"My apologies will only ease the burden on my heart, Miss," continued Colt Vespertine. "I assure you I won't do anything like that to you again. Whatever you decide I will accept. But what will happen after this, I can't tell you."
Emmeline frowned. "What do you mean, Mr. Vespertine?"
Colt sighed. "Darren can do anything out there. And that's certainly out of my control."
Emmeline looked away for a moment. She sighed.
"He has a personal problem with you. What exactly happened, you know better." Colt looked at Emmeline carefully as he said that. His gaze was even more focused than before. His expression was full of thought.
Emmeline cleared her throat softly. "Em—" Emmeline glanced at Colt for a moment. Instead of continuing the discussion about Colt's last statement, Emmeline asked, "
