150. Gina Nakagawa Cariann

"I'm crazy," Max said, shaking his head. Gerald winced upon hearing it.

"I thought before, when you said he was the twin brother of your runaway fiancée, he did it—at least under pressure, but it was his parents' pressure. I didn't think you'd stoop so low, G."

"You don't know the whole story," Gerald replied. "I didn't even know she existed before that day if she hadn't come to the Brooks residence." And so Gerald spilled the entire story: his desire for her at first sight, his passion when he saw her anger, how he incited Brooks to exploit her weakness, which turned out to be her own father. He also told Max how they officially became husband and wife in bed, about Gerald learning about Ariana's past, and Ariana discovering his. His dreams, aspirations, everything he had never revealed to any woman before.

"You've truly become a love slave," Max interjected during his story.

"Now she's handing me a nuclear bomb. She openly stated that she doesn't want a child in her body because