However, Sophia managed to retain her senses.
A bitter smile crept up to her face and then she laughed mockingly.
"So what if you tell me about everything that happened five years ago? Even if I forgive you, will that
change anything? Will you leave Adriana? Will you stay with me without hesitation?"
Sophia already knew the answer.
It wouldn't change anything.
If the answer to all her questions were yes, then she wouldn't have been hurt five years ago.
That was why she didn't need to hear his explanation.
After all, was there a difference between whether it was explained to her or not? Although she
convinced herself like this, she still felt an unknown emotion stir in her heart.She wasn't completely
indifferent to the idea.
Was it anxiety or something else? Sophia couldn't deduce it.
A long slim finger pressed against her lips.
"Shh."
Patrick's thin pink lips started moving, releasing a deep husky voice as he said, "When we arrive at
Australia and you're still not happy with all of this, I promise that I will not force you and I will follow
what you want"
The temptation in his words was too great.
No matter how hard Sophia tried to disguise her real feelings, she had to admit that she hadn't
forgotten about what happened five years ago.
She wanted to know, but, at the same time, she was afraid to know.
It might seem contradictory and nonsensical, but that was the most accurate description of what she
was feeling at the moment.
Outside the shop across the hospital, the old stereo outside suddenly started playing.
It was a classic love song duet from the ‘80s.
"Love is a problem that makes people dizzy~"
"It may be possible to forget the pain, but it's not possible to forget you~"
"You have never really left.You're always here in my heart~"
"I still have feelings for you, but there's nothing I can do about myself~"
"Because like how I still have dreams, I still place you in my heart~"
"It's always easy to be moved by the memories, and it always hurts for you~"
Perhaps it was because the mood of the song matched Sophia's state of mind at this moment, but she
felt like the lyrics perfectly matched the description of her relationship with Patrick.
Eight o'clock at night.
Frostford City.
The crowds still bustled, the traffic was still knitted, and the lights from shops, streets, and cars still
flashed like flowing stars.
In the middle of high-rise buildings, two figures stood in the middle of it.
A woman was held tightly in the arms of a man, looking very intimate.
For quite a while, Sophia remained stunned on the side of the road.
Only when Patrick's car disappeared from her sight did she regain her senses.
She turned around, hesitantly took a step, and slowly walked towards the hospital building.
The image of his face was stuck in her mind.
She felt like her mouth was still full of his residual taste.
Deep inside, she still thought of the bittersweet words he had told her.
He said, "With every day that passes by, my melancholy deepens and my heart becomes emptier.I am
always distracted, even when I'm working.But it's not because I am thinking of you that I am often
distracted.It's because I am missing you."
She silently repeated to herself, ‘But it's not because I am thinking of you that I am often distracted.
It's because I am missing you’ She repeated to herself again, ‘But it's not because I am thinking of you
that I am often distracted.It's because I am missing you: Sophia took a deep breath as she berated
herself, ‘All he said were those cliche cheesy words.Why am I already like this?’ Sophia berated
herself.
It became obvious that she had underestimated herself.
Her mood inexplicably became a lot better.
If someone asked her who got her smiling like this, she wouldn't know how to answer.
When Sophia entered her mother's ward, she saw her mother standing by the open window as she
looked outside.
At that angle, Maria could see the entrance of the hospital where Patrick had hugged her daughter.
She walked over towards her mother's bed.
Her hand reached for her mother's hand that rested on the windowsill.
It felt a bit cold and almost didn't feel like a living person's temperature.
Maria turned around and withdrew her hand.
Without a smile on her face, she went to her bed and sat on its edge.
Sophia thought she might have felt cold so she hurriedly closed the window.
With no smile on her face, she walked to the bedside and sat down.
Sophia thought that she had caught a cold and hurriedly closed the window.
She told her mother, "The wind is cold at night.Don't always stand by the window and expose yourself
to the cold wind outside."
After Sophia closed the window, she walked to her mother and sat down next to her.
There was a smile on her face as she said, "Are you angry? I had something to do earlier, so I came
late"
"You don't even have a boyfriend.Is there anything that can even delay you?"
