She served him justice on behalf of Josephine Ares.Zayne Severe clutched his nose, glaring and seething with rage. "Rose Loyle, do you think that I wouldn't dare to hit a woman? Let me tell you something, don't provoke me. When I'm provoked, I wouldn't even show myself mercy, never mind you."He spoke harshly, but he never made a move.Rose understood that he was not the type of person who would typically raise his hand against a woman."Don't play with Josephine's feelings," Rose warned him once more.Zayne retorted, "So Jay Ares is allowed to toy with my sister, but I'm not allowed to toy with his? Where's the logic in that?" Rose was so livid that she aimed a sweeping kick at him, knocking Zayne off his feet."Damn, don't cross the line. If you physically assault me again, don't blame me if I do the same to you."Rose squatted beside him, looking at his disheveled appearance. "Promise me you won't go to see Josephine."Zayne spat in her direction. "Bah, mind your own busi
Zayne Severe returned to Eminent Honor Co. Ltd.'s office. Francis Greene took one look at his swollen face and jumped in shock, the teacup in his hands slipping onto the coffee table."Zayne, did you fight with someone?"Zayne sat down on the couch angrily and said in a bitter tone, "My father must be getting senile. He’s appointed an outsider as Severe Enterprise's executive president."Francis wet his handkerchief and walked over to him, patting it gently against Zayne's forehead."Ouch, it hurts." Zayne hissed in pain.Francis asked, "Did your dad beat you?""No, he's returned to Swallow City."Francis became confused. "Then who was the one who beat you up this badly?"Zayne shot him a furious glare. "I fought with the newly-appointed executive president."Francis poked at the wounds on his face. "You'll be fine. These are all surface wounds. But I'm curious, you said you were a champion fighter ever since you were a kid. Those few streets in Swallow City belonged to you. Y
Francis stared at Zayne's swollen face. "Don't tell me that even the places she hit you were the same as the places that Angel used to hit you."Zayne looked at Francis in a daze. "Tell me, did my sister get reincarnated?"Francis was speechless. "As if. She's just putting on an act to trick you and your father. She must be a very experienced commercial spy."Zayne quietly let go of Francis' hand, his expression becoming crestfallen.Francis held his chin as if he was deep in thought. "But what are her motives for acting like Angel and getting close to Severe Enterprise?"Zayne said, "I have to expose her true identity, so my father wouldn't get tricked by her."When he brought up his father, Zayne became anxious and started complaining about him. "My father has lived for so long and gone through so much that he's almost got one foot in the grave already. How could he be so incompetent?"Tell me, between me and him, who's the real failure here?"Francis glanced at him wordlessl
In the evening, Jay returned home with the three children.Rose stood at the doorway with a lovely smile and took his briefcase from him graciously. "Let me get that for you, Sir Ares."Jay was surprised to see Rose. "Today’s Thursday," he reminded her.Rose's voice was pleasantly gentle as she spoke, "Sir Ares has toiled away for Grand Asia during the day, and for the children at night. You could say that you've been extremely busy. I was just thinking that I could come by when I'm free to look after the children and share some of Sir Ares' burden…""Get to the point."Jay stood before her. After shrugging off his coat, his fingers moved up to undo his tie.Rose moved toward him again. "Let me help you, Sir Ares."Her gentle, delicate hands flew to his chest like a fluttering butterfly landing on a flower, but it made him feel flushed for some reason.Her movements were not fluid and were even somewhat clumsy.Jay narrowed his eyes at her. "Is there something that you'd like
"Sir Ares, are you in a better mood now?"Jay's eyes lit up with a smile.He was enjoying being serviced by her. It was as if she was his young wife. This was the kind of scenario that he would only dare to fantasize about in his dreams.He nodded.Rose immediately took a seat before him, "Sir Ares, I have a small request."She held out two fingertips, showing the size of her one fingernail. "This small."Jay replied firmly, "A small request is still a request."Rose evaluated the situation. "Yes, yes, yes. Then, Sir Ares, can you fulfill my request?""Speak.""Can you donate some money to my friend?" She clung to his hand and started swaying it coquettishly."No problem." Jay's answer was curt. "How much do you need?" he asked.Rose's smile was warmer than the blazing sun. "Sir Ares, I don't need a cheque or cash… I just need your seal."Once she finished saying that, she added shamelessly, "See? Isn't this request smaller than my fingernail?"Jay was speechless.Using h
Jay drafted an agreement contract and asked Rose to sign it.As Rose looked at the details of the agreement, she felt like crying.She had to accompany Jay on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of that month. As compensation, he would immediately sign the collaboration agreement with Severe Enterprise once the three days were up.“Human trafficking is illegal, Sir Ares.” Rose tried to make her final plea. “You can choose to give up,” Jay said expressionlessly.The fate of Severe Enterprise rested on Rose’s shoulders. She gritted her teeth and signed the agreement. It was not like she had not slept with him before.Sleeping with him a few more times would not make a difference. At least, this was what Rose said to encourage herself.Jay grinned mischievously.She felt as if he had a sense of satisfaction after successfully conning her.Soon after, her bad hunch proved to be correct.Sean suddenly called her, but she did not dare to answer his call in front of Jay. She quickly rejecte
Rose pouted her lips. He did not have to rub it in. She knew today was the day she had to give her body to him.“Our agreement starts from the moment you’re by my side. It’ll end exactly 72 hours after that,” Jay said and reminded.Rose raised her eyebrows. The agreement was that specific?He was a capitalist. She did not have enough experience in that field compared to him.Rose forced out a laugh. “Don’t worry Sir Ares. I pride myself on being honest in doing business. I won’t try to steal even a second away from you.”“That’s good to hear. Now open the door!”Right at that moment, there was a knock on the door.Rose sat on the bed, prepared for the worst. She was nervously looking at the door.She realized she was helpless in that situation. As such, she decided to submit to fate and go open the door.Today, Jay had abandoned his normal suit and jacket. Instead, he opted to wear a green T-shirt, a casual and short jacket, and a skull necklace…Rose thought the necklace loo
Sitting in Jay’s Rolls-Royce, Rose’s emotions were complicated.It was once her dream to go to Tourmaline Estate.She had asked Jay countless times, “Jaybie, I know you don’t like trouble, so let’s not get married. You could just take me to Tourmaline Estate and we’d be just like husband and wife. Is that okay?Jay had always replied with the same excuse, “Any woman who enters Tourmaline Estate has to be an official wife of an Ares. There’s no other way around that.”Tears welled up in Rose’s eyes.Feelings of sadness due to her previous rejection rippled through Rose’s heart.When the Rolls-Royce arrived at Tourmaline Estate, the front gate was crowded with people. Guests were all holding invitation cards. It was more crowded than any tourist attraction.Rose looked at Jay, feeling depressed. “Didn’t you say Grand Old Master Ares rejected the idea of having a large ceremony?”Jay replied, “This is considered small-scale.”“What would a large ceremony even look like then?” Ros