"Jared, I know from the start you never thought highly of Melody Thorne. This was all a mistake. Can you truly bear to watch me suffer without doing anything?" Mrs. Quinn sighed. "Do you remember when you were little, I put all my energy on you, favored you so much. Why can't you protect me just once now?"
Jared Quinn lit a cigarette, standing upright with his tall frame. This was the first time in years he had spoken heart-to-heart with Mrs. Quinn.
Smoke rose slowly from the corner of his thin lips. "You're wrong. I was interested in her from the beginning; she was just too naïve. It made me feel guilty to even touch her. I've never met such a pure woman, wholeheartedly focused solely on me.
So, I feared that if I showed too much care, she would become a victim of jealousy and be harmed. I could only have someone silently protect her. To be precise, since she married into the Quinn Family, my attitude has always been implicit. From that time, I've been protecting her!"
