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
Jay felt wronged as well. He had finally gotten the woman he yearned so long for back to Tourmaline Estate. Perhaps he had indeed been a tad overexcited. Gently, Jay helped her into her clothes. The fire within Rose quelled at the action. However, a beeping sound came from her body right after she was clothed. Finding the offending device at the end of her sleeves, Rose stared questionably at Jay. “What’s this?” “A timer! It records how long you’ve been with me.” It was no ordinary timer, for it came with a special sensor. Its counterpart on Jay was in a diamond wristwatch. The closer the timer to Jay, the faster the hand ticked by. The further she was from him, the slower time would pass. Having found out its mechanics, Rose stared despondently at him. “So, what’s the effective distance for the timer to work?” “50!” Jay exclaimed. Rose was displeased. “50 meters? Isn’t that too short?” Jay corrected her and said, “50 centimeters.” Rose wanted to leave! “Why
“Robbie… Come save Mommy!” Instantly, Baby Robbie raised his fists. “Who’s taking advantage of you, Mommy? I’ll avenge you.” Rose instantly eyed in the direction of Jay Ares. Baby Robbie’s anger instantly shifted into elation. “Is it Daddy? “When will you be giving birth to our younger siblings, then?” Rose was rendered speechless. “...” What ungrateful rascal had she raised? Hanging up the call, Jay’s gaze fell on Rose. “What a childish signal!” Rose was embarrassed, for she had not expected Jay to see through her attempt at signaling her son for help. “You don’t like me having my way with you?” Rose muttered under her breath, “I’m not a masochist.” “Yet you seem to enjoy it…” At his remark, her cheeks immediately flushed. Elated, Jay turned to walk out of the house. Giving up, Rose lazed on the bed. This man was definitely going to oppress her at every given moment the next three days. Nope. She had to think of a way to get rid of this demon! … Walking