Chapter 2069

Magnus bobbed his head so fast it blurred. “All right, I understand. I won’t ask Cecilia for a cent.”

Denise studied him, worry clouding her fever-dulled eyes.

“You don’t have to follow my compass,” she murmured. “Some people think leaning on family is natural. If the strain is too much, do what feels right. Just don’t blame me later.”

“No, you’re right,” he insisted. “I’m a grown man. Running to my sister every time I’m short looks pathetic. I promised I’d get my act together. Besides, I’ve already saved more than thirty thousand, haven’t I?”

Those savings were the harvest of brutal weeks, involving nights of being drowned in liquor with clients and mornings woken by headaches that hammered like drums.

Only after joining the workforce did he grasp how merciless money could be.

He still couldn’t fathom how he had squandered fortunes before. That sum he could never replicate across several lifetimes.