Anna felt the woman’s sobs sounded particularly familiar.
She turned and looked at them, but the man had already pulled the woman into the room.
It can't be, she thought.
At this hour, Nina should be taking care of her mother in the hospital, she wouldn't be here.
Besides, Nina was going to start work at the Ackman Group, she had quit her part-time job here.
She followed behind Liam and walked out of the Earldom Club.
The valet had already driven their car over.
Liam entered the car and motioned for Anna to follow suit.
Anna hesitated.
"I'm going to the bathroom, wait for me! I'll be back in a minute!" Anna left these words behind and rushed back into the club.
She couldn't withstand her curiosity.
The woman sounded too much like Nina!
She returned to the ninth floor and traced her steps back to the room she saw them in.
The door to the room was shut, but there was a crack between the doors.
She looked into the room through the cracks...
She could vaguely see a man's figure, and a halfempty bottle of wine on the table.
The man seemed to be drunk, spewing coarse words and curses at the top of his lungs.
"I paid money for you. Your manager said you were doing this voluntarily? And now you say you were fucking forced? Ugh..."
The man burped and continued, "I paid a sum for you because you looked all shy and innocent. Otherwise, why would I pay so much for a simple girl like you?
And now you’re saying you have boundaries? You're already a hooker, and you still care about your damn virginity? Ugh... now you’re telling me you don't want t o do it anymore? No damn way!"
"No, no... I quit, I really quit..." The woman cried helplessly.
"Why? Found another man to rely on? Which bastard can pay more than me huh? Call him out, and I'll teach him how to fucking take turns!" The man yelled crudely.
"Director Quell, you're a forgiving man. Let me go just this once, please... Besides this, I can do anything, I can even be your servant..." The woman cried and begged.
By this point, Anna was stunned, standing in front of the door, her mind blank from the shock.
She felt as if she had dropped into an iced lake, body stiff and frozen.
For a moment, she was at a loss.
She was right!
It was Nina’s voice!
But why was Nina...
Anna clasped her hands to her mouth in shock, looked at the nearby, he was deaf to the curses and commotion drifting in from the room, numb and used t o the sight.
Just when Anna wanted to push the door and barge i n, two waiters stopped her.
"Miss, these are our rules. Please adhere to it."
They didn't stop her when she was peeping because she was dressed luxuriously but if she wanted to barge in, they had no other choice.
"The girl inside obviously didn't agree to this! How can you conduct business like this!" Her face was pale as a ghost.
"I'm sorry Miss, only two willing parties are allowed to enter a room." The waiter replied respectfully.
"Besides, the customer inside is not someone we can offend. It’s best if you leave too," the waiter reminded
her kindly.
Anna's mind was numb from shock.
She remembered how down Nina was, how she purposely kept her distance from her, and how she seemed exhausted all the time...
Anna raised her ice-cold hand, held onto the door handle but never exerted strength to push it open.
She was hesitating.
If she went in now, she would be exposing Nina's secret that she tried so hard to hide.
Nina was so prideful and headstrong; she would be able to accept this!
Then their friendship...
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