Life After Prison by Silencieux
Chapter 178

Chapter 178

Severin smiled. "Let's go. Your next step should be to resign from your job, don't you think? You have a lot of cash now, after all. If your parents ask where you got it from, just tell them that I returned it to your family. That'll spare you from having to explain the full story to them. Anyway, we'll view some homes once you hand in your resignation"

"View some homes?" Queenie was speechless. That damn Severin had caused so much trouble, and yet he was somehow thinking about going house-viewing. However, when she saw that Severin had no plans to run away, she had no choice but to cancel her plans in the hope that Severin would have a few tricks up his sleeve and not fear Hugh's backer.

Severin drove the car and arrived outside a bar. After parking the car, Severin and Queenie walked into the establishment, where Queenie had a word with the manager.

"I'm quitting, Paul!" Queenie said as she looked at her manager, Paul. "Could you pay me the rest of my salary? I haven't worked much this month, but the commission on drinks adds up to more than seven hundred dollars."

"You're quitting?" Her manager froze for a moment and his expression seemed to sink. Queenie was good-looking and had a stunning figure, so it was no surprise that a rich kid named Gareth had fallen in love with her recently and wanted to make her his.

Gareth had already discussed that with Paul and even offered several thousand dollars to Paul in private so the latter would tamper with the drinks. His plan was to have Paul arrange for Queenie to keep him company at one of the private rooms, and when the time was right, Paul would privately pass the tampered bottle of wine to the rich young man. What happened next between the rich kid and Queenie later on was none of Paul's concern, since he already had the money in the bag.

Little did he expect that a problem would pop up not long after he took the money in exchange for agreeing to help Gareth. He would stand to lose a lot if Queenie quit her job! When that happened, the money would have to be refunded, and Gareth would certainly be unhappy enough that he might even slap Paul a couple of times. He knew that he could not mess with a rich kid.

Paul was stunned for a moment, but he immediately smiled and said, "Why would you resign so suddenly when you've been doing such a great job all this while? This is too sudden. What am I going to do once you're gone? And besides, didn't you say you needed money?"

Queenie smiled embarrassedly. "I don't lack money anymore, Paul, and a place like this just isn't suitable for me. I've decided to quit, so I hope you'll approve my resignation!"

Paul frowned and had a troubled expression on his face. He looked at Severin, who was standing beside Queenie, and frowned when he saw that Severin was dressed rather stylishly. He could not help but ask, "Did you get a rich guy to take care of you now? Is that why you're not short of money and plan to quit?"

Queenie glanced at Severin and realized that Paul had misunderstood her situation. She explained hurriedly, "You're mistaken! This is actually my cousin. He owed my family some money, and he finally returned everything to me. I was able to pay Hugh everything I owe him, so now I can finally quit my job!"

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