Chapter 117

Was that how love worked? Where one of them was blinded by overwhelming emotions? Emotions that should have been experienced happily? Fathia still didn't know the answer.

Lost in her own thoughts, Fathia didn't realize that the door to the room had already been opened. When she turned, she was taken aback. She rose from her seat, adopting a cautious stance, and quickly reached for the emergency button nearby.

"Don't, Fathia," the figure spoke. His face looked tired and the lines of age were more prominent. "Uncle is asking you not to press it."

Fathia remained still. Her eyes locked onto her interlocutor. "Leave." Although the middle-aged man was flanked by uniformed men, and he looked weak and worn, his face reflecting much sadness, Fathia still couldn't bring herself to believe him.

In Fathia's eyes, he was nothing more than the most heartless and heartless person.

On this day, due to what had hap