Chapter 59: Find Someone Else

“Is it about the money? I can give you more. I’ll buy you a house—our love nest. Anything else you want is yours. I won’t interfere in your private life. You only need to accompany me four or five times a month. My health isn't good; I don't have much energy for women. This would earn you far more than dancing, and you wouldn't be exploited by those men,” the middle-aged man pleaded with Hilda.

However, she’d resolved not to be anyone’s lover. She refused to sacrifice her future for temporary pleasure. The sight of him nauseated her. If he weren’t her boss, she would have already told him off.

“Sir, I can’t. Why don’t you find someone else?”

Hilda shook her head.

The middle-aged man’s expression hardened at her rejection. “Where you are, do you think you have a choice? Once I decide on a woman, she’s mine.”

Frightened, Hilda jumped up and tried to flee. She immediately felt dizzy.

“Hahaha! There’s no escape. You’ve been drinking with me. Do you think I’ll let you go?”

The middle-aged man laughed.

Hilda’s face paled; she wanted to scream at him. But she couldn’t speak; her vision blurred, and she collapsed onto the couch with a thud. She lost consciousness.

Meanwhile, in the bar’s lobby, Jenny smoked a cigarette, enviously watching the energetic dancers. Once, she’d been young and beautiful, a star performer and her boss’s mistress. Now, she was his madam, her future bleak.

“Jenny, the boss has his eye on Hilda. Looks like she’s hit the jackpot,” a waiter whispered.

“Naturally. Be careful not to offend her,” Jenny advised, taking a drag of her cigarette.

“I won’t. But Hilda’s figure… her skin… it’s amazing. I can’t help—”

Before he finished, Jenny snapped, “Shut up! Do you want to die? How dare you look at the boss’s woman?”

“Jenny, I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” The waiter slapped himself twice.

“I’ll let it go this time. Repeat it, and your salary’s docked,” Jenny warned.

“Thank you, Jenny. Thank you,” he stammered, then pinched her buttock.

“That cheeky look…”

Grinning, Jenny left with the waiter in tow. Despite being past her prime with the boss, she still had power over the younger waiters.

Jared overheard their whispers. Learning Hilda had been given to her boss, his face darkened. He stood, headed backstage, and was stopped by two waiters. Before they could react, he knocked them unconscious. [The sentence about searching Findnovel.net is inappropriate and has been removed.]

Inside, rooms stretched in every direction. He couldn’t find Hilda and grew anxious. He passed a restroom and heard a woman moan. Without hesitation, he burst in and kicked open a cubicle door.

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