Chapter 317

Riyana honestly didn’t remember how she got home. The door was closed, her shoes were still on her feet, and her bag slipped from her shoulder and dropped to the floor with a dull sound. She didn’t even look at it. She walked straight to the bed like a machine running on habit, then sat down at the edge. Her mind was empty. No thoughts. No plans. Just a heavy weight pressing on her chest. A few million. The number echoed again and again. She didn’t have that kind of money. Not in savings. Not hidden anywhere. She had no friends who could lend that much, no secret account, no miracle waiting for her. For the first time since that restaurant, real panic started crawling into her bones. Jabco’s face flashed in her mind. She stiffened and immediately shook her head. No. She couldn’t go to him. She couldn’t ask him. If she did, he would never let her forget it. He would use it against her, against her pride, against everything she was trying to protect. She had already given up too much by