"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.

who was fixated on a document, was taken aback at the word

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

"Yes?"

any money. But I want

surprise. 'Huh,

and me? Never," he

that had passed and the dosage she had used when she spiked his coffee. 'The drug should kick in before

she said. "If this whole thing is going to blow over, I feel I deserve to get something out of it!" Rose steeled her gaze and straightened her back. Her timid demeanor melted away to

'Well, well, well, the little fox's tail is finally

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

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

unnaturally hot. "Rose, you dare drug me?" Jay instantly understood her intentions and his handsome face contorted into countless layers, like deep snow unmelting

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. Unhurriedly, she walked over to him and nestled

resist, but he could not fight the urges of his body and he found himself forcefully embracing

in his body clamored to take him from the dark

shared a spring night of

trickled through the translucent beige curtains and fell on the room's

bleary eyes. His handsome, chiseled face exuded a dignified

Rose last night flooded his mind and Jay Ares

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

he been

slender and well-proportioned legs touched the floor. As he donned a bathrobe, he accidentally knocked something from the bedside table

to pick it up. It was a debit

the payment for

handsome man's already insidious-looking expression became even more

voice, like a clear note of a cello, cut through the air and shook the entire building like

she think his body

dare she use his money to

curled and clenched into a tight fist, to the

pray that you don't

in the East side of the

simple fabric sofa, bit into

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