The terms Ronan Langdon offered were excellent and very tempting, and his attitude was more serious than ever before, but Phoebe Faulkner still couldn't accept them.
Phoebe Faulkner stood up, bowed to Ronan Langdon, and thanked him sincerely. "Lord Ronan, thank you for your kind offer. Thank you for proposing to marry me at a time like this, but please forgive me, I truly cannot accept."
"Is it because of Jace Lennox?" Ronan Langdon stood up as well.
Phoebe Faulkner shook her head. "It's not because of anyone. It's just that I don't want to be irresponsible to you, or to myself."
Ronan Langdon hadn't expected Phoebe Faulkner to say something like that. All this time, he had treated her as an accessory to Jace Lennox. Kidnapping her, approaching her, even saving her—it had all been because of Jace Lennox.
But today was the first time he truly saw her—truly saw this woman with a soul of her own.
