"Natalie, this is only what you have heard. Unless your friend can provide a clear photo and detailed information, you won't get the money."

Elliot's reply woke Natalie up. "Elliot, you're mistaken. I'm not using this to get your money. I only saw how you wanted to know about him, so I told you what I know."

"What you know might not be accurate. I want accurate information." Elliot rubbed the middle of his brows. "If there is nothing else, I'm hanging up. It's midnight over here. The next time you call me, can you please consider the time difference."

"I'm so—" Before Natalie could finish her apology, Elliot hung up.

Natalie forced back the tears in her eyes.

She deserved it! She deserved it! If she had not tried to seduce Billy, she would never have been so humiliated.

She held her phone tightly, walked over to the bar, and took a bottle of red wine.

She would not be defeated just like that. Since she could not accept Billy's perverted demands, she was going to continue to sta