Despite stuttering, she managed to finish the sentence.

"I will," he answered. After all, he promised he would. He had seen her drunk, so he would naturally fulfill his end of the bargain and release her relatives.

He took the glass of wine in her hand and gulped it down.

She must be really drunk, or she would not have called him "Jack".

She had no idea how much he liked to hear her call him "Jack". When she called him Jack with that gentle voice, he felt as if there was someone who would be