“What is the meaning of this?” Liam stepped close to Ashley and whispered into her ear. He had no intention of joining into the Flander family’s mess.“Do me a favor. Help me this one time.”Ashley pleaded as she turned around and hugged Liam. Her action gave Liam a great shock. In addition, before Liam could react, she kissed Liam on his cheek, denying him a chance to refuse her.“Grandmother, let me introduce Liam to you!”Following Ashley’s introduction, Liam could only grit his teeth and stepped forward. Ashley was his only ticket to the gateway of the antique world, and he definitely wouldn’t want to lose it.And to be fair, who could reject a request from such a pretty woman?‘Ah! Heck it! What’s the worst that could happen?’ He thought to himself.And like he had expected, the entire ballroom turned completely silent when they took a clearer look at him. Everyone in the ballroom had dropped what they were doing and could only stare at him. This included Ashley’s grandmother.

“Woah. Is that for real? A forty million dollar gift? Just how wealthy is the Mason family?” “Shit! My entire family’s net worth isn’t even worth a bracelet. “Oh my god! The bracelet is so pretty! Look at the luster of each individual pearl! They are perfectly balanced and look so stunning! “Seriously, we need to look out for the Mason family. They have been on the rise lately. My daughter, you need to approach Andrew Mason and strike a conversation with him after this party.” “But, Dad! He has a fiancee! He even brought her along with him to this celebration party!” “Silly girl! Didn’t you see how he treated his fiancee? Did you see how he was not at all concerned with her even after she was slapped by Ashley Flander? That means that their marriage is strictly political!” Once the luminous pearl bracelet was revealed to everyone in the ballroom, commotion arose from the crowd as they marveled at the magnificent piece of jewelry. Although the people in the ballroom represented t

Under the gazes of everyone in the ballroom, Liam approached Ashley’s grandmother to obtain the cursed luminous pearl bracelet. With the betting between Liam and Andrew in place, Ashley's grandmother handed the luminous pearl bracelet to Liam in order for them to settle their personal scores even though she knew that Liam would undoubtedly lose. With the pearl bracelet in his hand, he started to observe each and every inch of the bracelet carefully while humming and pausing every second as if he was deep in his thoughts. He had absolutely no knowledge about antiques, thus he could only act like he was knowledgeable about it to prevent others from seeing through his lie. “Hurry up, will you?” Andrew urged to prevent Liam from stalling for time. He could already imagine the sweet moment of victory over him. “Yes! Indeed! I see it! This bracelet is really dangerous!” Liam shouted abruptly with exaggeration, ignoring Andrew’s urging. “Someone, bring me a bowl of boiling water and a la

“Unfortunately for you, I am a man who believes in the proverb; an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. When you wanted me to cut my tongue off as a bet, you should have thought about the consequences! Also, I doubt that you will let me off easily if I was the one who lost the bet!” Upon hearing Andrew Mason’s biteless threat, Liam gave a sinister laugh and argued back. Then, he wrapped his arm around Ashley’s waist and continued to speak, unaware that Ashley’s face had turned bright red from the sudden intimacy from him."Now, it's time for you to face the consequences. You don’t seriously think you could leave the Flander’s family place without fulfilling your promise after offending the fiance of Ashley Flander, did you? Even if I let you off, my wife-to-be here will probably not take your action too kindly."“You bastard! You better watch your back at night!” Andrew gripped his fists and shouted at the top of his lungs.Then, like a defeated dog, he obeyed Liam’s instruction

After taking some time to thank Liam for saving her life last night, Ashley’s grandmother hurriedly left the dining room without having breakfast, leaving Liam and Ashley behind intentionally.With her departure, an awkward tension enveloped the room as Liam and Ashley consciously avoided making eye contact with each other.The silence lasted a good five minutes before Liam finally opened his mouth."Miss Flander, you don’t have to force yourself to seduce me. I will not do your bidding. As I mentioned before, I was only going to pretend to be your fiance just this one time.”Confused, Ashley's eyebrows furrowed as she asked, "What do you mean by that?"“You wanted to create the illusion to your grandmother that we are dating, isn’t it? The timing where you suddenly started to flirt with me and the arrival of your grandmother was a little too coincidental. Besides, I find it hard to believe that you would meet an acquaintance wearing just a sexy nightgown.” Liam explained, giving perf