"I told you, don't listen to the nonsense people are spreading. If you want to know something, you can ask me directly." Jace Lennox gripped Phoebe Faulkner's face, pulling her close. "There are many things I can't explain in a short time. Just be good and stay by my side. Don't even think about leaving me. I'm telling you, if you dare to go, I won't let you go!"
"I promised you. Once the child is born, I will tell you your brother's last known whereabouts. I will not go back on my word!"
"You don't have…"
"I don't." Jace Lennox pinned Phoebe Faulkner down, his whole body pressing onto hers. "If I really had a fiancée, do you think Caleb Calloway and the others would be so indifferent to your existence?"
'He did seem to have a point.'
Phoebe Faulkner was starting to believe him.
"So, have you recovered?" Jace Lennox suddenly changed the subject.
Phoebe Faulkner was a little confused, but she nodded anyway.
