Chapter 136

I leapt to my feet and shot back.

"Why?!"

"You're the Duke of Hardeion's fiancée!"

"That's true, but — what does that have to do with anything? You said you'd help!"

I was genuinely indignant.

To throw a client out the moment she wrote her name — the sheer nerve.

"I am not taking your commission!"

"But why?!"

"Because you are the fiancée of the Duke of Hardeion!"

"What kind of establishment turns away clients based on who they're engaged to?"

"Of course it does. I was an Imperial Intelligence Agent!"

"What does that have to do with anything!"

I was furious.

What on earth did being a former Imperial Intelligence Agent have to do with turning away paying clients?

"A hundred percent task completion rate! You were so proud of it — that was on your card! And customer satisfaction scores and everything else! This is absolute false advertising!"…