Chapter 1165

She looked bitterly at him and said, "Joe, even if my family business had gone bankrupt, I was able to raise Cooper on my own. Do you really think that I'd give up on my conviction just for some money?" "So what's your conviction? To marry into the Shelby family?" "I said that it is for my son, but you refused to believe me and think that I am lying. What else am I supposed to do?" Ivy shook her head and went on, "No one knows better than me how it feels to not be able to protect her own son as a mother." Her eyes slowly reddened. Seeing the sudden change in her expression, Josiah scoffed, "People who don't know you might think that you major in acting and film, not medicine." It was as if she did not understand his sarcasm, Ivy went on, "Joe, please marry me for the sake of Cooper. I don't care if you would love me or want me as long as you marry me. I don't mind that we're just a fake couple. Please?" "No. Even if it's going to be fake, I will not marry you," Josiah rejected he