His vulnerability only intensified her uneasiness.

"Why did you ask me that all of a sudden?"

"Just tell me," he insisted, "you'll never betray me, right?" His voice had become hoarse, and his tone made it sound like he was helplessly pleading with her.

In a moment, her already growing uneasiness was now mixed with deep sympathy.

He was Jackson Valor! Why would he use such a weak pleading tone with her, asking her never to betray him?!

She looked past him and saw the plaque behind him. She knew that it was where his father's ashes were kept. Here lay the man who had chosen to die after getting dumped by the woman he loved.

Perhaps… that was a kind of betrayal.

His father was betrayed by his mother, and in turn, he was betrayed by his father and left orphaned and all alone in this world.

His eyes were still fixed on her, waiting for her answer.

Her nose stung again. From the outside, this man looked clearly like someone who could get anything his heart desired with a lift of hi