’s food. I’ve already had some flown in from the south, you’ll get your share at lunch.”

Hannah was lost for words.

‘Barnaby is such a jealous guy, he just can’t quit!’ Hannah thought.

“So what about the one you just ate?” Hannah teased. “Are you planning to marry him, or just snatching food?”

Barnaby was left speechless.

Joel was too shocked to speak.

“I’m not marrying him!” Joel exploded, ranting at Barnaby. “Don’t think you can just become part of my family like that! Listen up. I’m not into guys! There’s no way I’m marrying you, so stop dreaming! Give me back the green rice balls! My mom made those for Hannah!”

He tried to grab the plate, but Barnaby wouldn’t let him. Instead, Barnaby turned and offered the rest of the green rice balls to the little pig. “Here, piggy, your mother-in-law made these for you.”

The pig sniffed the green rice balls curiously, then turned away with a look of disgust.

“See? Even the pig won’t eat it. Looks like it doesn’t want to marry you either,” Barnaby said coolly.

Hannah was left speechless.

‘Seriously, could he be any more childish?’ Hannah thought.

‘You’re definitely sleeping on the couch tonight!’ she added to herself.

Joel was shocked.

It didn’t hurt much, but man, the disrespect was savage.

Finally, after Hannah finished her noodles, she finally got to eat green rice ball while Barnaby was outside taking a call. “So, Hannah, is it good? Do you like it? If you do, I can get my mom to make more and ship them to you,” Joel asked, his eyes full of hope.

Hannah took her time finishing it, then nodded. “It’s delicious, but really, don’t trouble your mom. I just wanted a taste.” “It’s no trouble at all. My mom loves making snacks when she’s bored. Seriously, you don’t have to be polite. !…”

“Show me the herbs you brought,” Hannah interrupted, cutting off his rambling and changing the subject.

“Hehe, sure!” Joel chuckled and went to pop open his suitcase.

The 32-inch suitcase was stuffed full of herbs, exactly the four kinds Hannah needed hasma, turtle shell, cuttlefish bone, and white snail shell. All of them were top-notch.

Hannah didn’t hesitate to scoop them all up. “Thanks.”

“Seriously, you don’t have to be polite. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have made an extra hundred million. By the way, I’m about to break into the northern market, so from now on, I’ll be your clinic’s exclusive herb supplier,” Joel said.

“No problem. Did you get all the money?” Hannah asked.

Joel knew she was talking about the payment from Chloe.

“Not yet. She only put down 3 million as a the rest in three installments over a month, and

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on left to go. The contract says she has to pay nt’s due,” he explained

Before Hannah could say anything, he grinned and added, “Don worry, Chloe will pay up”

Hannah glanced up at him. He always wore that big goofy smile acting all innocent like he didn’t know a thing about the real world, but that was just for show.

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Down south, he actually ran with the mob.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Chloe gritted her teeth against the soreness between her legs, dragged herself out of bed, and headed for the shower

She stared at her reflection in the mirror, her body covered in marks from last night’s passionate night, there wasn’t a single spot of skin left untouched. She couldn’t help but break down in tears, feeling so wronged.

Just then, her phone buzzed with a message from an unknown number.

[Today’s the final deadline.]

Chloe quickly wiped away her tears, threw on her clothes, and tiptoed out, shooting a glance at the guy snoring away on the bed. She scooped up all the hundred-dollar bills scattered across the floor, and on her way out, grabbed the bag of cash sitting by the bed.

An hour later, Chloe turned up at the loan shark’s place, dropped the bag onto the table, and said, “Here to settle my debt.” “This isn’t even close to thirty million, is it?” The one-eyed boss bunged in his chair, puffing on a cigar.

Chloe swallowed hard, nerves jangling, she honestly had no clue how much was in the bag. “Just have your guys count it and see for yourself.”

The one-eyed boss shot a look at his henchman, who got the message, grabbed the bag, and started running the cash through the counting machine.

Chloe kept her eyes glued to the counting machine, afraid they’d try to pull a fast one.

“Please note: counterfeit bills detected.” After the first 70 thousand dollars, the machine suddenly blared an alert.

The henchman dumped out the rest of the cash and ran it through the machine, after the first 70 thousand, every single bill triggered the fake money warning.

Chloe was stunned. “What the hell?!”

“Trying to screw us over, huh?!” The henchman hurled the fake cash right at her face.

Chloe didn’t even feel the pain. She scrambled to pick up the bills from the floor, and just by the cheap, flimsy feel, she knew, they were all fake, no machine needed.

Her mind went totally blank, buzzing with shock.

‘I gave everything, and all I got was fake cash?!’ Chloe thought, Her heart sinking.

‘How dare William do this to me!’ she fumed.

“You got a death wish, messing with us? Get me a knife! If we don’t teach her a lesson today, she’ll think we’re just a bunch of pushovers!” The one-eyed boss grabbed Chloe by the hair and slapped her hard across the face.

Chloe started shaking all over the moment she heard the word “knife.” She dropped to her knees, hugging the one-eyed boss’s leg, sobbing and pleading for her life.

“I’m sorry! I-I had no idea the cash was fake! Someone set me up! Please, just give me one more week, take the 70 thousand dollars as interest. I swear, I’ll get you the money in seven days!”

The one-eyed boss shoved her aside with a brutal kick. “Chop off one of her toes! I’m giving you one more month. If you still can’t pay, things are gonna get a whole lot uglier!”

“No! No-ah!”

No matter how hard Chloe fought, she was no match for a bunch of grown men. They sliced off her left pinky toe, and the agony was so overwhelming, she passed out instantly.

When she finally came to, she was dumped in a dark alley outside the loan shark’s place, her left foot wrapped up in a makeshift bandage to stop the bleeding.

Chloe cried for ages, cursing out Hannah and the Reese family her head. After finally wiping her tears, she called William “William, all the cash you gave me was fakel”

“The 70 thousand dollars I gave you was real. The rest? How would I know if it was legit?” William replied coolly

Chloe was floored. ‘Is he seriously saying I deserved this for grabbing extra cash?’ she thought.

“You promised you’d help me pay off all my debts!” she spat, he voice shaking with anger.

William: “Yeah, I promised you, but you only spent three nights with me, 20 thousand dollars a night, same as any club girl. The extra 10 thousand dollars was just because you were a virg, nobody else gets that Relax, don’t get all worked up. Stick with me and I’ll help you pay off your debts.”

Chloe was so furious she could explode. ‘Did he seriously just call me a hooker?’ she thought, her whole body shaking with

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rage.

’20 thousand dollars? Is that all he thinks I’m worth?’ she fumed

Slamming the phone down, she hung up on him.

But the second she did, regret hit her hard. Where the hell was she supposed to go now?

She couldn’t go back to the Reese family, couldn’t afford a hotel and her foot was still throbbing.

In the end, she had no choice but to head back to the Medicinal Restaurant to patch herself up. But as soon as she arrived, a group of men dressed in black blocked her way.

“Ms. Jones, I’m a debt collector from Zirenth Herbs. It’s time for your first payment,” the leader said.

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