"But it was just good manners," she explained. "Besides, he's Lisa's friend!"

"I know, but you kept staring at him intently just now."

She then hastily explained, "I was… I was just curious, that's all, especially because he doesn't look like he could be Lisa's colleague. And besides, you're the man I love. I have absolutely no interest in any other man!"

His lips curled up into a smile as he looked at her. It was clear that he was tricking her into saying those words.

Once again, Serenity blushed. Jackson leaned a little closer to her, and with an irresistibly seductive and husky voice, he murmured, "Say it again, Serenity."

Her blush intensified. It did not matter how many years had passed. Her heart always raced, and she could never stop blushing when facing him like that, just as she had always been in the beginning.

"You're the man I love," she said.

"Again," he told her, his voice getting huskier, making her heart race even faster.

"You're the man I love," she repeated ju