249 The Go-Ahead Signal

"Are you alright?" Thea asked a bit alarmed when she saw dark circles under Jeru's eyes during their breakfast. He seemed to be deprived of sleep.

'He must be worried about Keira,' she thought. "I'm sure Keira is safe. She's with Zach, and he won't let anything happen to her. Leon's body had multiple gunshot wounds on it, and I'm quite sure it was Zach who put them there," she comforted him.

Jeru sighed and unconsciously nodded in acknowledgment. He continued to eat, but then paused and murmured, "Don't mind me. I'm just exhausted from work. I left a lot of projects hanging when I was away."

'Liar!' his inner thought chided.

Yes, he was lying. The real reason for his sleepless nights was Thea's words in the morning of the day they registered their marriage.

"About my duties to you, as a wife… I really don't mind to do it. I mean, all of it..."