From Roxanne’s expression, Colby understood everything. He chuckled bitterly in a self-deprecating manner.

Roxanne lifted her eyes to him. “And so, you came up with this idea?”

Even then, she wasn’t willing to believe that the gentle and elegant man who had helped her tremendously would do such a thing.

Alas, her skepticism when things had come to that merely made Colby feel all the more insulted. “If I hadn’t done all this, would you have noticed me? Do you know how much I’ve given up all these years just to have you see me? Do you think I’m really only capable of being your second, considering my capabilities?”

Every single word out of his mouth hit Roxanne squarely in the chest.

Only then did she realize how much she had overlooked all these years.

I’m already the top traditional medicine practitioner in Chanaea, and he’s about on par with me. In fact, Professor Lambert even praised him once. He has the capability of branching out and handling things on his own. Yet, he has always been my partner. I always thought that Professor Lambert specifically arranged for us to be together because he trusted us. Never had I imagined such a reason behind it all.

only thing I did?”

her gaze

“Haha! It turns out that you don’t even know what I’ve done! You only investigated the incident

I just trusted you too much,” Roxanne explained on

don’t trust me so much! I don’t want you to look at me with the same expression all the time. You smile at them and cry because of them, but when it comes to me, you’re forever acting professionally. Am I not even worthy of being your friend? Do

marred Roxanne’s countenance. For a moment, she didn’t quite know how

she awkwardly asked, “Other than this, what else did you

then, Colby had already put

“I’m not going to tell you that. Anyway, I’m going to leave this place soon. You’ve never seen me all

fists, her expression as grim as ever. “Don’t

almost

“Why must you do this, Colby? You could’ve just talked to me directly. Why did you have to use

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