"B-Boss, what are you saying? You cannot promise something like that…what would happen to me? I gave up so much for this town. My life has been spent caring for this place, so how can you promise this place to someone else?
How is that even fair to me?"
John asked in a scared and angry voice.
Eyes that had looked at Layla with benevolence and amazement until now suddenly looked angry. John was no longer her ally but an energy she needed to defend herself against.
'What a headache. I can tell that this was Adam's plan all along. He wanted to paint me as the enemy in this leader's eyes so that he could control this man.'
Adam had gotten even more shrewd since Layla had not seen him, and she would have totally let Luna ruin his face and body, but she caught her desire at the last second and locked it up.
Irritating or not, Adam was still the male protagonist who, because of the original story, had a halo of protection around him.
