Chapter 9
I quickly urged Andy, “Boss, hurry! I don’t want my trade house to start smelling bad.”
Joshua stared at me, shocked.
“Priscilla, you really don’t remember me?
“How can you watch him hurt me like this?”
He dropped to his knees hard, making a heavy noise.
Trembling, he tried to approach me, desperately looking at me as if I were his last hope.
“Priscilla, please look at me…”
He lifted his face–the same one that had once made many fans fall for him–now wet with tears and shame. “I am Joshua! Your beloved man. We grew up together and always supported each other…”
“You’re so noisy,” I said with a frown, cutting him off.
Then I looked at Andy. “Boss, what should we do with him?”
Andy chuckled, and the bloodstone ring on his finger suddenly glowed
red.
Joshua suddenly felt like an invisible hand had grabbed his throat and lifted him off the ground. His legs kicked, but it was useless.
“No… Priscilla…”
His face turned red and purple, eyes bulging, yet he still stubbornly
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reached out to me. “You were always afraid… of me… getting hurt…”
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I tilted my head, watching him fight, and a strange feeling of familiarity flashed through me.
But it quickly disappeared, replaced by annoyance. “Boss, he’s so noisy! Why don’t you just make him mute?”
Joshua’s eyes suddenly narrowed.
He stopped moving as if all his energy had been drained away.
Tears mixed with blood trickled from his eyes as he gave a dry laugh. “So… you really don’t want me anymore…”
Before he could finish talking, he grabbed his throat and couldn’t make a sound anymore.
Andy and I pushed the two out of the trade house, locked the door, and took a break.
The next morning, the entertainment news blew up.
“The global movie star seems to have offended the wrong power player. He lost his voice suddenly and became mentally unstable.”
“A popular actress and a global movie star were caught secretly having sex in a car outside. The two tried to run over and kill the reporter who
filmed them.”
“Joshua’s career was ruined, and he was sent to jail.”
“The popular actress went crazy and lost her mind overnight.”
Sunlight passed through the carved window. I rested against the counter, lazily playing with the abacus beads using my fingers. The TV was showing news about Joshua and Amelia.
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The once high–spirited movie star now stared blankly at the camera, drooling like a lost soul.
Meanwhile, Amelia sat with her hair in disarray, one moment screaming, the next crying uncontrollably.
“Priscilla, the visitor for today has arrived.”
I didn’t notice when Andy came up behind me and handed me some prepared trade slips.
I reached out, took them, and turned off the loud TV.
I read the trade slip aloud. “A chef wanting to trade his sense of taste, and a writer wanting to trade his love. Interesting!”
Suddenly, Andy leaned close to my ear. His warm breath touched my hair, and he spoke softly, his evil voice sending a chill through me, “And there’s a mother ready to give up ten years of her life to bring her daughter back.”
The wind chimes on the door jingled sharply.
I straightened my outfit and gave a polite smile. “Welcome to Shadow Trade House!”
