Chapter 94

Jeremiah locked eyes with Leon, his stance making it clear that he was ready to fight him to the end. "I know you like Victoria. I don't know what excuse you used to make her unaware of your feelings, but I'm certain that you love her." Leon's thin lips parted slightly. Jeremiah replied casually, "Vick is so outstanding. Who wouldn't like her?" Leon enunciated each word with deliberate precision, "I'm talking about romantic love between a man and a woman." "Using romantic love to define what we have is too narrow. The bond I share with her and Susie surpasses all emotions that exist in this world." Jeremiah took a step closer and stopped just a foot away. His gaze shifted briefly to Victoria's face, her eyes shut as she rested in Leon's arms. Leon's deep, unreadable eyes remained fixed on him. In a situation like this, Jeremiah should have admitted his feelings for Victoria. That would have been the easiest way to provoke him. Yet he did not. "You say all this, yet you're just a