"Better than you?"

Jean raised her brow and laughed out loud. "You're really funny, Mr. Lawrence-you're even more of a gaslighter than those business owners. You make it sound nice, but how many people are there in this world who are really better than you?"

"Ahem. I'd say... there are way too many." Frank rubbed his nose. "You really know how to flatter a man, Jean, but I'm just a man who married into his wife's family and was then chased away."

"Fine, no more joking around." Jean's expression turned solemn as she stared fixedly at him. "I've probed Winter enough to see that she's serious about you. But if you care about Winter, you shouldn't have shown up today or flaunted yourself so much. Now that you've done it, you have to take responsibility-do you understand that, Mr. Lawrence?"

Frank was left embarrassed, however.

Winter was so much younger, and his mentor entrusted her to his care.

If he got any funny ideas, his mentor would definitely give him a thorough beating when it was his time.

my mentor if our

"Ahhh !!!"

from the hall-it

leapt to his feet

her sad. You should've been ready for that when you sought

Bang!

open the doors of the hall to find Bill standing in the ground, grabbing Winter by the hair as he forced her

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