Alec immediately turned to look out the window. Even Greg stepped on the brakes, bringing the car to a sudden halt.
“Where?” Alec asked gently.
Irina rubbed her eyes, trying to focus. “I… I don’t know…”
Where had that figure gone? She hadn’t even blinked. How could it just vanish?
Alec remained quiet for a moment.
Then, wrapping his arms around her, he pulled her into a gentle embrace and pressed a kiss to the top of her head.
“Sometimes,” he murmured, “no news is the best news. Your mother… she’s a strong woman. Back when your father was sick and you were still a child, she held everything together. She carried the weight of the world on her shoulders and never faltered.”
“And when Nicholas imprisoned her, she didn’t give in. She found a way to influence the Lin family’s servants, convinced them to help her escape. That kind of woman doesn’t just disappear without a reason. She doesn’t yield easily to fate. And you—you’re just like her.”
Sandaling tumigil si Alec, mainit at matatag a
