Hearing those words, Jackson’s brows furrowed while looking at her.
‘I didn’t know she already had an idea about this,’ said Jackson at the back of his mind. ‘Her radars were stronger than I expected.’
But that isn’t the main reason why he didn’t want her to go inside, alone.
“The forest was dangerous,” he explained in a sincere tone. “I could feel the dark presence coming from the deep of the forest, and I don’t even have the confidence yet to explore it.”
He looked Irene in the eye and added, “I’m worried something bad might happen when you go inside.”
Irene’s stomach churned, knowing that Jackson was worried about her.
But it didn’t mean she was believing his words. She still knew Jackson was lying and hiding something from her.
‘I would only know what it was once I go inside the
