“Lene! Cut it out!”

Jasper snatched Selene’s phone from her grasp, his voice taut with urgency. “Samuel, don’t listen to her. Lene’s just joking around. I—”

But Jasper’s attempt to defuse the situation was futile. Samuel wasn’t so easily deceived.

“Didn’t I tell you before? You are not to meddle in Yvonne’s matters again. Jasper, have even my words become meaningless to you?”

Samuel’s voice was cold, ...