The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage by Chu

"Well, this means trouble," Frank murmured to himself, frowning as he tried to think of a solution.

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Meanwhile, outside the karaoke box, Helen received a call from Horey. "Your plan is genius, Ms. Lane."

"What?"

Helen was left confused. She looked between Gina and Huub, but they looked just as confused as to what the kidnapper was talking about.

Horey chuckled just then. "Still pretending, huh?"

"I'm not pretending. What are you getting at?" Helen pressed urgently.

Horey laughed in cold rage. "Not pretending? Then why did you bring a fake flower? Hell, that's not all-you even had someone hide in the closet in Room 10, ready to ambush me! You're really showing no sincerity here, Ms. Lane!"

Helen wheeled on Huub in shock. "The Bloodcrane Spiritbloom is fake?!"

appeared stunned for a moment, but he quickly stuck with the script he had prepared beforehand, insisting vehemently, "Impossible! That's definitely the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom, an heirloom from my ancestors! How could it be fake?! The way I see it, the kidnapper must have already taken it and is

"Hah!"

fake crap?! Save it! If I'm trying to pull a scam, why would I even bother

Beep... Beep...

her dejected as

quick enough to catch her, she would have collapsed

innocence. "The Bloodcrane Spiritbloom I gave you is not fake. It's real, and I promise you that on my reputation. I'd never lie

said nothing

this given your family background. But why was the kidnapper saying that we lied to her? And that thing about anambush... Did you do

not." Huub shook his head repeatedly while turning to smile mildly at Helen. "Helen has decided to follow the kidnapper's demands, so why would I ruin it for her? Come on-let's go in and

what he said, Huub was just carrying out

he would deny everything, refusing to admit

a fake. Even if it was really what he had brought there, he would insist that the

who had switched

fake.