“Thank you.” Liam was surprised, but grateful to Ashley.His reputation as the disgraced son-in-law of the Henson family had been so widespread and entrenched among the others’ hearts that he did not have any hope that anyone would believe in him.However, Ashley believed him. He was touched.“Ashley! You are being deceived by his lies! How could you be so foolish? His ex-wife has already revealed this hypocrite’s true self to us!” William Flander moved up to Ashley and held her hands, trying to convince her that Liam was a fraud that had lied to her.However, Ashley shook his hands off and ignored him.“Miss Ashley! I swear that what I had said about this scum is the absolute truth. He had already deceived me and my family! Don’t make the same mistakes as me!” Grace Henson persuaded with a sincere expression, but despite her best effort to frame Liam, Ashley did not listen.“Pak!”Instead, to everyone’s horror, she gave a hard slap to Grace! The force of her slap was so great that a
“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
“Hahaha! It’s you?” Andrew immediately laughed the moment he saw that it was Liam who emerged from within the crowd of people.“What do a penniless bum like you know about antique? I’d bet that the only antique you have touched is your grandmother’s antique underwear!” Andrew pointed at Liam and mocked him.His joke about Liam instantly garnered several chuckles from the crowd, however, Liam was unfazed by their laughter.“I mean what I said. Your bracelet is a worthless counterfeit. Furthermore, not only are you so audacious to deceive Madam Flander, but I can’t believe you would be so daring as to think that you could get away with killing her.” Liam reiterated.“Woah!” Liam’s outrageous claim of Andrew Mason trying to kill Madam Flander immediately sent shockwaves to the crowd.“You worthless scum! I bet that you are just frustrated because I had revealed your true colors to everyone. However, it doesn't give you the right to hurl baseless accusations at me! Retract your words now,
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
“Liam. Is it okay for you to explain what happened to the bracelet?” Ashley approached Liam and asked him, curiosity was seen from her expression.The crowd, including Ashley’s grandmother, were eagerly waiting for his explanation for the bizarre phenomenon that occurred as well. What they had seen tonight was out of the ordinary!“Well. To put it simply, this idiot purchased a counterfeit luminous pearl bracelet and thought it was the real thing.” Liam berated Andrew and continued.“The bracelet this ignorant fool had purchased did belong to Empress Wu, thus it is why all the antique appraisers and experts, including you and your grandmother, thought the bracelet was real. However, it is a duplicate piece that Empress Wu ordered to be created. Forged by the legendary forger, ‘Mo’ at that time period, the purpose of the duplicate bracelet is to curse potential grave robbers that would rob her grave and deter any future grave robbers. Special centipede eggs were inserted into the pear
“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
The following morning, after spending a night alone in the ultra-luxurious guest room of the Flander family's castle, Liam was awakened by their maid after a much needed sleep.Led to one of the many medieval themed dining halls of the castle, he met eyes with Ashley Flander who was already seated down at the other end of the long table, waiting for his arrival.When Ashley saw Liam had entered the room, she greeted him with a warm smile.“Good morning, did you rest well?”"I slept like a baby last night. This place feels like a five-star hotel. If I had the money, I'd buy this castle from you without a second thought!" Liam replied with enthusiasm, perhaps exaggerating a bit as he walked to his assigned seat.Then, when he approached the table, his eyes widened in shock to see Ashley was still dressed in her laced nightgown!“What’s the matter?” Ashley curiously wondered when she noticed Liam suddenly freeze on the spot, staring at her as if she had something weird stuck on her face.
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