"You're not just feeling sorry for me!" She didn't believe it at all. "Don't lie to me—if it were only pity, you wouldn't care where I'm working now."
Ned kept staring at her.
The two of them stood there in silent deadlock.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Sophie felt a sharp pain in her chest. "Can't you just tell me the real reason?"
"I already told you—"
"Those are all lies. I don't believe them!" She locked eyes with him, her gaze firm and unshaken.
After a long pause, Ned looked at her coldly. "If you don't believe me, then there's nothing more for me to say." With that, he turned and walked into C&C…
Sophie, still with questions unanswered, stubbornly remained standing outside C&C. In the evening, a fine, dense drizzle began to fall from the sky.
