Ch. 801..810

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 801-"No, no, no—not a chance."

Ned's heartfelt congratulations left Hux shocked, and he quickly flashed a smile awkwardly. "I would never have been allowed to succeed you if you refused. If you need anything, just say the word and consider it done."

Hux was clearly a people's person, offering Frank assurance and then insisting his loyalty toward Ned in quick succession.

Cid hurried over, eager to show his face. "Don't worry, Mr. Janko. My brother will definitely lead the Sunblazers to new heights."

Ned smiled and nodded, and finally showed his true colors just then. "Would you happen to be free later, Vicky? I have a reservation at a hotel restaurant nearby.

Care to join us? Let's get to know each other…"

Pax, who was about to leave despondently, heard him.

His eyes lit up right then, and he ran over to them with a fawning smile. "We're still friends even though I've passed the torch to Hux, right? And I'm leaving the country soon anyway. It'll be our last banquet together, so I can properly say my goodbyes to you and Hux."

Ned frowned in turn—he only wanted to invite Frank.

Everyone else could tell what he was up to with that, and yet Pax had to tactlessly insert himself.

"Sorry, Mr. Janko." Frank refused right then and started to leave. "I appreciate the offer, but I have other business to see too and can't stay. See you around."

Even if Ned was good-looking, Frank simply did not swing that way. Also, he was not dense enough to be oblivious to Ned's intentions, and he refused to give him the chance.

"Hey, where are your manners?! Mr. Janko himself is inviting you!"

"That's right! Not many people can say the same across all of Morhen. Stop being so pretentious!"

"Disrespecting Mr. Janko?! You've really done it now!"

The pretty boy valets around Ned promptly snapped at him.

"Shut it." Ned stopped the valets' outbursts while clearing his throat and frowning at Hux.

Hux flinched when he noticed Ned's unhappy stare and could tell right then that Ned would never rest until Frank went to that hotel.

His face contorted in pain in turn even as he cursed Ned inwardly—he had just become boss of the Sunblazers, but his two benefactors were already giving him a hard time!

Moreover, it was Ned who wanted Frank. Why was he in charge of the seduction?

Also, if he could actually tell Frank what to do, did he even have to stay and suffer Ned's whims?

Did the man even stop to think if he could afford to upset Vicky Lawrence?!

Still, his thoughts notwithstanding, Hux could not afford to upset Ned either.

Making a face, he turned to Frank and said, "Mr. Lawrence, Pax is right—we've developed an understanding over the years as partners, and talking shop at Mr.

Janko's banquet would smoothen the transition. Could you perhaps…"

Frank could tell from Hux's reaction that he was left in a difficult situation.

And Frank himself still had use for the Sunblazers—he had to do something or Ned might take out his frustrations on Hux, even removing him from power.

With that in mind, he feebly agreed to join them.

He had shown the extent of his strength anyway—if Ned started to behave funny, he just had to kill Ned.

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 802-Ned's creased bow eased when Frank agreed to come along. Suddenly, even Pax was less of an eyesore.

He did not notice Pax lowering his gaze just then, and his eyes flashed venomously.

Even if he was stepping down as the Sunblazers' boss, he would collect his dues before leaving! - Half an hour later, Frank and the others left Sunblaze Dojo and drove to Southtown Hotel located just a block away.

As a pretty twentyish waitress poured them wine, Pax was laughing heartily, seemingly not upset that he had just lost leadership over the Sunbalzers.

"Hux." He chuckled. "You wouldn't know, but I've been meaning to step down!"

Hux could roll his eyes—there was no way he would believe that.

Still, he pretended to be curious and asked, "What? Why?"

Pax sighed. "You have no idea… It's really not easy managing so many men and such a large turf as a boss, and there's always someone looking to replace you."

"See?" Pax exclaimed as he pulled a strand of white hair off his head. "My hair's turning white already. How old do you even think I am?"

He chuckled as Hux stayed silent. "That's why I feel relieved now that you're stepping up. I'd be living the easy life abroad now. Right, Gigi?"

Laughing gruffly, he then smacked the waitress' bottom squarely, causing her to yelp.

Gigi rolled her eyes at him while pouting charmingly. "Please behave. There are so many people watching."

Beside them, Cid had been staring fixedly at her pronounced cleavage.

"Hmm.? Do you know this lady?" Frank asked in curiosity as he stared at the waitress.

