She could not help but take a deep breath.
"Marriage? We... How... How is this even possible! I was drunk last night, it doesn't count!"
Archie looked at her with cool gaze and sneered.
"You did not even think when you sign it. And you are done with everything, you regret it?"
Natalia didn't know what to say.
"Heh!"
He sneered again and a hint of mockery could be sensed from his tone.
Natalia didn't know what to do, and could only say, "Anyway, I did not force you last night, right? How is it my fault?"
She was a woman after all. What could she do to him if he did not agree?
But what happened next was beyond her expectation. The man in front of her simply unbuttoned his shirt.
Natalia followed his hand and looked over. A delicate collar bone was revealed under the shirt where two buttons were open, and next to it were dense and thick love bites and scratches.
It was just obvious what a fierce night they had.
It took great effort for her to stay instead of just covering her face and running away.
What a terrible thing she had done and now she must face these consequences.
At the man's earnest reminder, she finally remembered how passionate she was last night and her face immediately blushed like a ripe tomato.
"I'm terribly sorry! I did not mean it. You know what, I can compensate for your loss. I can give you as much as you want. But this marriage, can we just forget about it?"
Archie looked over at her, and the coldness in his eyes was slight yet obvious.
"Compensate for my loss? Alright, Brian."
"Yes, Mr. McCarthy."
Brian took a step forward, with an iPad in his hand, after swiping around on the screen, he placed the iPad in front of Natalia.
"Miss Dawson, this is the latest Forbes World's Richest Single Men List, and for your information, the latest price for a night with Mr. McCarthy is thirty billion dollars."
Her jaw almost dropped to the floor.
She cast a swift glance over the iPad and the man on it was noble and cold and his sharp eyes seemed to be piercing her through from within the screen itself.
She could not help but gulp.
"So you mean, I would have to pay this thirty billion dollars for compensation?"
"You understand me correctly, Miss Dawson."
Suddenly everything seemed more like a sextortion to her.
She looked at the man suspiciously and more and more she found his face familiar. Suddenly, she widened her eyes.
And she looked down at the names on the marriage certificate and the iPad.
Archie McCarthy
"What the hell?!"
She felt an atomic bomb exploding in her head and she almost just jumped up from the chair.
The name of the man had always been familiar to her but only now could she remember who he was.
He was the heir of the McCarthy family and the chairman of McCarthy Properties. He had never left the Forbes list and it was said that he was rich enough to buy up the whole country. However, his background was always a mystery.
He founded Annie International couple years ago and the company rose in almost no time. Half of the domestic entertainment industry was taken by Annie International in just two years. It was indeed a miracle.
She fell silence for a while.
She thought thirty billion dollars was just a joke and now that she had known his real identity, she could not but admit that he sure was worth the price.
She could only ask carefully, "Ah... Maybe there is another way I can compensate for you loss?"
The man in front of her knit his eyebrows and his eyes remained indifferent and cold.
"Mm?"
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