House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men - Chapter 187: Four

“Block him.”“He's technically still my boss.”“Then block him with dignity.”The call ended again.And then started again.I let out a sound somewhere between a growl and a sob, then finally answered with the enthusiasm of a snail crawling through salt.“Yes, Mr. Walton?”“Have you changed your mind yet?”I collapsed onto the towel and gazed at the sky as though it might consume me entirely if I pleaded sweetly enough.“Do you ever take a break?” I asked, shielding my eyes with one hand.“You're avoiding the question.”“Because it's a dumb question.”He exhaled, the sound sharp and irritated even over phone. “It's not a dumb question. It's a business offer.”“It's a weird offer-one that I already said no to.”There was a brief pause, and I could practically hear him clenching his jaw through the speaker.“You are acting unreasonably.”“ Unreasonable?” I sat up. “I'm not the one drafting fake girlfriend contracts like it's a normal Tuesday.”“Isabella-”“Certainly not, Mr. Walton.” I mimicked his tone perfectly. “I told you I'm not doing it. You need to find someone else to play pretend with.”SYNOPSISIsabella Miller thought saying no to her boss’s fake dating offer was the end of the story.But Adrien Walton doesn’t take no—especially not when he’s convinced she’s a gold digger.Suddenly, her student loans are piling up, her father’s vet clinic is on the brink of eviction and her brother is about to be kicked out of college. Coincidence? She thinks not.Adrien Walton is calm, calculating—and he's just pulled every string to corner Isabella into the perfect position.Now she’s stuck choosing between pride and survival.So she agrees to his offer: be his fake girlfriend.No feelings attached. No drama. Just business.Or so she thought.“Conference Room B. Fifteen minutes,” he said, passing by without a glance.The folder he pushed across the table landed with a thud.I opened it. The contract. All of it.---Enemies to lovers? Check.Slow burn? Hmmnyea.Banter so sharp it might file your nails? Yes.Delicious workplace tension? Of course.Tension that could melt steel?Absolutely.Smut?? Wanna find out?Welcome to corporate romance warfare. There’s no escaping this contract.

Lin Luoran is a 27-year-old girl from a rural family. She doesn’t have a college degree, let alone any money.

After cheated by her boyfriend, Lin Luoran accidently finds a mysterious space in her heirloom. At first, she only tries to use the magical spring water in that space to grow medicines like ginseng to help out her family. However, Lin Luoran never thought that she would become the last female cultivator in the world.

The family of cultivators have not been seen on earth for thousands of years. Lin Luoran strives to cultivate herself in the metropolis, to complete her first-ever journey to immortality.

As for love… What will happen to Lin Luoran, a girl that is so different? Let’s open the book and find out.

In a national key university in the 21st century, she is soft and cute, but she is actually an agent trained by a certain organization since she was a child. She just went out on a mission and was about to take the graduation exam when she came back. Taking a nap, I accidentally traveled to the ancient times in the sky.

Not only did she lose her beautiful appearance and modern high-tech, but she also became an abandoned woman. She said that it was exactly what I wanted.

From then on, the soft girl raised cubs to farm, and she had to accept extreme harassment from time to time.

She said: life is boring, the best is very good

The male protagonist said: My family has the best products, and it happens that my son is short of a mother. I don’t know why the little lady wants to come to my house and live with a buddy?

The hostess went home and asked her beloved daughter: Baby, is there anything you lack?

The baby replied: I lack a father

All right, if there is a lack of a mother over there, and a lack of a father here, then let’s go together, but, it’s not me, but you.

The male protagonist agreed without hesitation: “Little lady, please allow me a few days, and I will go home and break off the relationship.”

One is the male protagonist who broke up with his family and brought a boy, and the other is the second-cousin who was abandoned by her in-laws and brought a daughter

The two form a family for their children, pretending to be a fake couple to live together, and whether they can become a real couple in the end, please watch

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The alien DNA is the best thing that has ever happened to Ye Shuang because the genetic optimization it offers has made her more beautiful, more formidable, and more brilliant.