"Oh, she's my wife. We just got married last year." Pax introduced Gigi to everyone and smugly raised his glass. "This wine is one of my precious collections—our dear president himself serves this to important figures from abroad. Here, try it."

With those words, Pax chugged his glass.

Hux was studying the wine curiously in turn—the whiteness was crystal clear with a little hint of yellow sedimentation. Being a connoisseur himself over the years, he could see that Pax was right that it was rare, fine wine.

Vicky." Ned began just then.

Frank suddenly rose to his feet, leveling a vague smile at Pax. "Here, Mr.

Barzini. Let's have a toast."

"Oh, it's an honor to drink with a martial elite of your caliber! Cheers!"

As Pax raised his glass, Frank smiled and took the glass off his hands. Then, taking Hux's glass before he could drink, he shoved the glass into Pax's hands.

"Drink this one. I can tell that this glass is especially great."

"What…?" Pax was left taken aback.

"What? Are you afraid to drink it?" Frank asked, and reared his head to chug from his glass.

He then held it up to show everyone else that he had finished it before leveling Pax a look of curiosity.

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 803-"Oh, what are you saying, Mr. Lawrence?"

Pax then smiled and chugged the glass as everyone watched, and he showed it to them like Frank did. "You really don't trust me, huh?"

"No way." Frank smiled in turn.

With that, all suspicions around the room vaporized, and things turned lively around the table.

Cid drank the most as the men clink glasses endlessly, even blurting nonsense that left everyone laughing.

Ned's pretty boy valets even started dancing.

Though Ned obviously tried to talk chatting up Frank repeatedly, Frank always had an excuse to give him the slip, leaving him exasperated.

Then, just as the bottle of white wine was almost finished, Pax burped and rose to his feet, wobbling as he chuckled, "I'm gonna need the washroom."

"Wait."

Frank stood up as well, drunkenness showing on his face as he smiled. "You can go… after you take off your pants."

"Hahaha." Pax chuckled and looked around pointedly, mumbling, "Are you drunk, Mr. Lawrence?

Taking off my pants before I get to the washroom?"

"Well, you are carrying something that really interests me."

Shocked, Pax's drunkenness cleared halfway, but he feigned composure and leveled a pointed look at Ned. "Huh. So you and Mr. Janko… share the same interests?"

"Not really."

Frank was not bothered to play along as Pax was trying to change the subject.

Striding forward, he pulled a small box out of Pax's pocket, and Pax's face fell right then. "Hey!"

Frank was sneering in turn, waving the box of yellow powder. "Nervebreaker, huh? So you have ties to Hundred Bane Sect? Or did you perhaps just buy it off the black market?"

"What.?" Hux froze, before springing to his feet and glaring at Pax in disbelief.

Ned had been drinking a lot as well and leapt up while glaring at Pax—so he really was up to something!

"Uh…" Pax muttered, but soon smiled as he had an idea, "Oh, silly old me. You boys know how many enemies I made over the years. I have to carry this around to take when things get hairy, so I'd be spared any torment! I'm not going to poison anyone's food, let alone Mr. Janko's, right?"

Still, he could see that they were clearly glaring at him, so he shrugged. "You suspected me earlier, didn't I? But I drank from Hux's glass and ate the same food you did. Wouldn't I be dead if I poisoned you?"

"Do you think we're that stupid?!" Hux bellowed, glaring at him in cool fury.

They had been wary, but Pax just would not give up!

Seeing that no one was buying his excuses, Pax inhaled deeply as his eyes flashed viciously, his true colors bared as he laughed savagely.

"Well, I was going to let everyone die easily, but you're asking for it! It's not my fault!"

"How dare you, Pax Barzini?!"

"Have you gone crazy?! Have you forgotten who made you boss?!"

Ned's valets had drank the wine as well and were all snapping at Pax right then.

"I'm crazy?!" Pax took a couple steps back and whipped out his phone. "Fuck off! You're the crazy ones here!"

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 804-"I'm crazy?!" Pax took a couple steps back and whipped out his phone. "Fuck off! You're the crazy ones here!"

Pointing at Hux, he snarled viciously, "You bastard! Have I ever mistreated you?!"

"No," Hux replied calmly even as he glowered.

"Then why did you have to usurp me?!" Pax shrieked, his eyes wide in rage.

