The Girlboss Begs For Remarriage

That was why Tet had been exceedingly humble.

For someone like Frank to be so accomplished at his age, Tet scarcely dared to imagine the influence that backed him.

Bowing his head to Frank, he said earnestly, "Apologies for trying to pull rank earlier, Mr. Lawrence. Please forgive my indiscretion."

He had his dignity too, which was why he did not kneel and beg.

For Frank's part, he was no bully-he nodded as Tet apologized, accepting the apology.

Around them, the guests' jaws dropped as they looked on. Many of them could still remember Hugh claiming that Frank was just Vicky's sugar baby!

"Is that man really just some manwhore? How could he be so knowledgeable?"

"Yeah... Could Hugh Turnbull have been lying?"

"Hah! The magister himself confirmed that the pure jade vase is fake. Isn't that a slap to Mr. Pearce's face?"

"The way I see it, Hugh is just some frivolous character who yaps a lot to make himself look important."

member of the Turnbulls'

The balls he

guests' vocal disapproval left Hugh's face ashen, and he

Frank's thunder in the name of

glasses quickly asked, "Ahem... Since the vase is proven to be a counterfeit, Mr. Pearce, the bids made earlier don't count,

hundred million dollar bid, but

we thought it was genuine. This makes it forfeit,

"Huh..."

silent Hugh before

then turned

give a starting

Tet to shake his head and turn toward Frank instead,

did not excuse himself. Glancing at the glaring Hugh on stage, he smiled. "Bid starts

if it was counterfeit, it was definitely worth more than

even holding back

as it was definitely