CHAPTER 22

Aurelia hung up the phone after that and resumed eating her meal. She raised her head and looked at him after feeling his hand on her thigh.

"It will all be over soon, and you won't have to force yourself to say the words you don't want to say."

"I know; I am a very patient person."

"I understand, and I am grateful to be by your side. I am a fortunate man."

"As long as you know that then it is fine. If you ever consider looking at another woman, I promise you that I will ruin your life, lock your soul away, and make you my eternal slave."

"Aren't I already your eternal servant? My life and heart are already yours," Quinton abruptly confessed, causing Aurelia to blush profusely.

How could he say such things while she was joking around with him? She could tell he was serious by the look on his face; he meant every word he said. She could feel it, there was no smidgeon of a lie, and it really moved her.