Chapter 393

Sophia lowered her head, her dark eyes filled with complexity. "Joshua must have already known about his cancer at that time, which was why there was such a look of finality in his eyes when he jumped. He must have truly wanted to die," she thought. Sophia felt the grip on her heart tightening, the sharp, bone-deep pain spreading through her limbs, making it hard to breathe. Her mind kept replaying the image of his broken body when he fell to the first floor, and she couldn't help but think of jumping down herself to feel what he had felt. She thought about it—and resolved to do it. She pulled open the balcony's glass door with great force, and the cold wind rushed in, howling past her ears. Her hands, still at her sides, instinctively clenched. The voice urging her to jump grew louder in her mind. "Jump! If you do, you'll understand just how much pain Joshua felt when he fell! "Sophia, you've always thought you couldn't truly empathize with Joshua. If you jump now, you'll feel