Mia responded bluntly, "Whether it's a deal or not, that's for the police to determine. Coming to me won't change anything.”

"Mia, stop skirting around the issue. If you hadn't dispatched your bodyguards and lawyers, do you think Harper would have dared to involve the police and threaten Chuck with a lawsuit?

“You'd better withdraw your personnel now, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Mia chuckled mockingly. “Well then, I'm curious to see how you plan to be impolite’ with me."

Lately, the Bowens had been pushing boundaries, even speaking disrespectfully to Mia!

It seemed they had completely lost their minds!

Lewis softened his tone as he stepped forward, fixing his gaze on Mia. "It's been quite some time. Are you still upset? Is that why you're intentionally causing these issues to catch my attention?"

Mia's expression twisted in a mix of shock and disbelief upon hearing Lewis’ accusations. "Who gave you the audacity to say such things?" How could she possibly be angry with Lewis and resort to such lengths just to get his attention? He wasn't foolish, after all!

from the bar. She was the one pursuing me, but nothing happened between us.” Mia wore a look of innocence as she

of nowhere, spent ages gallivanting around Xanier Island and Bern City, and then returned with a penniless bodyguard in tow, all just to spread these rumors and get a rise out of

trying to provoke me? Honestly, I've seen through that tactic far too

off guard, unsure

to her that the

sound judgment. How else could they willingly become involved with such an eccentric household?

off the Bowen family's proposal as

Xanier Island

interest in the Bowen family's marriage proposal or Lewis’ escapades in the bar. She

clicked her tongue twice before remarking, “Today, I've truly

"Mia, what exactly

quite literally. Take a good look at yourself—your appearance is so astonishingly unattractive that one

decide if the world is trying to test me or if I'm simply too blind to see any

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