Chapter 1911

"Bleurgh..."

Frank almost coughed out his drink.

Seeing Phoenix's clearly passionate stare, he gritted his teeth as he decided to make things clear. "I heard you have a fiance, Ms. Ardron."

"Oh, him..."

Phoenix scowled at the mention of her fiance and whispered under her breath after a brief silence, "Josh and I don't have feelings for each other. It's a strictly tit-for-tat relationship." "Wait, what?"

Frank was left speechless. Their relationship was theirs, so how was that his business... unless Phoenix wanted him to be the third wheel in their tit-for-tat relationship?

Still, seeing that Frank would ask something like that, Phoenix's smile faded slightly. She suddenly asked, "Mr. Lawrence, you like me, don't you?"

Frank was left speechless.

The question was so direct that Frank did not even have time to come up with a response when Phoenix sighed softly. "If you didn't like me, why would you give me the Martial Alliance's recommendation? What, did you really do it for the money?" "Exactly. It's for the money."

Frank nodded repeatedly, building up on the excuse. "You've really misunderstood me here, Ms. Ardron."

her head and smiled despite Frank's response. "You don't look poor, but I

"Huh? How'd you-"

could finish, knowing that

"I knew it!"

growled through her teeth, her face ashen, "I've had enough of him keeping an eye on me 24/7! I'm a prodigy

that, she strode up

hand. "I understand now,

Just give me time- ally

sw novel

"What?!"

Frank realized what was happening, Phoenix was once again her spirited self, pushing Frank out of the way as

Ardron,

it, Mr. Lawrence. Don't worry I won't let Josh bother you." She smiled at him before storming

her head sideways in confusion

confusion toward Frank, she

"She's... Ugh."

what to say, and merely flashed a pained smile, surprised that he had inadvertently caused such a

known this would happen, he

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