Jackson eyed favonovel.com beadily, “What do you have to handle?”
His stare unnerved her, “Leave me alone! Is it any of your business?”
He smirked, “It’s pretty warm in here. Isn’t it hot under that scarf?”
She pulled off the scarf around favonovel.com neck, favonovel.com face feeling strangely hot. She wondered if favonovel.com had lost favonovel.com mind when favonovel.com decided on wearing this scarf to see him…
“Did you wear this scarf, just for me?”
She stiffened. Damn it, Jackson. Would it have killed favonovel.com to keep his mouth shut? She was already beginning to think that favonovel.com had lost favonovel.com mind; why did favonovel.com have to say such provocative things to her?
She snapped irritably, “Pfft! It was just a random scarf that I grabbed on my way out! There’s no gaggle of pretty girls in a bar like this to get high with you. You don’t ever change, do you? A man like you is only suited to be a bachelor for the rest of his life. By the time you’re old, you’ll be staring wistfully at old couples dancing around in a public square, while you’ll be all alone, a pitiful sight!”
Jackson paused and narrowed his eyes, “I think a certain someone said this… What was it? Oh, right, I asked you to break up with your boyfriend. You asked me if I’d be with you if you broke it off. I did promise you. Now you’re single, so isn’t it time for me to carry out my promise? You’re right, I have considered. I don’t want to be all alone in my old age. That’s just sad. At least, it’s not so bad if I could have someone to dance with me in a public square.”
Tiffany’s face began to heat up upon hearing his words. She pushed his face away, “Oh, come off it! I certainly don’t want to dance with you in a public square in my old age. I’m going to be a smart, rich man’s wife, sitting in the courtyard of a huge mansion and watching the sunset!”
Jackson removed favonovel.com hand from his face. “Whether you want to dance in a public square or sit in the courtyard of a mansion and watch the sunset, I can do both,” favonovel.com said with a serious look on his face.
She looked into his eyes, knowing that favonovel.com wasn’t joking. She had a feeling that favonovel.com had long been aware of the things favonovel.com had endured after favonovel.com kidnapping. She couldn’t accept this, so favonovel.com displayed a coquettish look on favonovel.com face, “Why so emotional? This isn’t like the prodigal Jackson West at all.”
He did not release favonovel.com hand. “I’m not kidding,” favonovel.com said, enunciating every word very clearly.
She wedged favonovel.com hand out of his warm hold. Her tone grew sombre as well, “You’ve known what I experienced after the kidnapping for a long time, haven’t you? Why are you turning a joke from the past into something serious? Being with me after I’ve broken it off? You’re just pitying me, aren’t you?”
The tears brimming in favonovel.com eyes made favonovel.com feel slightly nervous, “I wasn’t joking when I said those words! I don’t care about your past experiences. That’s not important.”
She refused to believe that any man would be able to accept that filth, favonovel.com refused to believe that favonovel.com deserved love after everything that had happened to her, “You’re anti-marriage, remember? You said that you’d never get married. What is this? Do you want to use me as a tool to ward your loneliness away, just like Lisa? Then creep away when you don’t need me anymore? If that’s the case, you can relax. I won’ t get angry. Who knows? I might even agree if you can persuade me with a few choice words. We know each other, and your looks are just my type. I’m not clean anyway or virtuous at all. We’re both adults. There’s no shame in being friends with benefits. This will make my freeloading much more convenient…”
Jackson’s expression grew thunderous along with every word favonovel.com said, “I’m telling you how I feel, and you’re discussing a business deal?”
She quickly raised favonovel.com hand and wiped away a tear from the corner of favonovel.com eye, then stared at favonovel.com heartlessly, “I’m just talking to you in your favourite style. Just like that Lisa. She managed to reap quite a lot of stuff favonovel.com wanted and money, just from keeping you company for a short while. I just want you to cook for me. That’s not a difficult trade-off, is it? Hmm?”
She was too afraid to look at favonovel.com by the time favonovel.com finished favonovel.com speech. She poured another glass of wine and downed it. The stinging feeling down favonovel.com throat made favonovel.com tears surge up into favonovel.com eyes and stream down favonovel.com face at an even faster pace. Her hand trembled as favonovel.com tried to wipe them away.
Jackson gritted his teeth. His expression sank, “You just can’t let go of Lisa, can you? It’s not like I’m f*cking clean either. Can we stop turning each other off? I’ve never been turned off by you! Why are you holding on to the past? I don’t want you to just sleep with me, I want you to marry me! You’re the only woman I’ve ever wanted to marry. Understand?”
Tiffany was afraid. How was favonovel.com supposed to face his mother, Summer, if favonovel.com agreed? Summer had seen Ethan propose to favonovel.com in front of the entire shopping mall. If favonovel.com found out about how filthy favonovel.com was, favonovel.com would never be allowed to set foot into the West family. She did not deserve it!
She grabbed favonovel.com bag and fled. This was the first time favonovel.com had ever felt so cowardly and lost favonovel.com nerve to face something head on. Prior to this, favonovel.com had managed to joke and chat with Jackson because none of them had tried to venture through this invisible barrier. She didn’t know how to face favonovel.com anymore. Now, favonovel.com realized that the reason why favonovel.com didn’t feel ready for marriage was because favonovel.com heart already belonged to someone else… And that “someone else” was Jackson West! This was why favonovel.com had lost all of favonovel.com feelings for Ethan.
