Chapter 701

Scott stood near the stairs, watching. He observed the person sitting by the window, scrutinizing her changes in expression. While Connor was talking, numerous expressions appeared on her face, clearly telling him what she was thinking at that moment. When he saw the panic, incredulity, hesitancy, and struggle gradually turn into calm and rationality, he started to move his fingers on the phone. There was no surprise in his eyes nor any sense of loss. He seemed to have known how she would react a long time ago. There was no change in his expression at all. However, he looked at her eyes at that moment and the resolve within them. His eyes did not move as if nothing else around him mattered. Only her and him were there. He looked at her, never looking away. Naomi finished speaking and fell silent. Connor was silent as well. It seemed like neither of them had anything more to say. They could not move each other with words, and a sudden silence filled the air uncomfortably. It was