Maria's tone was cold.
Sophia didn't reply right away.She tucked her mother's scattered hair behind her ears.
It was only now did she realize how much her mother had changed.
Maria lost a lot of weight and now looked way more haggard than before.
Her originally shiny black hair had turned dull and some of the strands turned white.
Sophia felt her eyes sting.
She tilted her bady, leaning on her mother's shoulder, closing her eyes in satisfaction as she felt her
warmth.
"Mom, you're good enough for me.I just know that even if I remain single for the rest of my life, as long
as I have you and Emma with me, I'm happy"
Maria's face was a little pale.
She sighed and said, "That's enough then.Hurry and get up, your head is so heavy"
Sophia pretended to not hear her.
On contrary, she hugged Maria even tighter and rubbed herself to her mother like a spoiled child.
"Ah, sweetie, it's not that Mom wants to talk about you.It has been a few years, and you are always like
this.Is it so difficult to find a suitable partner? What will you do if Mom doesn't wake up one day?"
Maria choked a few times when he said this.
Sophia tilted her head.
The tears she tried to hold back escaped from the corners of her eyes, falling on her mother's shoulder.
Her arms were still tightly wrapped around her mother and her hands were rubbing back and forth on
one side of her mother's arm in an attempt to comfort her.
"Mom, don't always worry about me.I'm fine.All you have to do is take care of yourself and relax.Okay?"
Maria nodded, and her hand stroked Sophia's face.
"My poor child."
Her mother's hands felt warm and kind.
She really wanted to snuggle in her mother's arms forever, fantasizing that she was a child again.
She silently prayed in her heart.
'Mom, as long as you're healthy and safe, I'm willing to give up my lifespan in exchange for a hundred
years of good life for you! It was already ten o'clock in the evening when Sophia left the hospital.
Originally, Sophia wanted to stay in the hospital for the night.
Anyway, she could just directly go to the company the next day.
Maria firmly refused.
First, there was no bed for her in the ward.
Second, Maria felt that Sophia always had a fresh face which was one of the reasons why she couldn't
find a boyfriend.
By fresh, she didn't mean it positively.
Maria meant she was plain and she should at least change into good clothes and wear light make-up.
She had plenty of male colleagues in the company.
There was a chance- a chance that someone would like her.It was said that.
‘Mother is always right.Even if she's wrong, she's right’ Sophia didn't mean that Maria was wrong but
that she finally understood the latter part of that saying.
When she got home, Sophia took a simple shower, then lay on the bed.She took out her mobile phone
and sent a message to Fiona.
Sophia: [Princess Fiona, are you asleep?]
As Sophia felt it wasn't enough, she added two smiling faces at the end of her message.Fiona did not
take long to reply.
Fiona: [Not yet.Why? Does Miss Hills have any instructions?]
Sophia looked at the bright screen, thought for a long time, and typed a series of words.
Sophia: [Today, I was assigned to go with Patrick to the construction site to patrol the project.I wore
short heels and walked on an uneven road which resulted in my feet getting blisters.He probably
noticed that I was uncomfortable, so he took me to his sister.Then his sister gave me new footwear.I've
known him for so long, yet I never knew that he had a sibling.You tell me, isn't that so tragic? ]
Five minutes after Sophia sent the message, Fiona still hadn't replied.Sophia assumed that she had
fallen asleep so she was about to send a good night message when Fiona sent a message over.
Fiona: [I just went to the bathroom and found out that my monthly visitor came to see me.Is his sister
beautiful? To be honest, since Patrick is so handsome, his sister must not be bad.Fickle emoji.Fickle
emoji.]
Sophia frowned, her fingers quickly typed a series of words on the keyboard.
[Shouldn't your focus be on the fact that he has a sibling? Surprise emoji.]
When Fiona received the message, she quickly replied.
[Then let me ask you, five years ago, besides knowing that his mother was in poor health and that his
father was an official who failed in his business venture, what else do you know? What else did he tell
you?]
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