Chapter 60: Mary’s RecompenseIvanka supported Mary as they arrived at Edric’s room, then turned back, leaving some private space for the two young people. Mary watched Ivanka’s lonely retreating figure and wondered how many people, aside from her mother and Ivanka, had loved her father with such sincerity and devotion.Faced with such genuine love, Mary was curious how her father had been able to maintain such a cold demeanor back then.Thinking of the man inside the room, separated from her by only a door, who was also giving her a devoted love, Mary felt that she could not be as indifferent as her father had been, pretending to see nothing.Mary knocked on the door a few times and gently pushed it open as she stepped inside. She had thought Edric would still be lying on the bed resting, but to her surprise, she saw him sitting up, reviewing documents with his secretary.When he saw her enter, Edric’s face lit up with joy as if he had just found money on the ground. He hurriedly tri
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