The Wrong Woman

Imogen's question left Jasper stunned.

He hadn't expected her to be so straightforward, even though her face was flushed red. Her gaze remained steady, and she quietly looked into his eyes as she urgently sought an answer.

Jasper felt his mouth go dry, so he picked up the glass on the table and took a sip of water to moisten his throat. He couldn't help but look away to avoid her gaze.

Imogen continued to ask, "Do you have feelings for someone else, or is there something you can't tell me?"

Feeling nervous, Jasper blurted out, "No, there's no other woman."

Imogen let out a sigh of relief, feeling slightly reassured. She slowly said, "So, there's something you can't tell me?"

Jasper pondered for a moment, torn about whether he should be honest now. From Imogen's casual mention of divorce, it seemed he wasn't that important to her.

"Imogen, if I lied to you, what would you do?" Jasper asked cautiously.

Imogen's calmed heart immediately sank. She stared at him in shock.

So, he had lied to her?

Was he really gay, and she had unknowingly become his beard?

Her expression darkened as she felt even more furious.

Jasper quickly tried to salvage the situation. He

looked down at the spread of food on the table, her appetite

a serious tone, she said as she suppressed her anger, "If you lied to me about this, I won't

of loss, slowly clenching his

You can eat

left the table and headed to her

in his chair, he felt lonely. Staring

night mogen didn't leave

She couldn't sleep because she was troubled by the possibility that Jasper was hiding

demeanor showed that he was lying to her,

he could

truth.

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but shed tears. Despite their short

her alarm woke her up. Groggy, she got ready, dressing simply and

she saw Jasper placing breakfast on

gently said, "Good morning,