"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.

aback at the word "husband", and he instinctively

rule

"Yes?"

any money. But I want a child." Although she spoke softly, Jay could

surprise. 'Huh,

he spat, disgust in his

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

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 reveal a

the little fox's tail

play hard-to-get with me. I assure you the alimony will more than satisfy you. If

more determined than ever, her eyes fixed on him. "But I'll have to borrow something

"Rose, you dare drug me?" Jay instantly understood her

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. Unhurriedly, she walked over to him

resist, but he could not fight the urges of his body

his body clamored to take him from the dark valley to the

shared a spring night of

trickled through the

the man opened his bleary eyes. His handsome, chiseled

yet chilling rendezvous with Rose last night flooded his

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

Had he

touched the floor. As he donned a bathrobe, he accidentally knocked something from the bedside table onto

pick it up. It was a debit card and an

the debit card is the payment for last

handsome man's already insidious-looking expression became even

note of a cello, cut through the air and

think his

dare she use his

slender jade-like fingers curled and clenched into a tight fist, to the point that his knuckles began to turn

better pray that you don't get my hands on

secluded rental house in the East side of

a simple fabric sofa,

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