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    Dunn clicked his tongue and shook his head dramatically. “Hailee never surprises us. It’s always extra shifts or donating blood. When will she stoop to be a prostitute?”


    A young man sneered from the circle’s edge. “She won’t go that far—after all, she’s hopelessly in love with Boris and wants to stay pure for him.”


    A ripple of cruelughter washed over the group.


    “Hailee’s a riot—thinks she can keep her purity for Boris. He’d never stoop to touch someone as ordinary as her.”


    “I’d pay good money to see her hawk her body before she donated a kidney to Boris. Otherwise, no man in his right mind would want her after that.”


    “Hey Boris, tonight’s your engagement party with Hester. Why not push Hailee harder—make her sell herself this afternoon? That’d really spice up the celebration, don’t you think?”


    Hearing this, Hailee’s eyes widened in shock. Boris was getting engaged tonight? So he’d been manipting her into a kidney donation all the while nning to marry someone else?


    Elliana pressed close and murmured, “His fiancée is Hester—Dunn’s sister.” She flicked her phone around, showing Hailee a photo. “Does she look familiar?”


    Hailee stared at the image, fists clenching until her nails cut into her palms. “I once saw her. Boris said they grew up at the orphanage together—and that she was Dunn’s girlfriend.”


    Elliana’s lip curled in disgust. These scoundrels had twisted the truth so shamelessly—iming a sister as a “girlfriend” just to toy with Hailee. They were beyond contemptible.


    Dunn’s grin widened. “I like that idea. Hester would get a real kick out of watching Hailee sell herself.” He turned to Boris. “So—how do we make her do it?”


    Boris leaned back, cool as ever, but said nothing at first. After a pregnant pause, he lifted his gaze and quietly warned, “Don’t bring up forcing Hailee to be a prostitute again. Once she’s lost her dignity, there’s no point teasing her.”


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    “Right. If she actually took to it for the easy money, we wouldn’t have any show left.”


    “Exactly. If she starts enjoying the quick money, she might stick with it and stop working hard. We wouldn’t have any fun.” A chorus of agreement rippled through the group.


    Dunn narrowed his eyes, studying Boris. “You’re not falling for Hailee, are you?”


    Boris hesitated only a heartbeat before meeting Dunn’s gaze. “No.” A relieved sigh escaped Dunn. “Good. We’ve all been in on this charade for fun, but if you start developing feelings for Hailee, that’d be a problem. Hester’s my sister, after all.”


    Boris’s expression softened briefly as he looked away. “Hester and I have been together for years. Our families match socially, and both sets of parents fully back us. I’d never forsake her for a simple-minded girl.”


    “Exactly what I needed to hear,” Dunn said, tension draining from his shoulders.


    Meanwhile, beyond the door, Hailee’s face hardened. Without a backward nce, she strode down the hallway, her steps quickening until she was sprinting away.


    At the end of the corridor loomed a staircase.


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