Jackson's lips pursed unhappily. "If he's really moved on, I don't think he'd be talking about the next life with you."

"That was just him looking for emotional comfort," Serenity replied. "Who knows if reincarnation is even a thing?"

"Suppose it is real though," he posed. "In your next life, would you give him a chance to be with you?"

"Are you getting jealous?" she teased him lightheartedly.

"Yeah, I am," he confessed solemnly.

Serenity was a little taken aback. She reassured him earnestly, "If there really is a next life, then I hope that in that life, it's still you that I meet. I'm not the one meant for Lucas. Someday, he'll find a woman who truly deserves his love and loves him back."

Jackson's lashes fluttered as he embraced her, rubbing his cheek tenderly against hers. "In our next lives, I'll make sure to meet you early on and protect you with my life. I won’t let any harm come to you."

His soothing voice wrapped around her heart like a warm embrace. Serenity smiled swe