"You think I said I didn't like you because I wanted to protect you?" Jalen couldn't understand Elaina. Why would she think that way?
Elaina frowned. She had sensed the mockery in Jalen's words. Obviously, Elaina's guess was wrong.
Elaina took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "It's not like you haven't done this before."
"It was before." Jalen's face darkened. It was exactly because he had done it before that he felt ashamed.
Jalen thought, I actually made every effort to protect a woman?
At that time, Jalen hadn't solved his psychological issue. He wasn't sensible back then, so he did it. Now that Jalen became lucid, he wouldn't do it anymore.
"So, you really don't like me now?" Elaina asked. She couldn't accept this fact.
"Yes. I don't like you." Jalen nodded without hesitation.
"I don't understand. What made you change so quickly?" Elaina thought, could it be that Jalen was lying before? But why?