Chapter 126

Hue hushed her softly as he patted her back gently. "Love, they won't be able to hurt you anymore. Remember, I am with you. I will protect you from them," he whispered to her. Then, he kissed her head. "I won't let them take you away."

Jennet looked up, eyeing him with her red and wet eyes. Her wet eyelashes made her look innocent and... tempting.

"Don't betray me..." She said without averting her gaze. "Please don't betray me."

She looked like a child who had been forsaken and betrayed countless times by the people she trusted the most.

Hue saw fear and helplessness, that was boundless, reflecting in her eyes. He started to wonder what she had gone through before they met. Why would his better half have to be someone with such a sad life and even under his watch she still lives her life miserably?

"I won't betray you," Hue replied honestly. Then, he kissed her eyelids. "I won't betray you..."