"Suddenly," the temperature in the room froze into ice, and a flood of danger instantly filled the space.
Leon Rivers glanced up, meeting Jared Quinn's eyes that were sharp as knives, and his heart skipped a beat. This man could forsake even his closest brother for his woman.
He was doomed.
"Missy, you can carelessly eat, but you absolutely cannot speak carelessly," Leon Rivers wailed, "I swear to the heavens, I absolutely haven't seen it. If I had seen it, may I be struck by lightning five times."
His wailing did nothing, and instead, Melody Thorne's brow furrowed tighter and tighter until she finally announced an exact date, "October 12."
Leon Rivers said, "Impossible, I absolutely haven't seen it."
Melody Thorne wasn't lying. It was on that day after Ivy made her unconscious and sent her to Leon Rivers, though she was mistaken by one day.
"Which year?" Jared Quinn asked, his entire being radiating an intimidating aura.
