Chapter 97

Perhaps he was worried about her. But she was fine now, so why did he still have such a look in his eyes? However, what surprised her was that he knew about it the second year. “It seems the news had spread to Estaland,” Nina responded.

Scott continued. “That year, I came back once.”

Nina stared at him, unsure of what he was about to say, but he went on, returned to Estaland, without even getting a chance to say hello to you.”

“It’s okay. We weren’t that close back then,” Nina replied.

“But I quickly

Scott just smiled. “Yeah, we weren’t close like we are now. But looking back, I regret it. If I hadn’t gone abroad, things might have been different. I could have protected you when you were in danger, preventing you from getting hurt. They couldn’t have kidnapped you if I was there.”

“You have quite the sense of humor,” Nina didn’t take his words too seriously as they carried a half–joking tone.

from Mr. Walker that you later developed post–traumatic stress disorder and took nearly half a year to recover. It must have been tough

occurred shortly after he went abroad. Unfortunately, he

she was already doing much better, having entered the best high school in the city. Nina was still Nina, excelling in everything she

saved her, things might

choose that path.

enough to stand before her in the best

past now, and I’ve moved on,” Nina told him. “But I didn’t expect you to know so much about me–my preferences and

Walker,” Scott replied with a smile. “He only has you as his precious daughter, so naturally, he talks about you a lot. I just

also knew that her father always

and please don’t take my dad’s drunken words to

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hope it doesn’t put too much pressure on you. If he does it again, just tell him the truth–that

before–that he had someone he liked

about me. I

Nina was taken aback for

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