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 lost weight, but his muscles had become more defined. He was no longer the

a shame," Molly

asking me to

bothering me. He's been

saying, "Don't leave the

found Jack still in the lobby. He walked over and sat down across from Jack. "Congrats, Jack. You've taken over your father's shares and pushed him out of the company. You're the boss

with newfound respect. "Mr. Leo, it was just a family matter, nothing like the rumors suggest. My father's getting old. It's natural for me to take

the business world, but I'm Andre's nephew. I know enough. Jack,

right. If his father had any shares, he'd surely leave them to his illegitimate daughter. It was better for Jack to have

met her. Jack, do you think it's easier for an ant to kill an elephant, or for

puzzled. "Obviously, it's easier for the

why are you daring to go head-to-head with the Cedillo

little company isn't even worth being a branch of the Cedillo Group. And yet, you have

for Jade is genuine. Even if you acquire my company, I

looking at him. "Are you sure your love for Jade is

Molly for a while. Moreover, after taking over the company, he'd been living it up.

Group, how could he sit still? Marrying her would mean becoming the Cedillo family's son-in-law. He could gain powerful connections. His brother-in-law was the mayor. And the business world's

know that marrying Molly meant going from rags to

often easily swayed by sweet words, but men are a

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