Serenity thought her father-in-law shouldn't have chosen death just because he lost the love of his life because he would be abandoning his young son to his own devices.

But... he must have loved his son dearly when he was alive, or Jack wouldn't still miss him terribly after all these years.

"I'll do my best to be a good wife and a good mother. I'll maintain this marriage well," she said seriously and sincerely.

Since she had chosen to go down this path, she would walk down it properly. Even though what bound her and Jackson to this marriage were only the children, she hoped to at least give the children a harmonious family, not a family filled with strife and resentment.

She turned around and found Jackson looking at her. Those dark eyes of his looked as if they were covered in a layer of glaze under the light.

"I... was telling the truth," she said somewhat awkwardly under his intense stare.

"Would you swear it?" he slowly said, his clear, cold voice that echoed in the silent