His handsome brow twisted into some kind of a ball. "Substitute? Of being insincerely polite? Is that what you think of my feelings for you all these years?"

"Isn't it?" Ivelle sneered and her anger was mixed with inexplicable grievances. She continued, "You think I don't know why you followed me again and again and didn't want to let go? It's because I am the daughter of the Biden family and I am the goddaughter of Orion Weld. Because of my various identities, you can have unimpeded access in the capital, even in our locale and abroad. Jordan, why do you have to pretend that you love me under the...