Alan didn't say anything as he stared at Ike.

Ike glared at him. "Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"

"Ike, didn't you enjoy the cookies that Dr. Ophelia made? You shouldn't be so rude to someone who offered you hospitality.

"I feel like Mr. Maxwell is happier than before. There's nothing bad about that."

"You're a fool. Don't you know that a forced relationship never ends well?

"Besides, if Mr. Maxwell falls hopelessly in love, his enemies will tear him to pieces. A man like him can't have any weaknesses."

"Even if it isn't Dr. Ophelia, he might fall for some other woman. You can't just expect Mr. Maxwell to be single forever."

Wayne led Olivia to a dilapidated old building with ease. The house would be easily flattened by a typhoon if it was built near the ocean.

There were no elevators in the building, and there were countless ads posted by the stairwell. There were all sorts of odors in the building.

Wayne stopped before a wooden door. He took out a key from under a potted plant to open the door.

to where he used to live. She hadn't expected to see such a

was quite

neither floor tiles nor wooden floorboards on the ground, just bare concrete

covered

in the house. They weren't any famous breeds, but all of them

and there was

the ancient television was

of the house had very deft

there were always people who were willing

normal housing unit

of the house should be quite old. "I

some old photos on the side. They were of a middle-aged woman

Wayne's eyes. He had a defiant

woman wearing a floral shirt paired with a green skirt

seemed to be around 60 years old, but her figure and demeanor resembled that

of vegetables as she

"Wayne, you're back!"

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