That scene unfolded before Topaz like a vivid painting, instantly clouding her gaze with bewilderment.
This child called Russell Daddy?
And just now, hadn't Ruan Mei seemed to be asking Russell to name her child?
She silently sipped her tea, her fingers trembling unconsciously like leaves quivering in the autumn wind. Her heart, like the tea swirling in her cup, rippled with wave after wave of emotion.
No—
Could her sense of time have gone wrong too?
Hadn't she been apart from Russell for only a short while?
How...
Had things changed this much?
Her hands and feet went ice-cold.
The sight made Miss Thrush cast her a sympathetic look.
Miss Topaz...
Had it pretty rough.
She had thought she was being warmly invited by someone she liked to visit what was likely his cozy hometown, and she had been full of anticipation and longing.
Who would have thought that the moment they met at the transfer station, she would discover he already had two children in tow?
Trying to put herself in Topaz's shoes—
Miss Thrush felt her vision blur, as though she were about to faint.
Moreover, when she carefully recalled all the women she had seen around Russell, that thriving, flourishing spectacle of life was truly staggering.
She should lend Topaz a hand.
It would count as indirectly helping Russell too.
Feeling Topaz's despair deeply, Miss Thrush cautiously picked up her phone and lightly tapped at the screen.
She rather liked Russell.
His way of being serious about major matters—at least from Miss Thrush's perspective—while being casual about minor ones was quite nice.
If possible, she still hoped he could stay away from Emanators and head toward a happy life.
"Russell and the Masked Fool's child was born because of a curse, and her mother seems to