Tyler’s heart sank with dejection.
He had been idling around all his life.
He was too lazy to work hard to pay off the debt with his meager salary.
“This gambling debt is too much.” Tyler sighed.
“It will take me several years to pay it off in small installments.Since you have the ability to persuade the casino people to allow me to pay off the debt in installments, why don’t you ask them to write off the entire debt?”
Tyler’s recklessness disgusted Natalie.
“That’s impossible!” she snapped coldly, “A casino never allows anyone to pay in installments.I tried everything I could to pull a few strings to help you and they finally agreed to make an exception.How could you expect them to write off the debts completely?”
Natalie wanted to hang up the phone right away.
Sensing Tyler was a notorious man, she warned, “Look, Tyler, I have done the best I can to help you. This is it.Don’t come to me for money again.Find a serious job and repay all the debts without bothering Hannah.”
With that, she hung up the phone.
Upon hearing the busy tone, Tyler muttered “bitch” under his breath.
He was referring to Natalie.
‘Just because she’s sleeping with some CEO, she now thinks that she can tell me what to do and what not? Fuck that!’ he thought.
As he held his phone, he put on his coat and slammed the door.
‘How am I supposed to pay such a big gambling debt on my own? I’ll never be able to pay that money back! Tyler kept mumbling swear words under his breath all the way to a bar.
He didn’t have enough money to go to regular bars, so the bar he went to was an illegal one.
People like him who lived in the bottom of society knew some illegal bars.
These types of bars usually sold cheap alcohol, and they employed teenaged girls to sell beers table-to-table.
The bar wasn’t well-ventilated, and smoking wasn’t prohibited.
Upon entering the bar, all kinds of smells wafted into his nose and there were people from all walks of life.
He spat on the ground, walked to a seat with a cigarette in his mouth, and asked a barmaid for two dozen beers.
The barmaid didn’t want to talk to him when she saw that he looked like a bum.
She just put the beers on the table and went to talk to the other guests.
Tyler gulped down the first bottle of beer, thinking of the embarrassment he faced when he tried to persuade Natalie to give him more money.
‘How could she ask me to find a job to pay off my debts?’ he complained inwardly.
The taverns at night were brighter and livelier than the streets outside.
While Tyler was drinking, he heard someone whisper to another man, “I heard that the cripple in the neighboring village got a wife.
Did you help him? How much did you sell her for?”
“How much do you think a guy from a poor village can afford? A few thousand dollars.But there are a lot of men in Barnes, hoping to buy young, beautiful women.They offer really high prices, mind you,” the man replied, raising his fingers.
“One hundred thousand dollars?”
“Nope.One million!”
Tyler was almost drooling when he heard the price.
He rolled his eyes, tempted at the thought that Natalie met the standards that those were talking about.
He approached the men with a smile.
“I know a beautiful girl, I can give her for you for half the earnings. What do you think, boys?”
Not only could he pay off his gambling debts through these possible earnings, but he could also make a fortune.
He could even continue gambling using the rest of the money!: One of the human traffickers had a freckled face, and the other had thick eyebrows and big eyes.
They both eyed Tyler up and down.
The freckled-face man spoke first.
“Which neighborhood do you live in? And why have I not seen you before?” he asked vigilantly Tyler pondered for a moment and said, “I’m just another guy who’s down on his luck.I used to hang out with people from the Gainrich Casino.Everybody there calls me Tiger.”
The freckled-face man knew Gainrich Casino.He was also aware that all sorts of rogues owed money to the casino there.He and his companion exchanged glances before looking back at Tyler.
“Do you have any photos of the girl? We need to see what she looks like first.Call it a pre-check.”
Tyler gulped down another bottle of beer and wiped his lips.
“Alright.She works for the Larson Group.I’ll show you tomorrow .The next morning, he took them to the road that Natalie always took to go to work. The human traffickers’ eyes widened when they saw her.She was indeed gorgeous, and she was maddeningly sexy. They could easily sell her for a hefty sum.
Natalie was indeed beautiful. The human traffickers had never cold someone so beautiful Natalie was a white collar worker in the city.
Clearly she had some social experience, so she wasn’t as gullible as those female college students they usually dealt with
“I don’t think we can do anything to her.Besides, we don’t know who she is.It’ll be suspicious if we just walk up to her to strike up a conversation.”
The human traffickers were caught in a dilemma.
Seeing that they were about to give up, Tyler replied, “Take it easy.She’s my niece.She’s not wary of me.If I’m around, it’ll be easier to deceive her.”
Thanks to his assurance, the human traffickers became hopeful.
They exchanged glances with each other, and then one of them said, “in that case, we should do this as soon as possible. When do you think we can take action?”
Tyler walked on ahead of them, wearing a wicked smile.He had already formulated a plan.
“Let’s talk about the money first, shall we? Since she’s my niece, I want seventy percent of the profits you sell her for.”
“Considering how you’re more than willing to sell her off, I don’t think you’re that close to your niece. You don’t even flinch when you say such horrible remarks.It will take us a lot of effort and time to sell her to a willing buyer. Why should we give you that much money?” the freckled man countered with a grin.
‘This man is fucking horrible! He’s even willing to sell out his relatives just to make money.That girl is so unlucky to have an uncle like him,’ the freckled man thought.
Once they were done negotiating, they decided to give Tyler sixty percent of the earnings they’d get for selling Natalie.
Afterwards, they discussed the plan of action, and worked on their part of the plan separately.
On Saturday morning, Tyler called Natalie.
“I’m sorry about the other day, Natalie.! shouldn’t have put you in that position.Now that I’ve had time to ponder on your words, I
realize that it makes a lot of sense.People shouldn’t rely on anyone but themselves.”
Glad that he figured it out himself, Natalie replied, “It’s nice to hear you say that.Find a stable job, so that you can pay off your debts one day.As long as you avoid gambling and correct your bad habits, all will be fine.”
As Tyler held the phone, he nodded repeatedly and continued, “A few days ago, I scored an interview to become a hotel security guard, but I’ve never taken part in an interview before. You work at a big company, right? Do you mind accompanying me to the interview? It’ll give me a sense of security and boost my confidence.”
“Sure.No problem. I’m free this weekend, anyway.”