Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 185

"So you're saying you won't lift a finger unless I pay you first?"

Mara was seething. She felt like there wasn't a single decent person left in the world.

She had dropped twenty thousand to save their miserable lives. Back then, they had groveled at her feet like she was a saint.

Up until now, all she had asked them to do was tail Mira a couple of times. Now, the second she asked for a real favor, they had their hands out.

"Miss, you're looking at this from a mansion, not the gutter.

I don't mind skipping a meal or two, but my boys have got to eat.

With your kind of money, the crumbs that fall through your fingers could feed us for months."

The thug on the other end of the line went by the street name Rex.

At that moment, he was leaning against a brick wall, phone pressed to his ear, a cocky smirk plastered on his face. He felt like a master negotiator.

"Fine. How much do you want?"

"Miss, I can get five guys together. Standard street rates for this kind of high-risk work: a hundred grand upfront before we even blink.

Once the job is done, another hundred grand. Otherwise, no one moves."

"Look at it as buying peace of mind. Once we take your money, our lips are sealed. If we get pinched, we'll take the charges and the fines without ever dropping your name."

That was exactly what Mara needed to hear.

Fine. Clean and efficient.

It wasn't really the money that bothered her anyway; she was just annoyed by their audacity.

She transferred the hundred thousand dollars on the spot.

"Make sure you destroy as many as possible. Every bike you wreck gets you an extra thousand."

"Princess, if we get caught, the fine for one wrecked bike is a thousand."

"Then I'll pay you two thousand per bike, so you still make a profit."

"Perfect. Always a pleasure doing business with you. Two grand a bike, plus the final hundred-grand payout when the dust settles."

"Right. Just make sure you do the job properly."

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