ZORA—

I exhaled a breath of relief, helping him to get to his feet. "The fact that you admitted without arguing and promised to keep improving yourself means a lot to me—it shows that you're ready to do that," I said, and he let out a wry smile.

"Thank you for understanding me. Just with time, I promise you'd forget completely about that fool who goes about snatching people's wives and kids by the..."

"Excuse me?" I was shocked to my bone marrow. Why does he always refer to Jason as the bad guy who ruins people's relationships, forgetting that he was the one who ditched me away?

"Is there...