The Girlboss Begs For Remarriage

"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."

on the excuse. "You've really misunderstood me

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 of Cloudnine Sect, and I won't keep

understand now, Mr. Lawrence! Just give me

"What?!"

her spirited self, pushing Frank out of the way as she

Ms. Ardron,

let Josh bother you." She smiled at him before storming

in the hallway, tilting her head sideways in confusion as

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

"She's... Ugh."