Her eyes were a little misty. She trembled slightly and kissed him on the lips as her reply to his remark.

His eyes had a deep and distant look, he turned away from her kiss. Hazel was in a daze, Joshua had never done that before.

“Hazel,” he said quietly as his fingers slid gently across her cheek. “Do you really not trust me?”

“Huh?” She was nervous instantly.

“No matter how you teased me before, you were just joking, not really because you always remembered our agreement with ...