Jeffrey was utterly shell-shocked.

His words came to an abrupt halt.

Langston was wide-eyed as he glanced between Mr. Turner and Aunt Karen.

Abigail, blissfully unaware, had been too preoccupied with her candy to notice anything amiss. But once the silence sunk in, she edged closer to Langston, "Brother, what's wrong with Aunt Karen?" Langston quickly clamped a hand over her mouth. "Uh... Mr. Turner, Aunt Karen, I'm going to check why mom hasn't come in yet with Abigail!" With that, he whisked Abigail off by the hand and darted out.

Abigail leave, Karen snapped back to reality and stood up abruptly. "Enjoy your meal, I'm heading home." Before she

of pregnancy. I've taken pills for prevention." "l wasn't actually—" "Even if I did sleep with my blind date and got pregnant, I wouldn't come to you. You can record that for evidence!

reasons Jeffrey couldn't fathom—seeing as he prided himself on being a gentleman who wouldn't speak so harshly to a lady —whenever he was around Karen, it was as if his mouth disconnected from his brain and started spouting nonsense! "Hold on a sec! Let me get this straight..." Jeffrey's face still bore the bright imprint of a slap, and his recent car accident injuries were yet to

didn’t immediately storm off. Instead, she stood there, watching him as if waiting to see what else he could possibly

frustration, licked his dry

am I supposed to chase you?" He had been holding back for a week! He hadn't called Karen and hadn't loitered under her apartment, forcing himself to

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