Chapter 129: Stripped by the Market
December, 2007, New York
Nina’s POV
I kept telling myself it was just temporary. The market would bounce back. The red numbers would turn green again. But every morning brought more bad news.
The headlines kept getting worse: "Markets Continue to Fall," "Massive Losses Continue," "Worst Week in Year...
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1. Chapter 1: Wrapped Around Her Ankle
2. Chapter 2: Meat Is Meat
3. Chapter 3: No Interest
4. Chapter 4：Fed The Whiskey
5. Chapter 5: The Reconstructed Face
6. Chapter 6: Two Buttons Short
7. Chapter 7: Her Name
8. Chapter 8: Fish Girl
9. Chapter 9: He Laughed When I Swore
10. Chapter 10: Bike Race
11. Chapter 11: Mrs. Chen’s Fried Chicken
12. Chapter 12: Teenage Longings Under Night’s Veil
13. Chapter 13: Just Boat Whores
14. Chapter 14: When Heroes Fall
15. Chapter 15: Lights on the Water
16. Chapter 16: Unraveling Threads
17. Chapter 17: You Weren't This Cold In Bed
18. Chapter 18: The Most Gifted Softball Student
19. Chapter 19: Every Man's Sexual Fantasy in Town
20. Chapter 20: They're Inside
21. Chapter 21: August 30,Transfer Day
22. Chapter 22: Hit and Run-In
23. Chapter 23: Bad Habits in the Dark
24. Chapter 24: The Yellowed Bra
25. Chapter 25: Unexpected Kindness
26. Chapter 26: You're Going to Win
27. Chapter 27: Blue Ostrich
28. Chapter 28: She's Got More Backbone Than You Do
29. Chapter 29: Second Place Son
30. Chapter 30: Midnight Visitor
31. Chapter 31: Maybe We Could Try
32. Chapter 32: Champion Fucker
33. Chapter 33: The Real Clown
34. Chapter 34: White Daisies and My Guilt
35. Chapter 35: A Piece of Fabric
36. Chapter 36: The Photography
37. Chapter 37: She Wasn't As Sexy and Beautiful As You Are
38. Chapter 38: Lover from New York
39. Chapter 39: When the Wind Howls
40. Chapter 40: Coward
41. Chapter 41: It's For Your Mom
42. Chapter 42: The Five-Thousand-Dollar Secret
43. Chapter 43: Blood on Marble
44. Chapter 44: Christmas Eve in a Cell
45. Chapter 45: Maybe My Mother Is Right About Girls Like You!
46. Chapter 46: Kneeling for Mercy
47. Chapter 47: Faded Dream
48. Chapter 48: She Would Never Commit Suicide
49. Chapter 49: It's Always The Husband
50. Chapter 50: Perfect Answers
51. Chapter 51: The White Sheet
52. Chapter 52: The Uninvited Guest
53. Chapter 53: So Who’s Stealing Whom?
54. Chapter 54: You Can Shoot?
55. Chapter 55: The Last Conversation
56. Chapter 56: Missing
57. Chapter 57: When the Wolves Come Calling
58. Chapter 58: The Debt Collectors
59. Chapter 59: You Can Use Your Bodies as Collateral
60. Chapter 60: The Floating Casino
61. Chapter 61: The Special New Home
62. Chapter 62: The Woman from New York
63. Chapter 63: The Leap
64. Chapter 64: The Empty Apartment
65. Chapter 65: Mistress of the Mob
66. Chapter 66: The Grave Visit
67. Chapter 67: The Loaded Gun
68. Chapter 68: The Woman Shared by Father and Son
69. Chapter 69: Moans Through Thin Walls
70. Chapter 70: 2800 Dollars
71. Chapter 71: Do I Really Look Like A Peach Now?
72. Chapter 72: You're Gonna Need It
73. Chapter 73: Why Not Sell Houses Instead of Softballs
74. Chapter 74: Dream big. Close bigger!
75. Chapter 75: I'm A Screw-up
76. Chapter 76:Dialing Danger at Midnight
