It was only until the ringtone was about to end that Danielle picked up and put the phone to her ear. “Hello?” “Dan…” It sounded like Noah had to drum up his voice with some effort, and then an eerie silence followed. Danielle frowned. “Did you need something?” “I just really needed to hear you
Karl came back home after running some errands. When Danielle told him about her plans to get dinner with Hugo and Ava tomorrow, he only faintly grunted in response. Danielle assumed he was fine with that, so she proceeded to get up and head back to the room. That was when Karl grumbled, “That’s
Upon seeing this, Hugo rose abruptly and cut off Claire's view. He asked in a sharp voice, “Why are you here?” “Who is she?” Claire pointed an accusatory finger at Ava and immediately started questioning Hugo. Hugo's expression darkened. Claire was reacting just as he expected her to. He had seen
She punched Hugo’s chest. “Give me back my youth. How dare you take my youth!” “Claire.” Hugo clenched his jaw tightly, feeling like he was going to lose it. “Just what do you want with me? You are the one who suggested that we should break up, then you turn around and call me a scumbag. I've had
Claire cried out rabidly, “Do you think I’m scared of you? I'm not scared of you. I’m not afraid of going to jail!”“Go on then, show me what you are going to do to me! When you go to jail, there will finally be someone who will put you in your place and educate you on behalf of our society. Once yo
Hugo realized that Claire was about to start acting up again and quickly turned to the trio standing across from him, “Everyone, I am very sorry for ruining the lunch. I promise that I’ll make it up the next time. I’m not going to cause any more trouble for you all, so I’ll be leaving first.” With
“You don’t understand?” Danielle nodded abruptly. Indeed, she did not understand. Karl poked her forehead again. “The reason Hugo doesn’t fight back is because he’s someone who values sentiments. He thinks that he has a sense of emotional and rational responsibility toward Claire because of how lo
Danielle gave him a gloomy look. “Why are you so difficult to reason with?” Upon seeing her fed-up expression, Karl smiled faintly. “I only rank things in terms of urgency. What you want is not urgent in the grand scheme of things.” “The number of advisors in each department has been carefully acc