Chapter 109: The Assassin

At the dinner table. Jared sat next to Tina, tending to her every need throughout the meal. He passed her napkins when necessary, poured drinks when needed, and any dish that Tina glanced at a second longer would find its way into her plate the next moment. Truth be told, Tina certainly didn't take Hayden's earlier joke seriously, but Jared's over-attentiveness now seemed more like guilt. Marie, sitting across, observed her son's pitiable behavior with such frustration that she nearly snapped her fork in half. Men truly forget their mothers when they take a wife, she thought bitterly. She had raised Jared and had never seen him wait on her like this. When did she fail to notice her son's potential for such subservience? Her disdain for Tina grew, but it didn't matter, Logan would soon return to the capital, and Asher had already gone ahead to handle business matters. With Logan present, Marie didn't dare to trouble Tina, but once he left, who would stop her? Jared, after all, was h