"Let's get a divorce."

The man, dignified yet arrogant, gazed emotionlessly at the small woman in front of him.

"I'll pay for the alimony," he said indifferently. "If you need money, a job, or a good doctor for your mother, I'll provide them for you."

Rose fought desperately to hold back the tears in her eyes.

When Jay Ares's fiancee ran away the day before their wedding, they were forced to find a temporary substitute bride to feed the appetites of the ravenous paparazzi and media outlets.

He believed that she had accepted the role to claim the title, to be known as Mrs. Ares. However, the woman, Rose, alone knew that the reason she agreed was to fulfill her two lifetimes' worth of love for him.

He never knew how much she loved him.

"I didn't marry you for money," she whispered. The intensity of her love for him had given birth to an inferiority complex.

The man's deep, quiet eyes flashed a hint of

skepticism.

If two complete strangers got married, what reason could it be if not for money?

"My patience runs thin. If there's nothing else, I'll arrange for my lawyer to meet you tomorrow with the divorce papers." The man took a final sip of coffee before placing the cup on the table and turning away t O head upstairs. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Rose's eyes fell on the coffee cup, her timid face slowly becoming stubborn and grudging.

The wind lingers, the geese leave their marks!

Twice she had loved him with all her heart. She refused to give up on him that easily.

Half an hour later.

Upstairs.

"Husband!" Rose called out meekly, standing demurely at the door.

was taken aback at the

followed that rule obediently all this while. He was certainly not

"Yes?"

divorce," Rose announced. "I don't want a house or any money. But I want a child." Although she spoke softly, Jay could sense the resolution

widened slightly in surprise.

and me? Never," he

she had used when she spiked his coffee. 'The drug should kick in before

I feel I deserve to get something out of it!" Rose steeled her gaze and straightened her back. Her timid demeanor melted away to reveal a gritty

well, well, the little

with me. I assure you the alimony will more

Ares, I've told you it's not about the money." Rose emphasized again. She looked more determined than ever, her eyes fixed on him. "But I'll have to borrow

little impatient. At that moment, his body started to feel unnaturally hot. "Rose, you dare drug me?" Jay instantly understood her intentions and

kept quiet. She neither confirmed nor denied it. Then, she pursed her thin lips lightly and slowly stripped off her clothes

but he could not fight the urges of his body and he found himself

him from the dark valley to the peak of the

spring night of intertwined

faint rays of dawn trickled through the

the bed, the man opened his bleary eyes. His

yet chilling rendezvous with Rose last night flooded his mind and Jay Ares

They looked like blossomed lotus flowers, provocative and incredibly beautiful, blooming right in front of his eyes.

he been toyed

As he donned a bathrobe, he accidentally knocked something from

up. It was a debit card and

the debit card is the payment for last night. We're even

insidious-looking expression

a cello, cut

she think his body was for

use his money to insult

a tight fist, to the

that you don't get my hands on

in the East

on a simple fabric sofa, bit into the

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