Unwavering Choice

"Long time no see. How have you been?" Tessa asked.

"Not bad," Jaxon replied with a faint smile, his gaze briefly drifting to Tessa's still-flat belly. 'Is she really carrying Vance's child inside her? Guess I truly don't stand a chance anymore,' he mused.

Jaxon's gaze shifted to Vance, a cold smirk on his face as he stepped up. "Tessa got targeted by your father in Valoria, yet she had to be the