Dumbfounded beyond belief, the eldest heir of House Nox thought he could hear a high-pitched ringing in his ears because... the guy had just said what now?!
But unlike the shock currently washing over him, the person encroaching on his personal space didn't seem fazed in the slightest.
Instead, Jackson Taylor, in all his glory, simply continued, his voice dropping into a low, lingering rumble.
"I was the only one who didn't get to see or hear any of it. They said even Izzie's eyes were open. When you think about it that way, how could I possibly not take it to heart?"
"...?! You..." The struggling official blinked, his chest heaving as he struggled to make sense of what he'd just heard. "Are you saying that your problem is that you didn't get to hear it for yourself?!"
