She found herself unable to retort, yet still felt unwilling to accept it.
She could only look at him intently: "I-I don't mean to insist. If you persist, then... let it be!"
With that, she turned around and left, almost running down the stairs.
Norton Abyss did not pursue her, standing still at the staircase corner, leaning against the handrail, staring downstairs, motionless for a long time...
The next morning, everything was as usual. Fiona Schmidt continued her morning run, seemingly unaffected, appearing quite calm on the surface.
In fact, only she knew that she didn't sleep well, lying awake until dawn.
The man's words last night undoubtedly sentenced her, all that initiative, all that creating opportunities with her sister-in-law, now seemed self-delusional and unbearably embarrassing!
