FORBIDDEN PASSION: Sold to My Uncle, Loved by His Son
“And when were you eventually planning to tell me?”
“Soon, Jade, I'm sorry you had to find out this way,” he said silently, his palms on my face, his thumb brushing across my face.
I shouldn't get angry at Jackson; this is what Atlas wants for confusion and fighting to happen, but I would prove him wrong.
My hands are clenched at my sides as I replay the scene in my mind. Atlas was trying to belittle me, but then Jackson came like a superhero defending me.
Of course, Jackson was wrong for me to find out about my mother's death like this, but then he was my true hero; his presence was like a shield, and he never hesitated to stand up for me.