"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."

excuse. "You've

smiled despite Frank's response. "You don't look poor, but I guess my fiance called you

"Huh? How'd you-"

before he could finish,

"I knew it!"

ashen, "I've had enough of him keeping an eye on me

hand. "I understand now, Mr.

"What?!"

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

Ardron,

I won't let

the hallway, tilting her head sideways in confusion as she watched Phoenix

in confusion toward Frank, she asked, "What's

"She's... Ugh."

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