MasukRoxanne was frustrated, and so was Hazel. They were stuck now. They couldn't call the shots any longer. Instead, Evan could, and they knew he would drop it. He had no reason to, not when dropping it could only benefit him. The divorce would earn him nothing. Anyone with a sane mind knew what the smarter choice was.Roxanne cursed, "Evan, you vile, scheming, opportunistic cur! You'll never gain our love! You're not worthy of it!"Although Evan had done nothing at all, the heiresses' overactive imaginations pushed them to 'figure out' what Evan's next move and the move after that. They thought he would drop the divorce and then use the deal to make them marry him. Then, he'd survive Cain's wrath and make the heiresses his women. He could have them under his thumb.'That knave!' Roxanne thought. 'He's actually getting his hands on us through chance and sheer luck!'"We can't waste any more time. First, we must stop Evan from dropping the application."The heiresses sent their men
Evan wanted to refuse, but Sadie hung up right after leaving a message.Roxanne froze when Sadie brought up the marriage over dinner. She stared at her mother as if Sadie had grown three heads. "What? You told Evan about that marriage deal?"Sadie answered, "Yeah. I thought you guys forgot about it, so I gave him a reminder."That piece of news hit Roxanne like a truck. Her mind went blank. She spent the afternoon praying for Evan to forget about the matter, but her mother decided to tell him instead. That was just great. She had just trapped her own daughter.Roxanne lost control and roared at Sadie, "Why did you tell him about that deal? Do you have any idea what you've done?" She thought, 'Mom is such a blabbermouth!'Sadie was perplexed. "What did I do? All I did was just remind him about the marriage."Wendy mocked, "Yeah, you signed the deal yourself. Why are you mad?" She couldn't believe the marriage deal Roxanne signed on impulse was now binding her. The hilarity made he
"I've felt nothing for Evan since Zeke came back! I've never liked him! And my family hates me because of him. Yeah, they took me back, but I'm not as respected anymore! He did this to me! I should be asking for reparations, and now I'm expected to marry him! "What do I do, Hazel? I don't want to marry him! Help me out! I'll do anything if it means not marrying Evan!"Roxanne was squeezing Hazel's arms tightly, as if she were her lifeline. She was having a meltdown. Frankly, she was close to tears. Things had all turned upside down. Roxanne regretted ever helping Evan.She couldn't believe that she had sacrificed her whole future for a replacement. She'd still be the Leightons' most brilliant prodigy if she hadn't impulsively stolen the life-saving drug from her family. She'd still be loved and respected by everyone. She'd still be drowning in resources, and Zeke would never have had to rely on blood transfusions to survive.This was all Evan's fault, or that was what she th
When Evan heard her request, he was stunned for a moment. Never in his wildest dreams did he think that Ivana would fall in love with him, let alone request to become his confidante. After all, she was the kind of woman countless men admired from afar—the perfect woman in their eyes.For a moment, Evan truly didn't know what to do. Rejecting her felt wrong. Accepting her felt even more complicated. He inhaled and exhaled deeply, calming himself down. "Here's the deal, Ivana. Right now, I have all the medical and martial skills, but I don't have the corresponding status and background. "The Stanton family would definitely look down on me. I want to wait until I've built a position where I can stand above everyone—without relying on anyone else—before we talk about things like this."These words weren't mere empty talk. He actually meant it.Although he indeed had Gaius and Ivana as his backers, they were still outsiders at the end of the day. Their social statuses and backgroun
Sadly, the three of them had changed over time, and those promises were now nothing more than memories.Hazel, Roxanne, and Anya proposed taking turns marrying Evan back when they were on very good terms and at their closest. But as soon as Zeke returned, their relationships turned sour. And their promises to take turns marrying him? It ended up as a laughingstock.In the end, only Hazel married him. As for Roxanne and Anya, he figured they probably had forgotten about the promise, especially Roxanne, who had mentioned her regrets to him more than once. She told him she regretted stealing the life-saving drug, which was also the Leighton family's ancestral miracle drug, and giving it to him. To her, it would have been better to leave it for Zeke.…Compared to Anya's brutal honesty, words like these were more hurtful. As a matter of fact, Evan felt as though his heart was cut open, piece by piece, every time he recalled them.But now, he didn't give a damn about them. Since
The villa was filled with a flirtatious intimacy atmosphere so intense that a slight wrong move could ignite a passionate frenzy.Even Evan was about to surrender."Ivana, please stop pressuring me. You're putting me in a difficult situation. You're Sylvie's aunt," he pleaded with a wry expression."So what if I'm her aunt? Those are all conventional views. Here in my place, we should cast aside all worldly conventions. So, instead of treating me as Sylvie's aunt, just treat me as a woman. A normal woman who longs for love. Besides, you and Sylvie aren't even married."Ivana's rosy lips glistened with every word as she spoke. Then she lifted her stunning face and gazed up at him.At some point, she had already placed her long, smooth legs across his lap.Once again, Evan gasped. The muscles in his face twitched as his eyes landed on her legs.Compared to a mature woman like Ivana, Sylvie and Estelle were no match when it came to teasing and seduction. And because of that, Evan f
Evan's expression hardened. "It's an extremely vicious form of black magic—an evil art that severs a person's fate. Think of it as Death sending you a death notice. When Death decides that you die at midnight, you die at midnight. One way or another… you will die."A sharp chill swept through the r
This wasn't a hint at all—she was practically spelling it out for him.However, Evan pretended not to notice. He had never agreed to the so-called favor Aria kept talking about; that was something she had brought up on her own.Aria, on the other hand, was starting to panic. 'I'm practically wavin
"W-What is that?" Ivana lay trembling on the bed, her face drained of color. It was the first time she had ever seen something like that, and terror rippled through her whole body."That's the Death Writ."Truthfully, Ivana wasn't the only one scared. Evan's heart was pounding too. Before inheri
As Graham offered the drakeblood root, he subtly angled his body toward the doorway, clearly hoping to be invited inside."I'll accept the gift, but you won't be coming inside." Ivana took the drakeblood root without hesitation."But Ms. Stanton…" Graham froze when she accepted the treasure yet st







