Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Samantha saw Wendy’s expression and had a rough idea what was in store for her. She pursed her lips a little and said, “Let’s have the good news first.”

“The good news is that you’ve danced so well earlier that Mr. Felix Quimby rewarded you with this much.” Wendy stretched out five fingers at Samantha and sounded pretty excited. “Five hundred thousand.”

She knew that Samantha’s goal there was to make one million, and with half the target already being reached at such a short amount of time, it was only natural for her to be happy for Samantha.

Money was the one thing that none of the guests lacked, so they were very generous in their tipping. Samantha was not that surprised and remained quite calm, but she continued to ask, “And the bad news?”

Speaking of that, Wendy could not help but sigh. “The bad news is… Mr. Quimby wants to have a drink with you in the VIP room.”

Other girls might have gone there with the intention of getting acquainted with the rich kids and cozy up to the men in particular. They were more than willing to be invited for a drink in the private room, but Samantha was not there to hunt for those guys.

When Wendy first got to know Samantha, she felt that the latter was the kind of woman who could do anything for money. Upon getting to know each other better, she came to know that Samantha—despite having a love for money—was a principled person who had her own limits.

Indeed, Samantha was that kind of person.

She frowned slightly. “And what if I don’t go?”

“Sammy, I know you don’t like socializing in such a way, but…” Wendy frowned even more severely than Samantha. “Mr. Quimby is the host of this party. I can help you to refuse a request from someone else, but it won’t be easy to reject him.

“If you don’t go, the least that’ll happen is that you won’t get the money. I’m just worried that something else might happen…”

Those rich young men grew up with a silver spoon. They were accustomed to getting their way and would never allow anyone else to disobey them. Samantha was raised in that social circle and understood that side of them very well.

Moreover, Wendy had been helping her to get good opportunities. She did not want to ruin Wendy’s reputation because then those rich kids would not be willing to seek her services in organizing such activities in the future.

Samantha raised a smile and patted Wendy’s hand as a form of comfort. “Alright then, I’ll go over and have a drink.”

Rather than breathing a sigh of relief, Wendy’s eyebrows belied her worried look. “Are you sure you can handle it, Sammy? If you really don’t want to, I…I can think of a way.”

“It’s fine, don’t worry.”

It was actually easy to deal with that group of men. Simply pretending to be submissive would suffice, since they had already seen plenty of beautiful women. They were very conscious of their own image and would not give her a hard time as long as she did not offend them.

Samantha wore a coat, put her mask back on, and followed Wendy to the door of the biggest VIP room on the cruise ship.

Wendy stopped and looked at her. “This is as far as I can go, Sammy. I’ll wait outside. Just call me if you need anything.”

Samantha felt a warm current course through her heart. “I’m going in then.”

She opened the door and walked in.

The room was huge and almost all the renowned young men from various social circles were present there. Some sang with beautiful women while others enjoyed some drinks with their arms around the women. A few were playing pool while some were having a game of poker. The chips were stacked really high on the table, and any one of those chips amounted to a huge sum of money.

Such was the extravagance of a rich man’s life.

At that time, Samantha admitted that she was feeling very spiteful toward the rich!

“There she is! The goddess of tonight’s party is in the house.” Felix sat on the sofa and ogled Samantha unabashedly.

Her graceful figure and dance moves were enough to make his eyes light up when he watched her dancing up on stage earlier. Seeing her up close was even more breathtaking than he expected.

It was quite a pity that she wore a mask that concealed her face. She wore a coat on her upper body to cover her slender waist, but those slender legs of hers that were exposed sufficed to entice him.

Those legs could take his breath away if they hooked around his waist.

Felix did not hide his desire. He made a come-hither movement toward Samantha and said in a flirty voice. “Come here and have a seat.”

Samantha abhorred the way he looked at her, but she kept a straight face and did not show the slightest emotion.

She had heard rumors about Felix before. He was a playboy to the extreme and had many beautiful women around him because he was handsome on top of being rich. Since he could get them so easily, he did not like women when they came cheap and hated it when they were overly clingy.

With that knowledge in hand, Samantha walked boldly over and sat down beside Felix.

She picked up a bottle of wine, poured it into two glasses, and held one as she handed the other to Felix. In a soft voice, she said, “Thank you for your admiration. I’m happy to raise a toast to you.”

Felix cocked an eyebrow. “You’re very courteous, beautiful!”

He stretched out his hand to pick up the glass of wine and deliberately brushed his fingers against the back of Samantha’s hand as he received the glass from her.

Samantha held in her disgust and smiled even more charmingly. “Cheers.”

After clinking glasses with Felix, she raised her head and chugged the wine in one gulp.

She glanced at Felix from the corner of her eyes and saw him only drinking a small sip. There were already some hints suggesting that his interest was coming to an end.

Success seemed to be within her grasp.

Samantha put down her empty wine glass, looked at Felix, and pretended to put on an eager expression. She hinted and said, “Shall we play something else, Mr. Quimby?”

Sure enough, the interest in Felix’s eyes disappeared completely when she said that. Instead of looking at Samantha, he turned his head and told his men, “Give her a check.”

He was implying for her to take the money and go.

Samantha suppressed her inner happiness. On the surface however, she put on an extremely disappointed expression and looked at Felix with some resentment.

Felix immediately greeted another beautiful woman and put her arms around her before enjoying his drink.

His subordinate walked toward Samantha and handed her a check for 500,000.

Samantha stretched out her hand and was about to take that check, but another hand stretched out from beside her and snatched the check before she could.

The man’s voice sounded from beside. “You’re smokin’ hot but no one knows what you look like. Wouldn’t it be such a pity if you leave without revealing that mysterious face behind the mask?”

That voice elicited an almost imperceptible frown from Samantha.

She subconsciously followed the voice and looked over. Upon seeing the man’s familiar face, her heart leaped up to her throat all of a sudden.

It really was someone she knew, and someone she very much did not wish to meet—the man was none other than Timothy’s good friend, Zachary.

Zachary seemed quite interested in her. His black pupils were fixated on her as he said, “Here there, Beautiful. You look kinda familiar.”

Samantha’s long eyelashes trembled unconsciously.

If Zachary ended up recognizing her, he would almost certainly tell Timothy. Should Timothy find out that she was dancing and drinking with other men, whatever reasons she had would not matter anymore and he would definitely get angry. Should that happen, all her hard work that night would be in vain..