Chapter 10 Scars of violence

At the first light of morning, Edward was already sitting in the restaurant. The aroma of coffee and the sound of flipping through emails intertwined into the morning prelude. Victoria quietly sat down, and he seemed to have returned from afar overnight. Silence became a rare atmosphere between them. She, the chatterbox who always loved to chatter and share her daily life, chose to remain silent at this moment.

Edward was the first to break the silence: "I heard from my mother that you have been going to the hospital frequently recently. Is it to take care of your senior sister?"

"Yes, my mother is in poor health. We are afraid that she will worry, so we haven't told her the truth yet." Victoria responded softly, with a bit of worry in her eyes.