Joe Heath fell silent, his gaze on Jasmine Yale filled with some heartache.
That Jasmine Yale truly tugged at his heartstrings.
He reached out to touch her cheek, brows slightly furrowed, "Jasmine, I don't wish for anything else, just for you to be happy. I know you won't find happiness with me, and similarly... you won't find it with Mr. Carbon either."
"You don't know me that well," Jasmine Yale replied indifferently. "I wouldn't be happy with Sylvan Cheney either..."
"His temper will change, give him a chance," Joe Heath smiled. "I sound like a matchmaker when really I should be taking you away from my big brother. This is the perfect opportunity."
To take advantage of someone's vulnerability, to loot a burning house.
He could entirely use this moment to snatch Jasmine Yale for himself, and as for Yukon Carbon, he was never a match for Joe.
Yet, paradoxically, he didn't want to anymore.
Some people, seeing her happy, mattered more to him than having her for himself.
