Chapter 1076

"Jackson, do I have to conform to your desires, without having my own thoughts, my own concerns, and without ever making you angry?" Serenity asked. "You keep saying you love me, but have you ever respected me?"

Jackson stopped his movements, and he looked up at her. It seemed that all emotions had receded from his eyes, leaving behind only a deep, cold emptiness.

After a considerable pause, he finally responded, "Are you asking me to respect you?"

His voice was chilly and resonated with desolation throughout the room.

She smiled bitterly. "Never mind. That was foolish of me to say. If you truly respected me, you wouldn't have kept me locked up here."

"I can respect you, fulfill your every desire, do whatever you ask of me... As long as you can love me and stop thinking about or missing other men," he murmured.

For him, saying such words already meant he was in a subservient position.

However, Serenity responded indifferently, "Your respect for me seems to come with the conditi