"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 fixated on a document, was taken aback at the word "husband", and he instinctively looked up. He stared

one year of marriage, he had forbidden her to address him as her husband. She had followed that rule obediently all this while. He was certainly

"Yes?"

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

widened slightly in surprise. 'Huh, someone's getting

me? Never," he spat, disgust in his

the dosage she had used when she spiked his

this whole thing is going to blow over, I feel I deserve to get

'Well, well, well, the little fox's tail is finally poking out of the sheep's

you the alimony will more than satisfy you. If you're too greedy,

it's not about the money." Rose emphasized again. She looked more determined than ever, her eyes

"Rose, you dare drug

looked calm and kept quiet. She neither confirmed nor denied it. Then, she pursed her thin lips lightly and slowly stripped off her clothes until her body was completely bare.

clearly wanted to resist, but he could not fight the urges of his body and he found himself

body clamored to take him

spring night of

morning, the first faint rays of dawn trickled through the translucent beige curtains and fell on the room's marble

the man opened his bleary eyes. His

with Rose last night flooded his mind

threw open the blanket and saw a few drops of blood staining the white bedsheets. They looked like blossomed lotus flowers, provocative and incredibly beautiful, blooming right in front of his eyes. A cold fury spread across

he

he donned a bathrobe, he accidentally knocked something from the bedside table onto the

up. It was a

is the

handsome man's already insidious-looking expression became even

clear note of a cello, cut through

she think his body was

use his

into a tight fist, to the point

you don't get my

rental house in the East side of the

fabric sofa, bit

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