Evans leaned on the bed, looking down at Marigold beneath him, his eyes filled with a blurry sense of anguish.
"You know that I still have feelings for you, yet you refuse to respond to me and repeatedly defy me. Is that how you treat your boss too?"
"No, Evans, listen to me..."
"I know about your relationship with Brian. Don't worry, I won't be jealous. As someone who has already been eliminated, what right do I have to be jealous?"
"But I genuinely hope you can give me another chance. Mary, no matter how this ends, I can accept it. But I really need an opportunity. I'm not the weak Evans Shore I used to be. I will prove that. At least I'm stronger than the boss who abandoned you and our family, fleeing on a helicopter."
