"Of course you're the most important one. The planting is just incidental."
Paige Summers's heart skipped a beat. His knowing gaze, as if he had already seen through her secret, was deeply unsettling. She forced herself to suppress her shock. "Too bad you can't have your cake and eat it too. You don't actually think I'd tell you my planting method under these circumstances, do you? Besides, it would be useless even if I told you. Without seeds, it's all just empty talk."
"We have seeds, of course." Shawn Monroe stared at her with a faint smile. "Something so important… I'm sure you must have a stockpile in your space, don't you?"
'A stockpile…'
Paige Summers slowly let out a breath of relief.
'So, he only knows I have a space, not that it's a Planting Space.'
But before she could fully relax, Shawn Monroe spoke again. "As for the planting method, you'll naturally tell me. Unless you don't want Mrs. Lowell to stay alive."
Paige Summers's pupils constricted. "You captured her?!"
