On Fire

Chapter 15 Be Careful

Toby Jones’ words shocked me for a long time before I could come back to my senses and shook my

head at him.

“Mr. Jones, I informed you about my personal boundaries when I came here, so please respect me!”

I knew that, as a boss, he would have considered it as a good advantage.

My refusal came as no surprise to Mr. Jones, he shrugged his shoulders and said only a few words, “In

that case, I won’t force you. Anyway, Barbara, you should know that Mr. Chan is not a very nice person,

he’s very harsh and cruel, and also vile. I will say no more, but be careful!”

“Thank you, Mr. Jones!”

“Don’t say thank you. I just gave you an advice, make good use of it! But if you really have a friendship

with Mr. Quinn, no problem then, because Mr. Chan does not enjoy the same prestige as he does.”

“So... Mr. Chan knew that I was lying?”

“He was beaten up, it’s definitely not what he could endure. He asked somebody to inquire about your

background, he then came up with the matter for three days. However, I can’t decide for you, if you ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

want to go then you can fix the price by yourself, moreover I’m sure that if you make it, and you will be

safe. If you decide not to go, it’s ok for me, but if something bad happens, don’t say I didn’t warn you!”

Mr. Jones was very clear, he won’t take any responsibility even I could be dead. Anyway, I got from his

words that he actually hoped I would go. After all, Mr. Chan was a precious customer for him so it was

better to keep him well hooked.

Of course, I didn’t expect Mr. Jones to protect me, so I nodded and I told him, “Mr. Jones, don’t worry

about me, I only wish you can consider my humble request!”

“What request?”

“If I leave one day, please take care of the girls for me.”

“Barbara, you don’t even need to ask me for this, I won’t force them to do what they don’t want to, of

course I will take care of them. Anyway, I don’t want to lose you, you are so smart, I really like you.”

“I won’t leave unless I have no choice. Don’t worry!”

“Ok, you can go now!”

After I went out of office, I was quite anxious. I felt just like a hand grenade exploded in my heart. Mr.

Jones’ words, especially the adjectives he used to describe Mr. Chan, “harsh, cruel and vile”, made me

very frightened.

I was sure that if I said no to Mr. Chan, there would be some consequences, in the best case, he will

start with an endless harassment; in the worst case, he will break my arm or leg, or maybe kill me.

Oh, my God! I was so out of luck!

But I felt motivated when I thought about Dan who was getting better from his illness. Carrying a

professional smile on my face, I went to the reception desk and I asked about the rooms reserved for

the girls.

Even Molly was there, her face darkened. Although she had many girls under her, none of them was

particularly outstanding, moreover it wasn’t common to reserve ten rooms at once. But what made her

more upset was that my girls were the most brilliant performers on the stage.

She was acting arrogantly to me, but I didn’t give importance to her. When I remembered the room

numbers of the girls, I took the catwalk and left.