The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage



And with that, Pax breathed a sigh of relief. "Now my work here is done!"

That was when Alda asked in curiosity, "Wait, so you sent your hired thugs to vandalize Golden Lily and set up an elaborate obstacle course for Mr. Frankton just to test if he has the disposition to lead the Cerulean Summit Legion?"

Pax smiled and nodded. "Their first commander is my ancestor, and it's our duty to surrender our authority should a man of Mr. Frankton's caliber show up.

"I'm not going to lie—I'm no angel, and I tried to keep the Cerulean Summit Legion to myself. My ancestors naturally considered that and ensured that even if I had the emblem, I can't make the legionnaires my errand boys. Since it's useless to me anyway, I'd rather let your boyfriend have it."

Alda understood right then and was surprised that the guardians of the spiritron vein lasted over a thousand years!

Still, Pax turned toward Frank and pursed his lips. "A last reminder: being chosen by the spiritron vein doesn't necessarily mean anything good. Heavy is the head that wears the crown-watch your back, or you'd turn and find a blade sticking out of it."

Frank chuckled. "You should be worried about yourself. If my hunch is right, Sally allowed your involvement in her experiments because she wants the Cerulean Summit Legion for herself. You lose all importance to her when you give them to me, and you'll be resting in pieces soon."

Pax flashed a pain smile in turn. "I know that, but if I don't surrender the emblem after you cleared all the trials, the power that chose you would definitely destroy me as well."

Frank glanced at his ring and had to agree.

If the spiritron vein could afflict Alda with such a serious illness, tormenting Pax would be relatively easy as well.

It seemed that this power, which made light of all existence, was tyrannical and did not care what it had to do to get what it wanted.

Even as Frank pondered, Pax left laughing, while Sally showed up after he left.

"Congratulations. You've gotten something I can only dream of getting,"

She walked up to Frank, studying the emblem as if curious.

When she noticed that Frank was not even looking at the emblem, she reached out sneakily as if to snatch it away, but Frank reacted right then and slid it into his pocket.

She pouted. "How stingy! I just wanted to check it out! I wouldn't take it from you!"

Frank ignored her. "What are you going to do with Pax?"

Sally giggled. "What, do you want me to spare his life? Sure, but you'll have to kiss me first!"

Frank scowled like he just swallowed a fly-however did someone as upstanding as Whitney Chandler give birth to such a terrible daughter?

Single-parent families were truly terrible for a child's upbringing.

"I don't care if some rich kid lives. Do whatever you like." Frank snorted and started to leave with Alda.

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handsome-the spiritron vein doesn't think like a person would. It'll keep you immortal because someone like you is rare

"Heck, immortality isn't even the worst part. It's not like people inevitably mellow out in time, especially someone as determined as you. There's nothing wrong with being Sagely as you live on, but in pursuing it, you'd better be sure to face all the difficulties that lie ahead. Those might just end up Rilling you!"

Frank did not stop, however, and said coolly, "I'm the master of the spiritron vein. I can do whatever I n-it doesn't get to order me around."

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Sally smiled but said nothing to that.

Soon, Frank and Alda were back at Golden Lily.

There were not many guests today, so Meg Quill was at the front desk, chatting with the silly receptionist Kiki. "Welcome back, Mr. Frankton!"

Meg was overjoyed to see Frank return and promptly ignored Kiki, walking up to Frank.

Kiki was left huffing in irritation. "Disgusting. What a simp!"