Chapter 324

In the end, Edson had been the one to return the bag, while I had gone to the hospital alone to get my wound treated. Later, he had come back with a bag of fruits, saying it had been a gesture of gratitude from Sophia. I had been secretly pleased for several days after that. Around the same time, I realized my ring had gone missing and asked Edson if he had seen it. He told me he hadn't and suggested I search for it carefully. I had ended up combing through the street a few times but couldn't find it. Once I had recovered, I had gone to find Sophia again, but what I had witnessed broke me—Sophia and Edson were holding hands. Suppressing the complex emotions surging within me, I finally spoke after a long pause, my voice hoarse. "Sophia, the one who helped you back then was me." "That's impossible!" She denied my words immediately, her tone cold. "The person who helped me back then was clearly Edson. Joshua, you're just making up lies to avoid exchanging yourself for Edison, are