"Why?! Why did you have to betray me?!"

Hux sighed. "Think about it. If you were in my place, would you really say no to becoming the boss?"

Pax froze at Hux's words and sighed after a long while. "No."

"Then you have no right to blame me. We always were just colleagues—not partners with fire-forged bonds," Hux said coolly. "What I'm doing isn't betrayal.

Only the strong get to lead! You said so yourself."

"Hah!" Pax spat. "Strong? You?! You're just a footsoldier with nothing going for you aside from dumb luck!"

"And dumb luck is still a form of strength. Admit it, Pax," Hux growled.

"Enough!" Ned snapped impatiently, stopping Pax's hysterics as he glared coolly at the man. "Think carefully about what you want to do, Pax, and come clean."

"Come clean?!" Pax snarled viciously. "You're just another lucky prick born to a better family than mine! You used your position as an heir of the Janko family to order me around, telling me to step down just because you felt like it! I've spent years building up the Sunblazers, and all of it is gone just because you said so!

So I'll have you die for my pleasure!"

"What are you doing?!" Hux bellowed.

"What am I doing?!" Pax sneered. "Fine, I won't hide it—the wine was already poisoned in the first place, and I took the antidote just in case! Hah! Trying to turn the tables on me?! Now die in regret!"

Everyone turned pale at Pax's words… aside from Frank.

Striding forward, he glanced at Gigi seemingly nonchalantly as he asked quietly, "It's not that simple, is it? That woman isn't your wife—I'm guessing she's an assassin you hired off the Blackrank."

"Good eye—that's a martial elite for you." Pax sneered, shaking his head. "You may be Ascendant rank, but you drank a lot, didn't you? Not even martial elites can survive the nervebreaker! And when all of you are unable to fight, Gigi here will cut you into tiny pieces!"

Then, holding up his phone and waving it smugly to everyone around the table, he gloated, "After that, I'll blow up the hotel and cover my tracks well. You can regret forcing me to step down in hell soon, Mr.

Janko!

Then, turning toward Hux, he smiled savagely.

"Really, Hux? Trying to pit your shallow wit against mine? For shame!" Pax laughed. "I will still lead the Sunblazers after this, while none of you will be remembered!"

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 805-"D-Dream…"

Even before Hux could say 'dream on', he began to see stars and the world seemed to spin around him, as if he was drunk.

"Guess the poison's kicking in." Pax laughed smugly as he watched everyone fall to their feet.

That was when he turned toward Frank, and his breath left his lungs.

Frank was standing there, firmly upright as if he was unaffected, even looking at Pax interestedly in turn. "I-Impossible!" Pax exclaimed in panic. "I watched you drink that wine. How are you still standing?!" Frank's strength had certainly left him with an impression, as he soundly defeated the Four Kings.

If Frank was not affected by the nervebreaker, everything he did today would be pointless!

"The nervebreaker is a potent drug, but I am a master of medicine and have already seen through your tricks." Frank shrugged and pulled a silver needle out of his wrist.

He threw the needle, which fell into a pot of seafood soup with an audible clang, abruptly turning its contents black.

"Hmmm.?"

Ned was sprawled over the table but smiled when he saw that.

He really thought that it was over for him, as he had never expected Pax to have the guts to try and kill him.

But even as regret clawed at him, his eyes lip up in delight when he saw that Frank was fine.

"The nervebreaker didn't work.?!"

Pax stumbled backward in fear—the nervebreaker was his trump card, one which he bought from the black market after spending copious amounts of money.

He was not lying when he admitted that if were in Hux's shoes, he would have done all he can to topple whoever was in charge and take over.

What Hux did not know was that Pax was simply more resourceful and cunning —he had the nervebreaker prepared anyway, since he was ready to poison Ned anyway to be free from control.

He simply had the perfect chance to use it today. but it just did not work on Frank!

"What a shame, Pax Barzini…" Frank's eyes narrowed sharply and murderously.

"If you had left Draconia quietly, you could have led a good life with your life savings. But you had to do this, and you can't blame anyone else for your actions!"

"Gigi!"

Seeing that Frank was ready to attack, Pax turned and ran, while shouting for his hired assassin.

Gigi was certainly professional. Without a word, she swiftly moved between Pax and Frank, leaping off the wall and aiming a flying kick at Frank's face!

"Shame."

