Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell



Kelly weakly tugged at the corners of her mouth.

"I... I'm just—"

Laura nonchalantly interjected, "Come on. We're here to have a good time. Quit thinking about school. You can always hire someone to do your homework for a few bucks-"

A female classmate abruptly stood up and said, "Sorry, everyone! My mom asked me to go shopping with her, so I gotta leave now!"

She then took out five thousand dollars and handed it to Laura.

"Here's five thousand. Give me back the change, if any, okay?"

"Alright. See you!"

Laura smiled sweetly.

Ywain asked, "Does anyone still want to order? If not, we'll settle the bill now!"

Glancing at the bill, Laura added, "It's a total of 32 thousand, so it'll be four thousand each."

As everyone began counting cash from their bags, Kelly felt her heart in her throat.

She didn't know what to do. She only had 3.5 thousand dollars with her, and she felt that it would be humiliating if she couldn't pay her share of the split bill.

Suddenly, Kelly noticed a familiar face stumbling toward the restroom.

"Carlisle? That was Carlisle, wasn't it? What was he doing here? The minimum spending here was over ten thousand. How could he possibly afford that?" Kelly thought to herself.

"Kelly..." Laura called out to Kelly, who was lost in her thoughts.

Kelly was the only one who hadn't paid yet.

"M-My stomach hurts. I need to run to the restroom now..." Kelly frowned as she clutched her stomach.

She stood up and headed to the restroom.

"Running to the restroom when the bill comes? Isn't that a classic trick to skip out on paying?" Yelena Scott, another classmate, commented while sneering.

Laura glanced at her.

"Quit with the snide remarks. Kelly's father is a businessman too, you know?"

Yelena retorted, "Even selling at the roadside stand or a farmer's market is considered a business too, Laura. Just look at her knock-off designer clothes! She's got some nerve, trying to blend in with us rich kids!"

Laura was left speechless by Yelena's remark. As much as Ywain wanted to speak up for Kelly, he decided to remain silent.

Yelena's father was Terrence Scott, Riverland's semiconductor industry leader, making her the most affluent among them.

Yelena crossed her arms.

"Well, I'll wait right here and see how Kelly's game plays out."

Meanwhile, Kelly waited outside the restroom. She planned to borrow five hundred dollars from Carlisle to cover her bill. She waited for several minutes, but there was no sign of Carlisle.

Kelly had no choice but to approach the nearby booths and ask if anyone wanted her to accompany them for a drink at 100 dollars per glass.

After being rejected by a few booths, she finally found a few half-naked middle-aged men who accepted her offer. The men were low-tier consumers judging from the beers and small snacks on their tables.

After finishing five glasses of beer, Kelly said with a content smile, "There. I've finished. So, pay up!"

When the men suddenly laughed, Kelly's expression changed. She felt alarmed.

"Y-You agreed to pay."

Cody Ledger, a man with yellowish teeth who had accepted Kelly's service, said, "Young lady, you drank our beer, and now you're asking us to pay you? We should be the ones charging you."

"Y-You liars,"

Kelly's eyes reddened, realizing she had been tricked.

The men exchanged glances and laughed loudly.NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.

Paul Fry, a shirtless man with a big belly, pulled Kelly into his arms, his hands resting on her waist.

"Why don't you give me a kiss, and I'll give you five hundred, pretty?"