Chapter 136

Xavier immediately smacked himself in the cheeks, feeling like he had misspoken.

Jasper stared ahead, the manor's lights reflecting in his eyes. He could faintly hear laughter coming from the building. At that, his heart sank into an icy pit of hopelessness.

It seemed Alice was truly leaving an impression on Jonah Taylor's family.

Jasper had considered the Taylor family to be incredibly intricate. Winston Taylor had one wife before. But he had three wives now. None of them got registered at City Hall. They would surely make it tough for Alice to marry into the family. He'd thought she might give up then and there.

However, it seemed like he had thought wrong. It sounded like Alice was truly getting along with the rest of the Taylor family. He could hear their laughter even from this distance!

How close had they become …

Jasper was getting more distraught by the second. He had never felt so tense, so desperate. Even his breaths were becoming uneven.

"Do you have any cigarettes o