Lucas Rhodes remained silent for a long time, until Jasmine Jennings, unable to tolerate Ivy Vaughn any longer, was about to deliver a fifth slap. He grabbed Jasmine's wrist, his voice dry, "Jasmine, don't..."
Jasmine stopped, let go of Ivy, turned around, and flung off Lucas's hand. Though she wasn't as tall as Lucas, requiring her to look up at him, her expression in front of this man with the baby face who had always been especially good to her was one of superiority.
"You want to help her?"
Without waiting for Lucas to speak, Jasmine continued, "See what I mean, haven't you already been helping her all this time?"
"If I, your so-called girlfriend, hadn't accidentally come by this time, who knows when I'd have discovered your hidden affair."
Lucas immediately tried to explain, "No!"
Jasmine dismissed him coldly with disdain, "Enough."
"Do you know when she eavesdropped on us? Why didn't you say anything?"
