Stubbornness

Hearing her plan being spoken out, Olivia Taylor couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, but she did not deny it as she nodded and said, "Ray Tristan, I can guarantee, if you comply with me, 3 years later, at most 3 years, once my career is steady, we will separate. You need not carry any burden or responsibility, moreover, I will give you a large reward, much more than your pickle stall can earn in 10 lifetimes."

"Miss Olivia..." Ray Tristan's face looked frosty, as he playfully said, "You don't seem to fully understand one thing. Although I'm poor, and although I'm a pickle seller, that does not signify that I will be the husband of a rich pretty woman I have no feelings to for money, even if it's fake. You can call me a hypocrite, stupid or overestimating myself, but I as a person, don't have a hot temper but I'm stubborn. I have my principles, in my dictionary, there isn't a catchphrase like 'fake marriage.'"

"You..." Olivia Taylor truly did not expect, that, a stinking man who was so trivial that he couldn't be more trivial would reject her tempting request, even though it's merely a fake marriage. Could it be that he doesn't know, in the entire Dark Cloud City, how many handsome and talented men wish to approach her, yet were all out of consideration!?

Yet Ray Tristan wasn't done, he continued and said, "If you really are a conventional woman, unable to accept that your chastity was seized, I sympathize with you, I feel sorry and guilt about this. If you are willing, I will earnestly woo you, until you are able to truly like me, that way, if we get married, I can accept that. As for whether I would really love you with my heart, you need not have any doubts, I believe that any ordinary man can't reject your charm. However... You merely want me to be the shield for your career, feign 3 years as your husband, I, Ray Tristan is unable to accept that."

"Hmph, court me... What are you going to rely on to court me? Your pickle?" Olivia Taylor was truly angered, she was unable to make heads or tails of this man's arrogance. Since young, there hasn't been a man that had rejected her request, but unexpectedly, today an unknown worthless man rejected marrying her!

Ray Tristan seemingly returned to his rogue-style, he made a 'hehe' laugh and said, "You see, I'm so handsome, so masculine, the pickle I make are also delicious, I live a simple and toilsome life, with the merits of a traditional good man. More importantly, I treat women very well, if it was my own wife, I would treat her even better..."

"Enough!" Olivia Taylor was afraid that if she continued to listen she would walk off from the anger, "100 million! I'll buy your 3 years!"

"This is not a matter of money..."

"2 years 100 million!" Olivia Taylor lowered her demands, and said while panting with rage.

As before, Ray Tristan shook his head, ���Even if it was all the money in the universe it won't do, this is a matter of principle."

"Do you believe that since I can let you get out of the police station, I can let you enter jail for your entire life!?" Olivia Taylor eyes were red, she felt wronged in her heart as she fiercely spoke.

Ray Tristan laughed out loud, "Based on what? Could it be that Miss Olivia wants to tell the police, that last night I raped you!? I can clearly remember that Miss Olivia demanded for it many times..."

"You... I... I... You..." Olivia Taylor's spotlessly white teeth bit on her soft and tender lips, tears of feeling wronged and suffering suddenly overflowed from her eyes, "Ray Tristan, you're shameless!"

If it were previously, and a woman cried in front of Ray Tristan, Ray Tristan would have just thought that this was a performance to make him lower his guard, or even more likely an act to seem lovely and pitiful to entice him... But today, the pretty woman in front of him had a connection to him, and seemed to be crying due to his words.

Involuntarily, Ray Tristan felt a burst of guilt in his heart, although he felt that his words weren't wrong, but to a modern girl who have retained her chast.i.ty for over 20 years, this truly was somewhat cruel.

"Alright, don't cry...I'll apologize to you, won't that do?" Ray Tristan felt fidgety.

Olivia Taylor's teary beautiful face could attract unlimited sympathy, but this little girl is also a stubborn person, after crying out two lines of tears, she took out a tissue and wiped them away, then forcefully endured. With a pair of red eyes she stared at Ray Tristan and said, "I'm going to ask you one more time, are you going to marry me?"

"I say, Miss Lin, in this day and age why is there still the matter of a pretty lady insisting on a man to be her husband? I spoke very clearly, I will not assist you in playing this type of boring game for 3 years." Ray Tristan sighed and stood up, intending to leave.

This time Olivia Taylor did not say anything more, only a trace of misery appeared in her eyes. With a numb expression she stood up, and directly walked towards the balcony of the coffee shop's second floor.

The coffee shop's balcony was quite spacious, with several large umbrellas to shield from the sun on top of the refined tables, on the balcony various kinds of bonsai plants were placed, giving a fresh and clean feeling.

Ray Tristan saw this scene, and his pupils shrunk, he sucked in a cool breath and said amusingly, "Miss Olivia, it can't possibly be that just because I'm not willing to marry you, you are going to jump down from the balcony, right?