Chapter 337

“Why?” “Why what?” “Didn’t you say you’d never abandon the kids again?” Jay stared intently at her. Rose averted her gaze, not daring to lock eyes with him. “Look at me.” Jay’s tone commanded obedience. Rose had no other choice but to follow. “I can look past any mistakes you make, but don’t you dare abandon your children.” Jay shut his eyes, suppressing as much of his emotions as possible. Rose blurted out, “I won’t abandon them.” She said it with conviction. Jay’s eyes shot open to reveal a fiery gaze. His sharp eyes darted across Rose’s serious expression. “But you’ve already abandoned them, though?” he said coldly. Rose’s lips twitched to counter, though she remained silent in the end. In her mind surfaced memories of Zayne. He was ever so vain yet shed his expensive status to start his business. She recalled the loneliness in her mother’s eyes and the helpless despair in her father’s eyes as her stepmother mocked him. This was the same man who had once shaken