After lunch, Jefferson felt guilty that he needed to lie once again. He wanted to be alone for a moment so he excused himself and went to the garden to light a cigarette. He wasn’t a smoker, but there are times when he needed a stick to relax himself. He just sat there, blowing the smoke from the cigarette, and thinking of the best possible action that he must take to stop Leah from blackmailing him. He has rummaged his brain for a long time but still he couldn’t come up with a solution – unless he would open up to Gabriella and tell her the truth!

She watched the...