Paintings of Terror - Chapter 144: Even If We Are Powerless To Resist, We Refuse To Admit Defeat

“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.

In his old world, Aiden Ferith was a peerless war hero—feared by nations, revered by millions. Through years of brutal cultivation, he reached heights others only dreamed of. But glory turned to ash when his most trusted disciple drove a blade through his heart, shattering his empire and his soul.That should have been the end.But fate had other plans.Reborn in a world ruled by magic, where mages manipulate elements and battle with dazzling spells, Aiden awakens in the body of a seemingly average boy named Logan Smith. Here, cultivation is unheard of—dismissed as a myth, or worse, a joke.But what they don’t understand will be their undoing.Armed with ancient cultivation techniques that bypass the limitations of magic, Logan begins to carve a path that defies the laws of this new realm. Stronger, faster, and more resilient than any mage, he’s not here to play by their rules.He’s here to break them.Betrayed once.Stripped of everything.This time, he’s not fighting for a kingdom—He’s here to live life on his own terms—to protect those he loves, and finally, to live for himself.

Noir, third son of a “beggar noble,” lost his job and was at a loss, but fortune struck just as he was contemplating becoming an adventurer.

Once dressed as one of the old female protagonists in “The Pampered Crying Bag Omega”, the famous scumbag A, Shi Ning is very calm.
Even when the hotel room door was accidentally pushed open by the hostess Su Wanxing, she was very stable.
But this guy… seems to be the heroine’s sister Su Fillxue.
The only straight female A in the original book.
Shi Ning thought about it, who knew that Su Fenxue could say in a cold tone with red eyes: “You are so good at being an A? Why don’t we change positions?”
…Damn, who are you looking down on?
She only wanted to tease this pure and cold iceberg beauty, but how could this guy break all her principles and stick to her heart? !
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People who knew Shi Ning thought that she would wander the flowers and never give up. Until one day, Shi Ning and his new wife entered a love drama produced by her company.
Watching her wash her hands and make soup every day, surrounded by Su Fillxue’s wife all day long, his wife is short…
Friend: Help, is this still the scumbag Shi Ning?
Netizen: KSWLKSWL, double A is fragrant!
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cp: I’m not stingy, I’m so flirtatious, Ax is cold and rational, beautiful, strong and miserable, astronomy sister
Demining: There is first marriage and then love, no pendant, a lot of snarky talk, pure affection, non-double C, double A, wave A turns back and becomes a wife slave.
This article is also known as “Can Double A be nabbed? 》

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