After taking a deep breath, Hayley took a burner phone and dialed Anastasiaâs number.
âHello. Who is this?â Anastasiaâs voice came from the other side of the line.
Hayley made sure that she was using a voice changer app. âAnastasia Tillman, | heard that youâre getting married soon.
Congratulations!â It was a sarcastic tone.
âItâs you?â Rage soared in Anastasiaâs voice at the drop of the hat.
âYes, itâs me! | miss our son so much. | wish | could see him.â
âDonât you dare come close to my son!â
â| can do that if you give me some money. Otherwise, I'll expose everything that had happened five years ago. | will tell everyone that you slept with me and that youâve worked at the club!â
Anastasia, who was currently at Elliot's villa, tried to maintain her composure while dealing with the scumbag she had been waiting for all this time.
âMoney? How much do you want?â She feigned fear at the threat.
Hayley did not hesitate once she heard the offer. âOne million.â
âThatâs impossible, but | can consider it if it's a hundred thousand.â
âFive hundred thousand. That's final.â
â| canât give you more than a hundred thousand.â Anastasia was determined to catch the guy.
âY-You're going to marry Elliot Presgrave, that rich guy. How can you not have more than that?â
The altered voice rang a bell for some reason. âHisâ voice and tone was familiar to Anastasiaâs ears. Then, a figure seeped into her mind. Hayley. Perhaps the person talking is not the gigolo, but Hayley?
As an afterthought, she decided to test the waters by saying, âElliot and | are not on good terms. He won't give me any money.â
As she had expected, the person snorted coldly. âAnastasia Tillman, that trick wonât work on me! He'll give you anything you want for sure.â
âThe news is fake. He doesnât love me. Itâs a loveless marriage.â
âAnyone but me will believe in those lies. | know a lot about you and Elliot.â
Anastasiaâs gaze was flaring with ire as her conjecture had hardened into conviction. It was Hayley calling her at the moment. It seemed like Hayley had been trying to contact her from the beginning in order to blackmail her.
Since the gigolo did not have the audacity to appear before Anastasia, Hayley was trying her luck to blackmail Anastasia by pretending to be him.
She must be missing the lonely Erica who's currently in prison. | guess | should grant her a wish by sending her to jail as well!
It was easy to prove whether the person on the phone was indeed Hayley or not throw the bait and make her show up!
âFine. Five hundred thousand is what you want, isnât it? You gotta promise that you stay out of my sonâs sight or I'll make you pay for it,â warned Anastasia.
Now that Anastasia had priced up the offer due to âfearâ, Hayley was in triumph as her trick was working. âOkay. | want the money now.
Judging from how hasty the person was, Anastasia was certain that it was indeed Hayley attempting to bamboozle her. Hayley was in dire need of money to refine her looks, yet Elliot had driven her away previously.
Therefore, she acted as the gigolo to get money from Anastasia, which caused Anastasia to frown in vexation. Why didnât |
realize earlier?
Anastasia was not going to forgive Hayley this time round. âHow should | give you the money?â
âI'll send you the location. And you gotta leave the money there in an hour.â
âThe amount is too much. Iâll give you a hundred thousand in cash and the remaining amount with a credit card. But you gotta promise me that you won't bother my life again. Otherwise, | won't give the money to you.â Anastasia feigned uneasiness.
âOkay. | promise, but you have to give me the right amount of money.â
âDeal.â Having said that, Anastasia terminated the call before dialing Elliotâs number and informed him about the situation, asking him to trap Hayley into admission.
As Anastasia had enough on her plate with tonightâs engagement ceremony going on, she could not afford to worry about this matter.