MissTerious

Gina promised herself that she would actually get married before she was twenty-five years old, because they were in the race that when the woman was over twenty-five years old, she would be an old maid forever, just like her cousins and her aunts. Gina works as a waitress in an expensive restaurant at night and studies in the morning. Ace is the man she secretly loves and her co-worker as a waiter, he did nothing but teases her.

Unexpectedly, Ace suddenly proposed marriage to her, even though he wasn't courting her. But Ace Durant's unromantic words were hardly the proposal of her dreams. Seeing this as perhaps her chance to get married before she is twenty-five years old, and thus she can break the spell in their family beliefs. Gina decided to take Ace's offer, but she also had a proposal on her own.

Never had such words affected the cold-hearted Ace. The undercover agent who pretended to be a waiter, had told her that the only reason he would marry her was to protect her, as if Gina's world collapsed when she heard that. But he was finding it increasingly difficult to keep their temporary marriage strictly in name only. Can Ace avoid Gina's venom and her seduction of him?

Husband In Law

"Grrrr...it's really annoying when your car breaks down again."


That's the word she's always been saying these past few days. "Why did it take so long to repair my car?" She asked Ace as he drove her to school.


"Because your car is very old, the mechanic said. He said he'll just call us after he repairs it."


"Am l not bothering you with your constant driving me to school?"


"You probably won't be able to run because you're coming home too late from school." Ace looked at her for a moment. "It doesn't bother me."


"Well, it bothers me." she grumbled in response while slouching in the passenger seat. "Why don't you let me rent a car while my car isn't repaired?"


"Because I'm available to pick you up." He sighed. "All this togetherness is--"


Chapter 26