Chapter: 2338

A flicker of hope ignited in Rowland's chest. "Okay!" "Don't agree so fast. I have some conditions for you." "Conditions? Like what?"

The smile Mia gave him didn't quite reach her eyes. "If I still refuse you after a month, you'll have to leave and go back home."

Rowland froze, her words slicing through the budding hope as a long silence stretched between them.

He didn't understand. Was this a trap? A slow, calculated way to push him away?

"You want me to leave, right?" He finally broke the silence.