"Even if you were to tell me, why did you insist on my coming to you?" she whispered. "Let's wait until Joshua comes…."
"It involves my mother, and I don't want anyone to know about it, especially Joshua," he said in a deep tone. "Hazel, I'm just trying to convince you one last time. Even if I lied to you before, do you suspect I'd hurt you?"
Looking at his wounded face, she could not help freezing a little. Indeed, Simon had done some outrageous things before, but at least he had never intended to hurt her. She was really a little ruthless by being so wary of him.
"Good." she opened her mouth. "If you can't convince me, stay."
His eyes flashed, and he finally nodded.
"Madam…" Jaxson stopped her in a hurry.
Her lips twitched, and she said, in a voice, only both of them could hear, "Jaxson, I'll try to stay away from him. As soon as you see, he has any unusual movement, give orders to shoot at him!"
