In the third week of the cold war with Francis Travis, he officially announced his latest relationship with a third-rate actress.

The system judged that my capture failed and asked me to re-select my identity card and change other capture targets.

However, just when I was about to succeed in the capture.

Francis, who had been out of touch with the team, suddenly called me late at night.

“Selma, in order to force me out, you have now degraded yourself to the point of hooking up with my dad, right?”

My eyes widened and I kicked the sleeping man next to me to wake him up.

“Didn't you say you were single? When did you have a son?”

——

Isaac Travis, who was kicked off the bed, woke up instantly. “I'm going to have a son?”

“Selma, what is your pregnancy? I will arrange for someone to check you now.”

He jumped into my arms with sleepy eyes and messy hair, listening to the voice in my belly.

I pushed him away and put the recording of Francis's drunken call in front of him.

Francis's voice slowly came out from the receiver.

"Selma, you must be starving for attention. If you can't be my wife, is your backup plan to become my stepmother?

"After sharing a bed with me, you turned to my father? You may not mind the stench, but I can't stomach the filth.

"Don't think this twisted scheme will win back my heart. Without my consent, you'll never set foot into the Travis Family ever.”

After listening to the recording, Isaac's face turned extremely dark and a fury aura emanated from his surroundings.

He left a sentence, “I will take care of this matter,” and then got up and left.

When he came back, he looked refreshed.

I asked him strangely, “You wouldn't have someone kill Francis, would you? He is your nephew anyway, isn't that a bad thing?” 

Isaac in my arms snorted softly. “Then he should be thankful that he is related to me by blood. If anyone dares to covet my woman, I will treat him well.”

I wanted to ask more questions, but Isaac suddenly stood up and pressed me under him.

“Why do you care what he does? Did I not serve you well at night, so you still have the energy to imagine other men?”

There was anger in his dark eyes.

His handsome features exude a mature charm that Francis could never match. I was so fascinated by it that I did not react.

His big hands with light calluses had already covered my slender waist. But I shuddered at the thought of the intensity before bedtime.

“No... my waist still hurts…."

But before I could finish, his lips covered mine tightly. There was no room for me to refuse.

As I woke up the next day, there was no one by my bed.

Thinking of the rolling clouds last night, I had a lot of trouble expressing myself. 

Sure enough, it was not easy to conquer a man. It was not a heartache, it was a backache.

I got up to drink water as my phone vibrated and the balance in my bank card showed an increase of 130,000 dollars.

Looking at the countless zeros on the phone, I called the system, “Is this a reward for progressing in the game?”

The system looked confused and answered, “No, we will only give out bonuses if the strategy is successful.

“Or, is it that there is a problem with the accounting and the message was sent incorrectly? Host, please wait a moment, I will go and check.”

The system had just gone offline when the phone vibrated again. It was a message from Isaac.

[Isaac: Francis's card has been frozen by my brother. You can use this 130,000 for entertainment. Just treat it as compensation for disturbing us yesterday. I will take you to try on the wedding dress after I finish the meeting.]

Seeing the message, I felt extremely happy.

The system came back at the right time, saw the text message in my phone and called me, “It turns out that this money was transferred from Francis's card! It must be said that this uncle is much richer than his nephew.”

“You should know that Isaac is a famously rigid uncle of the Travis Family. Over the past twenty years, he has reorganized the Travis Family by himself and dealt with many blood-sucking illegitimate children of the Travis Family. 

“Not only did he drive them out of the Travis Family, he also directly confiscated their property. His net worth is much higher than that of Francis's illegitimate child!

“If I had known earlier that this uncle of the Travis Family was so easy to capture, I should have let the host capture Isaac first last time. I wouldn't have wasted seven years capturing Francis and the host wouldn't have suffered so much.”

I heard the system mention those seven years, so my heart ached a little.

But I soon recovered.

After all, those 130,000 were confiscated from Francis.

If I did not spend it to my heart's content, how could I justify the seven years of hard work I had put in?

Thinking of that, I picked up my bag and went out, preparing to buy a lot.

But I did not expect that not long after entering the mall, I ran into the person I least wanted to see.

“Francis, this Pink Heart Diamond Ring is really beautiful.

“They say this ring represents purity of heart and loyalty to love. Let's choose this as our wedding ring, okay?"

Looking back, the person who spoke was the little star that Francis officially announced, Anne Adams.

At that moment, she was staring at the diamond ring on my hand with stars in her eyes. Francis, who was standing next to her, also saw me coming.

As our eyes met, he disdained to speak. "Your wallet must be overflowing now that you're cozying up to my dad, huh? A simple request and a diamond ring worth over $50,000 lands right on your finger."

I looked at the diamond ring on my finger and pursed my lips.

The more than one hundred was transferred from Francis's pocket money after all, so it could be said that I spent his money, which was from his father.

He was not wrong at all when mentioning I spent his father's money then.

