"I prefer to go straight in," Nick Cage said.

She wanted to wait for Nick Cage's hand to stop touching her skin. But it was not until the atmosphere in the air was filled with tension that she began to panic.

Without much thought, she took a step back from the touch of his hand.

"It's all right. All of those happened a long time ago. Thank you for your concern," Veronica Parker's words felt like she was distancing herself from Nick Cage.

Nick Cage's dark eyes stared at her for a moment.

With some tears in her eyes, Veronica Parker walked past him as she ready herself to leave...