Regret Came Too Late

Selene never cared about Vincent's past, nor did he concern himself with hers. They simply respected each other; that was all.

If marriage could be compared to running a company, they would indeed have made excellent partners-steady, dependable, and composed-though lacking the burning passion that often ignited such unions.

But passion was fleeting. Ultimately, every marriage would settle into companionship, much like how they were with each other now.

Vincent took a drag from the cigarette, his brows faintly knitting together. It was too bitter for his taste.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Damien still felt his heart pounding as he stepped into his

car.

His phone rang all of a sudden.

It was his father-Christopher Jensen.

The voice on the other line was hesitant. "I heard you've been giving Selene some trouble lately."

Still, they had sensed something unusual-Damien's unusual attentiveness toward her and her

the bitter taste in

mentioned it today," Christopher said. "Apparently, you have

meddlesome fools and their endless

his eyes wearily, and even in the rearview mirror, he could still

listen to them," he said. "You know better than anyone how she avoids me now. It's just because of all those nonsense rumors that

on the

to develop unchecked, the entirety of the Jensen family

first moved out, he and his wife,

treatment of their adopted daughter had always been nothing but kind. Nevertheless,

been too attached to her, ever since you were kids,"

lower his gaze and

naturally run into each other as

she really think she could just flee abroad and avoid him? Not a

glanced at the

If you weren't obvious about it, there wouldn't have been so many rumors