Frank had a glimpse of the enticing leg beneath her gown, along with the blades abruptly shooting out of her six-inch heels.

It certainly was not the time to be chivalrous either, as female assassins never relied on brute strength but their beauty.

By enticing and bewitching their targets, they were always able to find the perfect opportunity and strike. As such, the most dangerous killers all around would not be the top hitmen with a high body count—it was these seemingly unassuming ladies.

And right now, Frank's priority was not Gigi the assassin—it was Pax instead.

If Pax managed to flee and trigger the bomb, he and everyone else would be killed

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 806-Smack!

With a reverse grip, Frank grabbed Gigi by the ankle and pulled.

Even as she lost her balance, she seemed to tumble straight into Frank's arms and was suddenly blushing in embarrassment.

Frank frowned, but the blush was an act from the start.

In an instant, her face fell as her lips parted, and another blade shot out, boosted by pure vigor as it streaked toward Frank's throat.

"Hah!" Frank narrowed his eyes and unleashed his pure vigor, knocking the blade away. "I guess I really can't hesitate at all…"

Glowering, he seized Gigi by the neck and slammed her against the wall.

Bang!

"Ahhh…" she groaned in pain, but it somehow carried a hint of sensuality.

Any men who heard her would certainly be disarmed, but Frank would not fall for her tricks again.

His fingers clenching, there was an audible crack as Frank crushed her neck.

"Guh."

Gigi's eyes widened as she died in a split second, not understanding how a top Blackrank assassin like her—and a Birthright rank individual at that—would die just then.

Still, the confusion could have been avoided if she had watched the fight between Frank and the Four Kings.

Clang!

Even as her lifeless body dropped on the floor, the poisoned dagger she hid behind herself also fell audibly.

If Frank had been a second slower, she would have riposted with that dagger.

"Hah! Trying to run?" Frank bellowed as he saw Frank was about to escape, unleashing a burst of pure vigor from his palm, catching and restraining Pax like invisible spiderwebs.

"Oof." Pax turned, and shock showed on his face as he saw Gigi laying dead at Frank's feet.

She was supposed to be his trump card too, as he had spent 200 million recruiting her, but she did not even last two seconds against Frank!

K-Kill him!" Ned, leaning against the wall, shouted at Frank when he saw that Frank had caught Pax.

Frank certainly did not need telling and waved his palm right then.

Pax could feel himself being pulled by an unstoppable force and was screaming as he fell to the ground and was pulled backward to Frank.

"Fuck!" Pax's eyes went red as his fingers clenched around his phone, and he screamed maniacally, "You —all of you—had to do this to me. Well, we can all die together now!"

He then pressed the button on his phone as hard as he could!

"Hmmm…?!"

Frank felt danger right then, and he threw Pax away as he heard the beeping from beneath Ned's chair.

"Move!"

Appearing beside Ned in a flash, he pushed the man away and saw the black bag beneath.

The zipper was open wide enough to reveal a red timer, counting down with just two seconds left.

"Hahaha! You thought you could kill me?! No! You're all going to die!"

Pax laughed maniacally even as he was left on the floor.

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 807-"Dream on! You're the only one dying today!"

Frank picked up the bag with one hand and flung it out of the window before appearing beside Pax in a flash soon after.

"Eh?" Pax stopped laughing as his mouth widened in shock, like a duck seized by the throat.

Impossible! Such speed… was he even human?!

"Get outta here!" Frank bellowed as he sent Pax flying with a kick.

"Oof!"

The kick was so violent Pax shot through the air like a cannonball, crashing through the hotel windowpane and flying into the distance.

Pax almost blacked out right then, but he withstood the pain to regain his senses and realized that he was mid-air after Frank kicked him out of the window.

"Hahaha!" He laughed maniacally as his mind quickly did the math. "Why, thank you, Vicky Lawrence— you just saved me!"

After all, the hotel was about to be blown to kingdom come soon!

Even if Pax would suffer some fractures or at worst, get paralyzed after being kicked from this high up, he would not be blown up at the very least.

Still, even as he laughed maniacally, he realized that something was wrong when he heard a beeping.

He turned to look, his smile stiffening when he saw that the black bag carrying the bomb was right beside him.

It turned out that Frank had sent Pax and the bag flying out of the hotel with his kick.

Beep!

The bright red timer counted down to zero right then, and a look of confusion showed on Pax's face.

