If she agreed, he would do everything he could to settle the matter in a manner that she would be satisfied with.

But to his disappointment, what she said was: "Lucas, you saved my life, so I'll do whatever you ask me to do as long as it doesn't go against my conscience. But in this matter, I won't agree."

He snorted, "You mean this goes against your conscience? Serenity, is that man really that important to you?!"

Serenity kept quiet. Rather than saying it's because Peter was important to he