Chapter 243. Substitute

"Lima, what do you want to drink?" Jackson asked, as he sat alone with Lima now.

Maya and Elk had gone somewhere else, and Rish had joined Levi on the dance floor.

He wanted to use this as an opportunity to chat a bit because, as he had talked with Maya before, he was sure there was a lot he needed to discuss, or at least a little, with Lima.

"You look different today. Is there something you want from me? You trying to talk or offer me a drink doesn't match your usual behaviour, Jackson," Lima was a bit taken aback.

At first, she thought he was joking when he said he would buy her a drink, but now it seemed like a different case.

He clearly initiated a conversation with her. It had been so many years since she had rejected him and he had accepted it; not once had he tried to hold a conversation with her since.

She still remembered how easily the rejection went, though she thought it wouldn't hurt, but it did.

After that, she was never able t