The threat in Stefan’s eyes enraged Martha. After hearing Louis’ words, she smiled gracefully and answered without hesitation, “Not really. I like this gift very much. Thank you, Louis.”


    “It’s my pleasure, my Muse.”


    Louis put the ne in her palm. Bending his head, he pecked the back of her hand to show his respect.


    Martha was slightly taken aback. Beaming at him, she epted the gift and said, “Thank you for such a priceless gift, Louis.”


    Watching them, Stefan clenched his fists tightly with a sullen face.


    The next second, he strode towards them, grabbed the ne from Martha’s hand, and tossed it to the floor in others’ presence.


    Blue Ocean Ne cracked with a crisp sound. All the gems were scattered, and emanated azure lights. The onlookers were amazed by its beauty and value.


    There was a mighty uproar in the auction hall.


    Blue Ocean Ne had just been sold at 10 million dors, but Stefan crushed it in anger.


    Martha stared at the broken Blue Ocean Ne in a daze. Before returning to her senses, Stefan dragged her into his arms and pressed a kiss on her red lips.


    He manly pressed her against his chest while kissing her deeply, seemingly showing their rtionship to the public in this way.


    After realizing what was happening, all the reporters raised their cameras and shot photos of the big news at the auction. Some smart ones even figured out the eye-catching title of the headlines.


    However, Stefan didn’t care what was happening in the hall, but publicly showed others Martha belonged to him.


    Feeling the warmth on her lips, Martha slightly trembled. Then she red at Stefan in anger.


    She struggled hard to break free from his arms and wanted to p him. However, Stefan gripped her waist so tightly that she failed.


    “Let go of me!” she snapped, staring daggers at him.


    If there hadn’t been so many onlookers, she would have fought back.


    Stefan seemed not to hear her at all. He pulled away, nced at Louis, and said in determination, “She’s my wife all her life. You should call her Mrs. Harrison.”


    He implied no one could change this fact.


    Biting her lip, Martha realized her tolerance for him made him cross the line even more.


    She was unwilling to be his wife. Since she left the city four years ago, she had wanted to stop their marriage.


    Stefan could read the rejection in her eyes, his pupils constricting.


    Suddenly, Louis approached and gripped Martha’s wrist to pull her behind him protectively.


    “Can’t you tell she’s unwilling?”


    He didn’t expect every man to be a gentleman, but he should have basic manners and morality.


    Evidently, Stefan failed to do it.


    Louis defended Martha and was against Stefan, but Martha felt weird. She didn’t know him, but he seemed to be significantly protective of her.


    She couldn’t help wondering if they had met before.


    Frowning slightly, Martha looked at Louis up and down in confusion.


    Stefan was also suspicious, gazing at Louis sullenly. He wondered who Louis was.


    Louis seemed to appear from nowhere but was too protective of Martha.


    Stefan suspected that there had been something between the two that he didn’t know.


    Gazing at Louis with a murderous look, Stefan dered again in a warning, “She’s my wife. Stop putting your nose in the matters between my wife and me.”


    “My Muse has never admitted she’s your wife, Mr. Harrison. Can you stop ttering yourself?”


    Louis looked into his eyes withoutpromising.


    The atmosphere between them made the room temperature drop abruptly.


    The onlookers could tell Louis, as a rich man from abroad, was a hard nut to crack.


    He even had the guts to be against the president of the Harrison Group.


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    Meanwhile, they also wondered how the auction tonight would end. Their expressions varied.


    Stefan sneered. “She has never denied it, either. Louis, this is your first time being in C Country, so you don’t know the typical women from C country. For instance, they always speak what they don’t mean.”


    Louis narrowed his eyes, pretending to ponder what he meant with a confused look.


    Behind him, Martha retorted unhappily, “No, I speak what I mean. I don’t want to have anything to do with you for real, Mr. Harrison.”


    Inwardly, she mocked Stefan for thinking too highly of himself.


    Stefan’s pupils constricted. He felt the heartache in his chest as if she had stabbed a dagger, but he didn’t hate her for it.


    Under such a circumstance, he wouldn’t give any men any chance to pursue her.


    Curling his lips into a faint smile, he said in a hiddenint, “Martha, our marriage is protected by thew.”


    Martha frowned deeply, clenching her hands into fists. She sneered. When he had done bad things to her, thew had never protected her.


    Stefan strode towards her and wrapped his arm around her waist. “I will never divorce you. You’ll be Mrs. Harrison for the rest of your life,” he whispered.


    Before Martha responded, he gripped her hand and dragged her towards the door.


    From the corner of his eyes, Stefan saw the broken Blue Ocean Ne, feeling the shiny fragments an eyesore. He stopped and nced at Louis.


    “I’llpensate you double the price for the ne.”


    With those words, he took Martha away from the auction hall.


    Jane watched the scene nearby, something weird shing through her eyes. Then she turned away secretly.


    Louis stared at Martha’s receding figure, his eyes with mixed feelings.