Payback Novels & Stories

“It’s… a little much, sure. But I’m sure I can work it-” “You are mistaken,” Retchet interrupted. “This is what he borrowed. For this month.” He took out another slip of paper and handed it to her. “This is for last month.” Rebecca took a look, and was even more baffled by the amount. “He has been borrowing approximately this amount every month for the past ten years. And he was able to pay back the money in the first four years, and then paid back the amount in installments in the three years after that. Barely making the cut in the latter two of the three years. And up to today, he had been behind in his payments. Now, with the monthly late fee, this is how much he owes.”

“Then calculate how much I owe you. I’ll pay you back.” Dora: “…”

She cleared her through and picked up her pen, ready to jot down the answers. “What’s the return ratio?” “2.0 percent.” “Over the course of how many years?” David blinked a couple of times, not so quick with his fire response. “Five years to make net.” “Wait, you mean to tell me, you want this company to shell out 13 million on this job with a return ratio of only 2 percent and for the company to even break even is five years?” Val leaned back in her chair and looked at her dad then at Joey.

I continued, trying to make Roby understand the urgency of this issue. I stared at my phone screen, hoping to sense a positive response from Roby behind my words. "I know this isn’t an easy request, but I don’t want to be stuck in an even worse situation. I’m confident that if I can get through this, I’ll be able to repay you as soon as possible," I added, hoping Roby could see the sincerity in my words. "Roby, I really appreciate all your help in the past, and I don’t want to ruin our relationship just because of this issue. I promise I will pay you back as soon as I can. I just need a little time to get back on my feet," I said hopefully.

I protest, defensive. "Believe who you want," Baekhoon said with a nonchalant shrug. "Now, when can I expect the compensation? Time is of the essence — I urgently need funds for new projects and employee salaries. My company teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, and my staff's livelihoods hang in the balance." "I'll start paying tomorrow," I assure him, trying to placate. Baekhoon's smile widens, his eyes glinting. "I appreciate your patience. You've got one year minus five days left, after all," he added, his tone dripping with sly satisfaction.

he answered agitatedly, his voice filled with fury and hatred. Subsequently, I fished out my own phone and showed him the chat history between me and Shannon. "This is the chat history between Shannon and me, proving that she contacted me before I left for my work trip so that she could borrow my account." The first message from Shannon read, "Rina, I've lost my job. I heard from Mark that live streamers are doing quite well these days. I want to give it a try too, but starting up an account of my own is just too hard! Could I borrow your side account to test the waters?"

Values and morals did not matter anymore. A smirk appeared on Russell's lips. "What a brave daddy's girl. I'm intrigued. But you see, sweetheart... I'm an impatient man." He moved away from her and turned his back on her. He walked to the right side of the room, where one of his men was standing. The man moved away, giving Russel the space to look at the picture frame that hung on the wall. It was Sasha's picture. It was taken at a time when she was much more carefree. The glint of ecstasy in her eyes and the smile lit up her olive toned face. "I gave your dearest daddy five months. He could not pay me back. So now, I want the payment. And I think…" his voice trailed away as he turned around

Tristan pauses and smiles at Charlie before he darts his focus away from her. Tristan sighs and facepalms, "Is there no other option? A year is just too long!" He pauses. Series of groans and a couple of silence later, "Okay. Thank you, Sandra. I'll see what I can do. Yeah, how's everything at the office?" Silence, "Okay. I'll see what I can do. Bye." "Welcome back, Charlie." Charlie perks up from her spot behind the counter, "Oh, Tristan! When did you get back?"

"You said you're moving right, that's not a problem. Ah-ah, let me finish what I'm saying. I know that right now, you're indefinitely upset and angry and you feel like they're making a huge mistake taking us away from each other but it might not be so. I know I know I'm going to miss you a whole lot but it's a good thing. See, you'll make new friends when you go to your new school and everyone is going to love you because you are tea. You're a very amazing girl and everyone is going to love you, everyone is going to want to be your friend but we will still be bestest friends. You're going to have your parents with you and I know you hate them right now but you'll find yourself loving them al

she agreed through clenched teeth. I watched Jasmine's lips curve and felt something cold and uneasy move through me. She looked nothing short of a wicked empress. “I'm sorry,” Melody started again, and so did Jasmine. “Too low.” “Please, let us use it.” “Too loud.” “Okay, you know what? I'll pay back the difference later.” “No. Pay it now!” “But I don't have it!” Melody broke, her voice cracking. “Then, apology not accepted.” Jasmine delivered, clean and without remorse.