Zachary gazed at Lena, overwhelmed by a surge of emotions welling up inside him.

As he remained silent, fixated on her, Lena grew slightly perplexed. Sensing his unease, she decided to lead him away from the bustling crowd and handed him a bottle of water.

“Sir, did you get hurt when you fell just now?” she asked.

Zachary responded with a smile. “I’m fine. But what about you? Others ignored my fall, yet you lent a helping hand.”

Lena hesitated briefly. “Well, you fell, so it was only natural to help.”

A meaningful glance from Zachary followed. “Aren’t you worried I might accuse you? Didn’t you notice? The people around hesitated to assist, and some even recorded the incident.”

“Perhaps there are a few conniving individuals in society who’ve tarnished common decency, but it doesn’t mean everyone is malicious,” Lena replied with a smile.

“Do you have faith in people?”

“I didn’t use to.”

them gazing up at the sky. From this angle, she bore a striking resemblance to

trust in people.” Lena continued. “But then, I met two

a man, given the

who were these

sister.” Lena chuckled. “And the other one… my

surmised that her boyfriend must be Chris Hamerton. As for her

identity,

genuine, radiant light in Lena’s eyes, so different from the cold, calculating gaze he had seen in Sasha’s

truly prepared to extinguish this light from

from a young age. He had pampered her and treated her like his

shook his head,

“I’ve been talking all this time

rose. “Thank you for your

was

complexity. “Should adversity strike in the future, I hope you’ll maintain the same smile as today and… trust

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