"When... can we be together without sneaking around like this?"
"Five years." She finally spoke, "Can you wait?"
Nathaniel's gaze slightly narrowed, "The date of the deal, was it because he saved you, so you need to stay by his side for five years?"
Lucy didn't know how to respond to him, Jacob was really too smart.
He could even guess that.
Her silence in his eyes amounted to tacit agreement.
Jacob pressed his forehead against hers, "He saved your life. No matter his intentions, I'm very grateful to him. Trading one life for five years of waiting is really worth it to me. With you, my life is complete."
She gave him a kiss, "I love you."
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Lucy Eaton's car was driven back to Northriver by Nathaniel's men.
Lucy herself drove Sophie's car and returned to Charles Sharp's house at six in the evening.
Charles Sharp wasn't home, and the housekeeper and servants seemed unfriendly to Sophie, barely acknowledging her.
It was clear how unpopular Sophie was in their daily lives.
