Chapter 41
When I returned to the manor, I was clearly in low spirits.
Nina, who came to greet me, saw my expression, and her eyes filled with concern.
She reached out to stroke my hair, her tone caring.
"Dear Sonya, what's wrong? You don't look very happy. Did something happen? Maybe you can open up and talk to me about it."
Nina was the person I trusted most in this manor. There was nothing I couldn't tell her.
The two of us sat in the garden, and I told Nina what had happened that afternoon.
After hearing it, Nina immediately slammed the table and said angrily, "How could someone like that ever be satisfied? He'll definitely try every way possible to keep asking you for money. You need to make him understand you don't have five hundred thousand, otherwise he'll definitely ask you for even more money later."
I sighed, resting my face in my hands, looking at the angry Nina, and shaking my head helplessly.
I said, "There's nothing I can do about it. If I really tell Kane, and Kane goes to find him, he might rather die than tell me where my mother's ashes are."
Nina probably remembered just how despicable Luca was, and she lost confidence, too.
"Sonya, honestly, I thought being with Kane would at least get you everything you wanted, not burden you with all this pain."
As Nina spoke, tears unconsciously rolled down her face.
I reached out and patted Nina's head, comforting her instead, "It's okay. At least now I have something to bargain with to make Luca hand over my mother's ashes. If it were before, it would definitely be a long way off, with no end in sight."
Hearing my words and confirming that my expression looked normal, Nina finally smiled too.
"But seriously, the lesson you gave Luna and Swamp was so satisfying."
Nina had been bullied by them plenty in the past, so knowing I had taught Luna and Swamp a lesson made her very happy.
"We really don't have to be bullied anymore, and we don't have to eat those leftovers. Because of you, I got this good life. Dear Sonya, I hope you can be truly happy." Nina held my hand and said this from the bottom of her heart.
A true good friend, when they've gained happiness and wealth, will still worry about whether you're really happy.
That was something Nina had once said to me.
Her behavior now was exactly as she had said. She wasn't tempted by this enormous wealth, but was thinking about my true feelings.
"Don't worry, Nina. I'm willing to stay by Kane's side, not because I'm compromising, but because I've thought it through."
Nina could tell whether I was speaking from my heart when I said these things.
Seeing my sincere expression, the worry in Nina's eyes finally slowly faded away.
I picked up a colorful macaron from beside me and put one in Nina's hand.
"Something this delicious, we should eat it quickly."
After spending a pleasant time with Nina, the gloom that Luca had brought to my heart was swept away.
Soon, it was time to part again, and I had to say goodbye to Nina in the evening. Nina had just left when Kane pushed open the manor door.
I smelled a very strong perfume on him.
The perfume wasn't harsh, but rather quite high-end.
My smile froze on my face, and I unconsciously went to bite my lip again.
But I forgot that my lip already had a wound, and I immediately let out a soft cry of pain.
Hearing my cry of pain, Kane's expression changed, and he immediately walked up to me.
He glanced coldly at my lips, then looked at Athena behind me.
Without Kane asking, Athena spoke up, "This afternoon, I accompanied Miss Sonya to her family's place and taught a lesson to those people who bullied her. Maybe it was then that Miss Sonya was worried about me, so she bit her lip and got hurt."
Athena really kept her promise and didn't tell Kane the truth.
I knew Athena was taking a big risk lying, and I looked at her gratefully.
Hearing this, Kane's expression relaxed. It seemed he was really worried I'd been bullied.
"Just leave these things to the people below to handle. Those people you can't stand, I can completely send them to the Atlantic to feed the sharks."
When Kane said this, he seemed very calm, but I couldn't help shivering.
Kane's world was still different from mine after all. I needed to adapt slowly.
After all, this afternoon, when Athena decisively fired her gun and shattered Luca's hand, it had already scared me badly.
If I really encountered matters involving human lives in the future, I'd probably embarrass Kane.
I took a deep breath, broke into a smile, walked toward Kane, and gave him a big hug.
"I'm very happy that you care about me so much."
I buried my head in Kane's chest, and that perfume smell became even stronger.
My body couldn't help but stiffen.
My change couldn't possibly escape Kane's notice.
He frowned, pulled me out of his embrace, looked at me, his tone carrying some questioning.
"You seem a bit unhappy, and it's after hugging me."
I sighed helplessly, knowing I couldn't hide anything from Kane, and could only tell him about smelling the perfume on him.
Kane frowned and lowered his head to smell himself, then smiled somewhat helplessly.
He took a very delicate bag from Bandel behind him.
I recognized it as a very high-end perfume brand.
I could recognize this brand because once a wealthy lady came to the church to pray, and when she left, she took out perfume from this brand and sprayed it.
That smell was a bit harsh, so my memory of it was deep.
"I wanted to surprise you, but I didn't expect your nose to be so sensitive. This is a perfume I bought for you. I think it suits you very well."
I happily took the bag from Bandel's hand, blinking in surprise at Kane.
Bandel on the side added, "Mr. Moretti spent the whole afternoon at the perfume counter today. The perfume smell on him must have gotten on him then. Please don't misunderstand."
With Bandel's explanation, my expression clearly relaxed a lot.
At the same time, I felt a bit embarrassed.
Kane had already made clear the relationship between us when we got together. What was I jealous about for no reason?
When this thought came up, I was a bit surprised myself.
Was I jealous?
I couldn't help but shake my head hard, not thinking about it anymore.
No, I can't be jealous.
I should know my place.
If I really fell in love with Kane, that would be the worst thing for me.
Seeing me suddenly shake my head, Kane asked, puzzled, "Don't you like this perfume?"