staring at Susan's hands, Sigrun asked in surprise, "Ms. Susan, your hands..." "Vivi, can you go downstairs to buy a bottle of detergent? Sigrun can go with you." Suddenly, Kurt came out of the kitchen and asked Vivian to buy something for him.

Vivian agreed to it right away.

Then, she skipped happily toward Sigrun and grabbed her arm to leave the house.

Susan heaved a sigh of relief after they left.

Just as Susan wanted to return to her room, she heard Kurt's voice from the kitchen.

"There are some Band-Aids in the wine cabinet. You should treat your wounds."

Susan was a little taken aback, for Kurt could seemingly see her even though his back was facing her.

Moments later, Susan slowly came up to the wine cabinet. She opened the drawer and took out two pieces of Band-Aids.

After treating her wounds, Susan came to the kitchen and offered to lend Kurt a hand. "Kurt, let me help you."

Kurt neither agreed nor declined as he continued working.

As Susan was wiping the plates with a dry towel, she couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked, "Kurt, can you tell me... what has happened to him?"

"What do you mean?" Kurt, who was busy washing the dishes, asked Susan back calmly.

was the final straw on the camel's back, and she found she couldn't suppress her emotions any longer. In an

was smart enough to know that Kurt had helped her ease the situation by asking Sigrun to leave the house. As such, it was logical

sick. After returning from the company, he locked himself in his room, just like how he did for three days after Duncan died. However, this time, he locked himself in his room

Crash!

a plate fell from

of his

"What happened?"

trembled violently, Susan dared not turn around and merely stood

down to pick up the shattered pieces

I accidentally broke

get some rest. Why don't you hire a housemaid to

could tell that Ian still cared about

realize that his words were like piercingly sharp

pain was excruciating, so much so that Susan's

Susan asked

the end, Kurt decided to tell Susan the truth. "Worrying that something would happen to Ian, I got a psychiatrist to check up on him. The psychiatrist advised US to erase his painful memories, given that he has a hereditary disease. When he was soberer, I asked if he

voluntarily. Since Susan had said that her relationship with Ian was over, he decided to give her

even remember how

she knew was that the sky was completely dark when she

Susan spent in a foreign country was surprisingly silent. Slowly, she stood up from the floor and walked

her dog, which was tethered to a post

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