Wayne frowned. He didn't even have experience dating women, and he was trying to get married right away. It was only natural that he didn't know the complications of that.

"If you think the conditions I provided weren't enough, feel free to make some requests. I'm willing to lower my bottom line for her."

Olivia looked at his confused gaze. She smiled and shook her head.

"The Heath family doesn't need to sell out its daughters for profit. A marriage shouldn't be treated as a transaction.

"Mr. Maxwell, if you have no idea what marriage is about, you should date a woman and find out. Marriage is not fun and games.

"If you really want to form an alliance with Arlandia, why don't we set this marriage aside, and focus on the alliance? It would benefit the citizens of both countries."

Wayne grunted. "If we're not going to proceed with the marriage, why would I want to do anything to make the people happy? If I'm not getting what I want, no one's going to get what they want."

Olivia