"Who''d youe here with, gorgeous?" the drunks staggered forward,pletely blocking Miranda''s path with lewd, greasy smiles. "Why don''t youe party in our room?"


    "Move," Miranda said, her voice turning icy as she fought back a wave of nausea.


    “Hahaha!” The men''sughter grated on her ears, and one of them reached out with a grimy hand. “Come on, whatever they''re paying you, we''ll pay you ten times more."


    "Get lost!" Miranda stepped back, deftly avoiding his touch as she pulled out her phone to call Hayden. How dare they? These clueless thugs had no idea who they were messing with!


    "Smack!"


    Seeing her move, one of the drunks lost his temper and pped the phone from her hand.


    "Do you have any idea whose territory this is?" they boasted, pping the leader on the back. “This is Glenn Garner! You''ve heard of him, right? One of the biggest names in Era City."


    Miranda didn''t say a word. Her gaze, growing colder by the second, was fixed on her phone lying in the corner. That phone was a recent gift from Hayden. Her husband had just bought it for her, and she''d been so careful with it, terrified of getting a single scratch on it. And these bastards had just pped it to the ground.


    "You''re asking for it," Miranda growled, slowly raising her hands and rolling up her sleeves, her eyes filled with murderous intent.


    "Ooh, looking for a fight?" The leader was amused by her anger and swaggered closer. "Go on, take a swing. Let me get a whiff of that pretty perfume."


    Just as Miranda was about to strike, a figure shot past her from behind. A loud thud mixed with a scream, and the leader flew past her, mmed hard against the wall, and then crumpled to the floor, silent.


    Miranda slowly turned her head. The youngdy from before was casually straightening her clothes.


    It was her? Miranda blinked, looking from the girl''s calm face to her slender legs. All that power from such a delicate frame? Incredible!


    "You-" Another man stepped forward, ready to avenge his unconscious friend.


    "Thwack!"


    Without giving him a chance to say another word, Juniper sent him flying with another kick.


    Miranda''s eyes widened, a flicker of admiration mixing with her shock.


    The remaining men, who had been ready to fight, now hesitated, their bravado gone. "You just hit Glenn! Do you have a death wish?"


    "Are you going to get lost or not?" Juniper asked, cracking her knuckles as she prepared to move again.


    "You just wait! You just wait!" The


    with fear. They hurlg?


    ???


    They hurled empty threats


    as they dragged their two


    unconscious friends away


    Juniper didn''t give them a second thought. She bent down, picked up the phone, carefully wiped it clean, and banded it to Miranda It''s fine not broken."


    Miranda numbly took the phone, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Juniper.


    Juniper pursed her lips. Had the woman gone into shock? Feeling a sense of responsibility and worried the men might return she decided,


    to see it through


    "Um..." Juniper cleared her throat and asked softly, "Do you need me to call your family or friends?"