“A sum of money?” I let out a faint smile as I asked with curiosity, “How much exactly?”

She showed me contempt before querying, “How much do you want?”

“The thing is, I don’t know how much you are willing to give!” I stated the truth. Based on her current income, she should be able to offer quite the sum.

“Five hundred thousand! That’s enough for you to afford a house with two bedrooms here, in A City,” she replied in an ostentatious manner.

I smiled and uttered, “Five hundred thousand is a large sum. I might need to work extremely hard for a long period of time.”

“It’s good that you know!” With her arms folded, she gazed at me haughtily like a boastful sparrow.

I lowered my head to look at my outfit. No wonder she’s so arrogant. I guess she has the right to be.

is only worth about five hundred. It definitely pales in

why don’t you just quit? I’ll even pay you for it. That way, you’ll have enough money

and added on, “However, how can you

we have our own children, he will shift his focus to our

lips and smiled. “You must feel like you’re in control of the situation now. But Ms. Zimmer, there is a plethora of beautiful and graceful ladies in K City. Considering Ashton’s outstanding

face, I continued, “In addition to your talent that you are so proud of, the ladies here in K City are also well-versed in arts. Their talent far surpasses yours. Not to mention, a man as wealthy as Ashton would want to marry a lady based on her ability to educate children, not her ability to work. He would also want his wife’s family to be influential and strong. With that said, it looks like you have neither of the qualifications. Am

if that’s the case. If he was willing to marry an orphan like you, then why can’t he

forgot about the most important thing—love. As you said, love becomes irrelevant after years of marriage. Honestly, that is only the case for the average family. Privation and endless hard work to sustain a family are what strip marriage of love. Do you think Ashton

her face and sneered, “Scarlett, since you no longer want to be with him, why do you bother arguing

chasing after him. I’m only mad because you’re blaming me for your failure to do so. By the way, regarding the five hundred

was getting ready to leave the base. To my surprise,

with his gloomy face and asked in a deep tone, “I’m only worth five hundred

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