77. Chapter 77: My New York Dream Has Come True
78. Chapter 78: Maybe He Has Something on Nina's Mother
79. Chapter 79: Not Her Boyfriend At All
80. Chapter 80: The Lie Unravels
81. Chapter 81: Hand On My Thigh
82. Chapter 82: Monica Disappeared
83. Chapter 83: Shared Secrets
84. Chapter 84: She's Cheating!
85. Chapter 85: Women's Weapons
86. Chapter 86：Body as Currency
87. Chapter 87: Sold for Nothing
88. Chapter 88: Last Resort
89. Chapter 89: The Rules Behind This City
90. Chapter 90: The Revelation
91. Chapter 91: Homecoming
92. Chapter 92: Frosting and Cracks
93. Chapter 93: The Sex Tape Threat
94. Chapter 94: Stay Tonight
95. Chapter 95: Special Roommate
96. Chapter 96: The Missing Year
97. Chapter 97: Stripper Roommate
98. Chapter 98: Back to Square One
99. Chapter 99: Dreams Deferred
100. Chapter 100: False Accusations
101. Chapter 101: Every Bare Inch
102. Chapter 102: New York Cops
103. Chapter 103: His Crazy Proposal
104. Chapter 104: New Beginnings
105. Chapter 105: First Time in His Room
106. Chapter 106: Studying Between the Sheets
107. Chapter 107: Letting Go
108. Chapter 108: Sleeping Her Way to the Top
109. Chapter 109: The Fallen Man
110. Chapter 110: Coffee Shop Memories
111. Chapter 111: The Last Lesson
112. Chapter 112: How Did You Become a Stripper?
113. Chapter 113: Power in the Spotlight
114. Chapter 114: Lupus
115. Chapter 115: The Butterfly Rash
116. Chapter 116: The Decision
117. Chapter 117: Trapped
118. Chapter 118: Cold Barrel
119. Chapter 119: The Boyfriend Nobody Saw
120. Chapter 120: Confessions
121. Chapter 121: The Golden Palace
122. Chapter 122: The Porcupine Without Quills
123. Chapter 123: Stocks Rise, Clothes Fall
124. Chapter 124: Roulette of Desire
125. Chapter 125: Bondage
126. Chapter 126: The Dow and the Whip
127. Chapter 127: The Allure of Passive Income
128. Chapter 128: The Fall
129. Chapter 129: Stripped by the Market
130. Chapter 130: Stage Name
131. Chapter 131:The Forgotten Sister
132. Chapter 132: The Night of the Murder1
133. Chapter 133: The Night of the Murder2
134. Chapter 134:The Victim Turned Killer
135. Chapter 135:First Strip
136. Chapter 136: A Face Worth Chasing
137. Chapter 137: The Final Bid
138. Chapter 138: Unveiled and Unwanted
139. Chapter 139: The Arrest Warrant
140. Chapter 140: Twins
141. Chapter 141:Eden Island
142. Chapter 142: A Night of Blanks and Bruises
143. Chapter 143: Red Marks on the Inner Thighs
144. Chapter 144: What the Photos Revealed
145. Chapter 145: Confrontation
146. Chapter 146: The Choice
147. Chapter 147: The Shot
148. Chapter 148: The Final Bargain
149. Chapter 149:Even Tears Forbidden
150. Chapter 150: Marked and Mocked
151. Chapter 151: I Know Everything
152. Chapter 152: The Last Gift
153. Chapter 153: The Call Home
154. Chapter 154:Voices She Never Told
155. Chapter 155: Stay With June
156. Chapter 156:The Beast Is Awake
157. Chapter 157: The Body at Dock 9
158. Chapter 158:Tyler's Confession
159. Chapter 159: Vivian's Statement
160. Chapter 160: Tara's Statement
161. Chapter 161: The Search at Dock 9
162. Chapter 162: Are you scared?
163. Chapter 163: Spit the Pill
164. Chapter 164: Awake in the Dark
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