“A place I want to go to…” Rayna stared at him in confusion when she registered his question. “Nardor?”

“Mm.” Jefferson smiled and nodded. After knocking the egg against the table, he slowly peeled the shell. “I said I was going to buy an island for you to enjoy yourself there.”

Rayna blinked.

It was then she realized what was amiss.

“So we’re the only ones on the island? Did you do something to the car last night?” Rayna rubbed her temples as she tried her best to recall what had happened the night before. “I remember feeling sleepy after smelling the faint scent of violets.”

Jefferson did not answer her as he continued peeling the hard-boiled eggs.

Noticing that, Rayna found her heart sinking. Still, she clung to the last bit of hope in her. “Were you… lying to me about Jessie too?”

“Eat first.” Jefferson put the peeled egg onto her plate. “We’ll talk once you’re done eating.”

“Tell me!”

At her insistence, Jefferson pushed his glasses higher and whispered, “Sorry, Belle.”

“You’re too much! How could you lie to me about Jessie?” Rayna could not maintain her cool at all. “So you were lying about telling Curtis, weren’t you? You just wanted to avoid him and take me here, right?”

“Yes,” he answered reluctantly.

“Why—” Rayna wanted to lose her temper, but she could not because she owed the man. “I told you I’ll leave with you after giving birth to the children. Jefferson, you didn’t need to do this.”

Jefferson curled his lips. When he spoke again, his voice was tinged with loneliness. “Belle, haven’t you realized? You’ve been biased toward Curtis. When you give birth to the babies, you’ll still stay by his side. Why would you still think about me by then?”

Rayna froze. She could not find the words to refute that.

man.” Jefferson took her hand and held her hand to his

continued staring at him

of her hand with his

the only one

I’m not the only one by your side.” Rayna could not bring herself to be cruel to him. As she reached out to ruffle his hair, she

“You don’t know what she said to me when I sent her off from the

“What did she say?”

and played an audio recording for

seconds later, Sandy’s voice came out of

but once she listened to the entirety of Sandy’s conversation with Jefferson, she slowly covered her

because Sandy had started accepting him as her

the reality was not

herself, Jefferson muttered,

panic. “Didn’t you take the

“I didn’t. I’ve been keeping the med

Mr. York about it. He told me he had done a checkup for you.” Rayna’s hand was shaking. “He said you were doing fine and could live for more

you all that.” Jefferson smiled and held her trembling hands. “I was scared that you wouldn’t want me, so I didn’t take it. I was thinking about how pointless it would be to live that long if you didn’t

promised. “Did you bring the med

“It’s gone.”

widened. “What do you mean,

to deal with. Theodore was still in a coma. He did not have any relevant strings to pull, and neither did I. We could only seek help from others, but you know

her tears fell into

and continued feeding her the soup. “We went to Mr. Winton, and Mr. Winton asked for the ivory chess set. But that’s an item

stiffened. “Aoba Project… was with

out about that later on,” Jefferson said. “He said it was a gift for you. Belle, I’m such a failure, right?

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