After I thought so, I responded in the same way. “You’re right.”

Or maybe he did not expect me to admit it so readily, Francis looked at me with eyes filled with contempt and disgust. “Selma, I didn't expect you to be able to eat anyone for money.”

My brain was on standby, thinking about the 130,000 given by him.

I tilted my head and asked him, “What's wrong then?”

Francis was so angry with me that he vomited blood and turned his gaze away from me.

When Anne, who was standing by, heard that, she looked at me with a wary look in her eyes. After all, the Travis Family has limited property and one more person would mean one less.

She certainly could not miss the opportunity to play cunning fox. “Francis, so she is your father's fiancée?

“I thought your father would choose a woman who is about his own age. But a woman like her who uses her beauty to show off will be kicked out soon even if she enters the Travis Family.

“After all, a woman like her who destroys other people's families will never be able to run rampant for long.”

Her tone was gentle, but every word she said hinted that I was a mistress who destroyed other people's families.

When the people around heard that, they immediately started talking about it.

“I was wondering why she dared to enter such a high-end jewelry store when she was wearing such cheap clothes. It turns out she is being kept by an old man.

“Yeah, the girl looked pretty, but I didn't expect she was a gold digger.

“We must not touch the ring she tried on just now. Who knows how many men she has touched? Who knows if she has any disease?”

Hearing that, the salesgirl who had been so enthusiastic just then silently withdrew her hand that was helping me put on the ring.

Seeing the scene, I sneered and withdrew my hand from the counter.

“You are throwing dirty water on me without any basis, but I can sue you for defamation.

“And as far as I know, the man next to you can't be considered the legitimate prince of the Travis Family, young lady.

“Oh, you must not know about it, right?”

I admired the pink heart diamonds between my fingers and refused to even look at them.

When Francis heard that, his face turned pale instantly.

After six years of dating, I know that he cares most about others exposing his identity as an illegitimate child.

Sure enough, he could no longer control his temper.

“Selma, you are a mistress yourself, why do you involve me?

“Besides, I have already checked your travel itinerary and it is exactly the same as my father's recent trip. You stayed at the Travis Family's old house last night.

“If you didn't hook up with my dad, who else could it be.”

Francis suppressed his anger and trusted his intuition very much. 

It was only then that I remembered that Francis's father had been on business trips with us these days. 

Plus, their wedding dates were set on the same day as mine.

So, misunderstandings were understandable.

But he did not wait for me to explain.

Anne, who was standing by, came up and snatched the pink heart diamond ring from my hand.

The sharp nails scratched a bloody mark on the back of my hand.

“How can a bitch like you be worthy of this diamond ring? You just hooked up with Francis’ father for money, unlike me and Francis that are truly in love and loyal to each other.”

Looking at the marks on the back of my hand, beads of blood were oozing out, I frowned slightly.

I suddenly felt that it would be a waste of time to explain to such a person.

“Anne, don't you like this pink diamond? Now that you have it in your hand, let's buy it today.

“After all, some people only wear can buttons throughout their lives.”

Francis's eyes swept over my fingertips and he pretended to be cool, put his arm around Anne and went to the front desk to pay the bill.

But he became embarrassed when she swiped the card.

“Sir, your card has been blocked.”

Francis frowned and took out another card from his wallet. The result was still same.

Anne felt a little embarrassed, although she did not know what was going on. But still, the eyes of people around her made her feel ashamed.

She pulled Francis's sleeve and tiptoed out of the store, wanting to slip away quickly. “Francis, is there something wrong with the bank? Otherwise, let's go to other stores.”

Francis's knuckles turned white and he did not understand what was going on for a moment.

The rich young man, who usually had to import even a bottle of water from abroad, felt for the first time the constraints of being penniless.

I raised my eyebrows and blocked their way. “Aren't you loyal? How come you can't even afford a 50,000 dollars ring? It seems that our Mr. Travis's love is really worthless.”

I took out the supplementary card that Isaac gave me and waved it in front of the two of them.

Then I said, "For a ring worth $50,000, it’d be wiser to hand it over to me, your elder, don’t you think? After all, we wouldn’t want to tarnish the Travis Family name, would we?"

Francis's eyes were as cold as ice, staring at me intently. It seemed as if a violent storm was about to blow in those black eyes.

“It was you who asked that old man to freeze my bank card.”

Old man?

The handsome face of Isaac popped up in my mind.

I curled the corners of my lips and smiled. “I guess so.”

“Good, very good.” Francis clenched his fists in anger and a layer of paleness appeared between his knuckles.

He turned around, took out his phone and called his group of friends.

“Hey, Mr. Travis, how come you have time to call me? Ever since that guy left, you've been staying at home drunk every day. Now that you've come to your senses, are you willing to come out and hang out with us?” Nathan Clements teased.

Francis's eyes darkened. “Stop talking nonsense. Transfer 50,000 dollars to me. I need it urgently.”