Chapter 52

Olivia stopped in her tracks. She couldn't think of anything important enough for Jasper to come down personally just to tell her. "Sage will be coming later." She didn't know what her expression looked like at that moment—only that her heart clenched in sharp, repeated spasms of pain. It was her family's gathering, yet Sage was coming over. In what capacity? Was it as Jasper's lover or as Emilia's future stepmother? The whole thing felt absurd, almost laughable. Just a moment ago, she'd even thought that compared to Oliver, Jasper wasn't entirely irredeemable. The very next second, Jasper slapped her in the face with this news. Right. He was a man she'd started comparing to trash. How good could he possibly be? "Is this your condition for coming to this gathering?" Olivia asked, though she didn't even want to hear another word from him. She knew Jasper wasn't asking her opinion—he was simply informing her. She replied coldly, "Got it." Couldn't he even bear to be apart from S