Chapter 19 You Are Filthy

• Suddenly, Talia lost all her courage to move another step forward and approach Jasper. She knew that no matter how she explained it, she would not be able to remove the mud caught on her reputation from such a scandal, and Jasper would not believe an ounce of her words.
• Ten seconds of staring at one another felt like a century long.
• Within those seconds, Jasper did not do anything. There was no anger, no question—just nothing, like a blank wooden canvas.