"Easy for you to say. You are the only one who isn't hit and can stand there talking. Catch her yourself," said one member of the gang indignantly. He was telling the truth. They wouldn't be lying on the ground if they could stand up right now.

  "If I could catch her myself, why would I hire you people?" Jessica demanded. Her voice, however, was feeble. At this moment, she finally admitted defeat. She couldn't do anything to Cynthia other than watch her walk away and eventually fade from view.

  "Speaking of hiring, isn't it time you paid us, Miss Lin?" Now that their target was gone, those thugs turned to Jessica and started to ask for money.

  "What the hell am I paying you for? You didn't even get the job done. How did you get the stones to ask for money, losers?" Jessica stormed, venting her anger on those hired men.

  "What did you say? We're losers? Okay, if you're not a loser, why didn't you drive away those armed men in the dark?" a man seeming to be the head of the gang spoke up. He glared at Jessica in fury. If it wasn't for the money, he and his men would never let a woman taunt them like school boys.

  "We had a deal, and it's your job to get things done. I didn't expect loser-work for my money, all right?" Jessica continued, without trying to hide her contempt for those men whom she constantly called losers.

  "Hey bitch, what does that mean? You're not paying us?" a dreadful evil-looking man threatened, throwing his fist in the air angrily.

  "What are you going to do if I don't pay you? Rob me? Tell you what, if you want the money, go and bring that woman to me. Or there

  l pay you." Jessica was desperate. At this point, she'd give everything just to get rid of those people drooling over her. She hated her own carelessness. She put her own life in danger when she went to deal with these guys, and now she was paying the price.

  "Money? Do you really think we can be bought by that small amount of money? Oh, honey, you are so naive. Look who we are. We are thugs. We can always get money. And we also fuck when we want. And since you already delivered yourself, how can we refuse?" Like a cue in a movie, the rest of the men broke out in wild laughter. They now started to blatantly check out Jessica's body, especially her ample bosom. Eyes greedy, they slowly climbed up from the ground as if couldn't wait to jump on the beauty in front of them.

  "No, you can't do this. Here, have my car. And all of my savings. If that's not enough, my boyfriend has more. He's the CEO of Kompass Group in H City. He'd be happy to give you money for helping me." Jessica was drowning in desperation, and the only hope she had was for Shaun to save her.