Stephania was quick to quip, "Are you implying that I'm a jinx?"

Molly found herself intrigued by Stephania's unconventional thinking. "You're quite interesting, Stephania. I'm starting to like you."

Sure enough, Jack showed up at Chade Inc. the next day. Molly went to the basement to avoid him.

On the third day, Jack brazenly entered Chade Inc. Molly was irate. She pulled out a pocket knife she carried around and shouted in the busy lobby, "Alright, Jack, you claim to love me. Prove it. Cut off a finger to show your love. If you do it, I'll be your girlfriend. If you don't, I'll call the cops if you bother me again!" The surrounding crowd quieted down to watch the spectacle unfold.

Jack was taken aback. The Molly he remembered was gentle, intelligent, and elegant, not this fiery, unpredictable, and arrogant woman. "Molly, stop this nonsense."

"I mean it, Jack. Either show me a severed finger, or stay away from me forever!"

After saying that, Molly stormed out of the lobby leaving Jack standing in awkward silence.

Molly had already rejected Jack multiple times. She told her mother, "Mom, it's not about saving dignity. If he keeps this up, he's just proving himself to be a creep. He's not just pursuing me. He's harassing me."

Coleen was furious. "Your father and brother aren't home, but it doesn't mean he can walk all over us."

Coleen called for the manager over the intercom, "Manager, come upstairs."

She sent her daughter off to work.

For safety's sake, Molly called her nephew. "Leo, are you free?"

"I'm busy," Leo replied.

had become more defined.

a shame,"

me to be

"Jack's been bothering me. He's been

leave the

from Jack. "Congrats, Jack. You've taken over your father's shares

matter, nothing like the rumors suggest. My father's getting old. It's natural for me to take over. I still fulfill my

ear thoughtfully. "That's a nice way to put it. I may not be in the business world, but I'm Andre's nephew. I know enough. Jack, you

father had any shares, he'd surely leave them to his

pocket knife on the table, Leo picked it up. "So you've already met her. Jack, do you think it's easier for an ant to kill an elephant, or for an elephant

for the elephant

"Then why are you daring to go head-to-head with the Cedillo Group Empire using your small company,

look at Leo, but Leo ignored him. "Your little company isn't even worth being a branch of the Cedillo Group. And yet, you have the audacity to try to win over a woman. Overestimating your abilities,

gritted his teeth. "My love for Jade is genuine. Even if you acquire

sure your love

for a while. Moreover, after taking over the company, he'd been living it up. Why would he suddenly pursue Molly so fervently? That

realistic. But men are even more so. If Jack knew that Jade was actually Molly Cedillo, heiress of the Cedillo Group, how could he sit still? Marrying her would mean becoming the Cedillo family's son-in-law. He could gain powerful connections.

that marrying Molly meant going from

by sweet words, but

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