“What?!” she exclaimed, looking at Antonio with utmost disbelief.

She scoffed, “Why did I even come here in the first place,” she blamed herself and made to stand up and leave when his next statement halted her track.

“In exchange for your company,”

“Eh?!”

“Why don't you sit and listen, then choose whether to leave or not afterward.”

Her eyes narrowed suspiciously at him. The mention of her company—the very thing she’d sacrifice anything to get back rooted her feet to the ground. After a long pause, she reluctantly sat back down, glaring at him.

Antonio inhaled and exhaled sharply, his tone leveling out.

“I need a wife, for four...