Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 868

Thomas was silent for a few seconds before he finally spoke.

“No. Actually… I’m rather happy.”

But despite his words, Sharon saw not the slightest trace of joy on his face.

She knew this was his private matter, something she had no right to probe. Yet, considering how many times he had saved her, it felt wrong to turn a blind eye.

So she asked softly, “Thomas, did you… remember something?”

It was the only explanation for his strange behavior-he must have recalled something from the past.

His hand, steady on the steering wheel, faltered ever so slightly. “Something like that.”

“Would you mind telling me?” she continued gently. “Maybe I could give you some advice. Of course, if it’s inconvenient, it’s fine too.”

The car fell into silence. Even the air seemed to still.

Sharon assumed he didn’t want to talk and didn’t press further. She turned her face toward the blur of scenery rushing past the window, her thoughts drifting to the upcoming international competition.

his voice broke the quiet. “I found the person I’ve been

His handsome face, caught between the flickering shadows

her mind, the image

she said, “That sounds like good news. So why do

his words in a depth of solitude that had nothing of his usual warmth. “In truth, that so-called

pressed in from all sides, my mind on the verge of collapse. I could feel it-either I

even thought

didn’t

through shadows. Her despair

1/2

+15 Bonus

the same edge of madness, the same

had. She had no right to call him cruel. If she had suffered the same wounds he carried, perhaps she

an elder sister’s, slipped into

on the road. “Afterward, I met someone playing the violin

already accepted that his fate would mirror

froze for a

loved