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 808-And that was the last look Pax had on his face before he died.

Boom!

A terrible explosion erupted in the air above the hotel in South Morhen. Shocked pedestrians were screaming while car horns blared shrilly as the bomb had considerable yield.

Even though it had blown up from such a distance away from the hotel, the shockwave still struck the building, causing it to shake violently.

It went without saying for the pedestrians beneath were all sent tumbling to the floor.

Arf! Arf! Arf!

A pedestrian walking a black dog was caught in the shock wave too, though the dog was soon on its feet and barking viciously at the sky.

Soon, something charred dropped from the skies above in front of them.

The black dog walked up and had a sniff… and then started eating.

When the owner went over for a look, he soon dropped limply on the floor, screaming.

After all, it was a man's charred arm!

Morhen was in full alert following the bombing, and DNA tests uncovered that the hand belonged to Pax Barzini, the crime boss leading the Sunblazers.

The Jankos played a crucial role, however, with Ned liaising with various parties to cover up the incident haphazardly as a gas explosion.

The day after, Ned himself came to a bar within the Sunblazers turf to have a drink with Frank and Hux.

"The whole mess is settled now, Vicky." Ned appeared exhausted even as he took a sip from his glass.

It appeared that even the Jankos had to work very hard to make the bombing go away. Still, it was understandable, as this was Morhen and not just any other city.

Hux breathed a sigh of relief in turn, but he soon growled, "I didn't think that Pax Barzini was that vile.

It's my fault—I should have known he wouldn't have given up so easily."

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 809-Ned sighed again, shaking his head.

For Frank's part, he was willingly staying—it was more comfortable being in the same room when there were no pretty boys hovering around him. He would have just left otherwise.

Ned then waved Hux away before leveling a serious look at Frank he never showed before.

"I have a favor to ask, Mr. Lawrence…"

Frank frowned, expecting Hux to profess his love for him just then, but he nodded in exasperation after seeing the serious look on Ned's face. "Tell me."

"It's alright, Mr. Lawrence," Ned paused for a moment as he said quietly, "I'm actually not gay, nor am I interested in you in the way you're thinking."

"Huh?"

Frank was taken aback by Ned's candidness.

But if he was not gay, then.

"You heard me right, Mr. Lawrence. I had to pretend for appearances' sake."

Ned nodded, pausing with a bitter chuckle. "Things never go as one wishes when your family is important."

Frank was silent as he remembered Vicky just then.

Nodding, he sighed. "I can understand."

Ned did a double take at his words, then asked softly and tentatively, "The Lawrence family, was it?"

"No." Frank shook his head.

Ned breathed a sigh of relief and actually smiled. "I thought you'd be a member of the Lawrence family. Y'know, the most mysterious of the Four Families of Morhen? Guess I was wrong."

The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage Chapter 810-Pausing, Ned then asked quietly, "In that case, may I have the honor of your real name?"

Anyone could tell right away that Vicky was not Frank's real name.

Frank frowned slightly when he saw Ned's earnest gaze and eventually sighed.

"Frank Lawrence."

"Frank Lawrence?" Ned nodded solemnly then. "Well, it's an honor to have a heart-to-heart with you, and I'd really like us to be friends. And thank you for saving me yesterday, or Pax would really have killed me right then and there."

Ned then smiled exasperatedly. "To think that the gang I personally fostered would bite my hand instead."

"You fostered them?" Frank raised a brow.

"Yes." Ned nodded and looked around to ensure that there was no one eavesdropping before speaking under his breath, "See, the truth is that family is embroiled in a familial dispute that only escalated as time passed. Everyone is so hell bent on becoming the next of the family. It's crazy."

Ned then sighed. "My brother Yuri especially tried to kill me several times. That's why I backed the Sunblazers and announced that I'm gay—it's all selfpreservation to deter him, or I'd be dead already."

Frank appeared disappointed right then—it seems that the Jankos' family dispute was way worse than the Lanes'… They were actually ready to kill their own brother!

Ned, who had been keeping watch all along, pressed Frank when he saw the look on his face, "Well, I've actually realized that the Sunblazers have never mattered to my brother. All the things I did were no more than petty struggles, and I'm just a clown in his eyes. It's all conceit in the face of real power."

He then leveled a determined look at Frank.

"So, you're saying.?"