Red banknotes scattered across the floor.
Vanessa didn't feel insulted. She bent down and picked up the money. "Now that you know what I've done, don't come anymore. Aren't you disgusted? If you want it, I think there are plenty of women eager to serve you."
"You used to be one of them."
"I wasn't." Vanessa smiled wanly. "I was the stupidest. I wanted to marry you."
A ridiculous wish.
But it made Julian pause. His heart felt like it was being crushed, a tearing pain. Before he could say anything, there was a knock at the door.
Vanessa opened it.
Standing outside was an old man, refined and imposing, with a bodyguard behind him. He stood there, completely out of place in the impoverished surroundings. "Is Julian here?"
Hearing his name.
Julian straightened himself and went to the d
