"I'm afraid I can't." Veronica turned her head to the nurse calling her name and replied, "I'm taking a checkup, Jaxon. When I prove I'm not lying, I hope you won't bother my life any more than you already have."

She knew she could never hurt Jaxon's feelings, so instead, she tried to go as far away from him as possible. But after what Helene told her... everything is starting to crumble.

"What? Are you—"

"Goodbye." Veronica shut the phone after the nurse shouted her name many times. She went over to the nurse as soon as possible and left Morgan at the sofa inside the office.

While Veronica was...