"Is there anything else?" Harper asked, feeling a bit confused as she turned to look at him.

Pausing for moment, Franklin went on and asked in a serious tone, "Would you be willing to be my daughter-in-law? The Bu Clan is willing to propose to you on Zack's behalf."

Caught completely off guard, Harper turned frigid for a second. Truth be told, she was not thrilled to hear this whatsoever. In fact, it was quite the opposite of that. She was actually scared to hear those words. But soon, she realized why Franklin had made such an offer. What she had done to Zack just now had crossed the line. She was a female and Zack was a male, yet she took off all of his clothes save for his underwear. So, Harper assumed that Franklin made such an offer to protect her reputation.

"Oh, thank you so much for the kind proposal. But I'm afraid I would have to say no," Harper flatly replied. She firmly refused the offer because she didn't want anyone to pity her no matter what.

Hearing this, Franklin was a little surprised. A lot of people had tried to marry their daughters into the Bu Clan mansion. Yet here Harper was refusing h

r simply lowered her head. She had never really considered Charles as her family member. Even though his attitude toward her had improved to some extent after Hailey escaped, Harper still couldn't bring herself to love Charles.

"Well, Harper just came back. Given that she went out last night to save someone's life and barely got an ounce of sleep, you'd better stop throwing questions at her like that over and over again. She needs to get some rest! You can just ask her when she wakes up!" Nicole said at once. "Harper, you should go to rest for now. I'm just glad to hear that everything turned out all right."

"Yes, go back and get some rest, dear. We'll just talk about it later," Mavis echoed. These days, she had been feeling so weak and tired and could not concentrate. She had been sitting here for some time, waiting for Harper to return because she was worried that something bad might have happened to her. Now that she knew she was all right, Mavis felt a sense of relief. So, she decided to head back as well.

"Okay, I'll be taking my leave first. Goodbye, Grandma, Father, and Mother," Harper politely said.