Chapter 227

On the second floor of the villa, a man stood silently in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching that splash of red fade into the distance. His eyes seemed dyed by her dress—tinged in red. "Mr. Blake." Tom had been standing quietly by the side for a while before he finally broke the silence, hesitating as he asked, "Aren't you going to see Mrs. Blake off?" He found it all pretty baffling—the two clearly cared about each other, yet somehow they'd hit this weird, tense patch. "What for?" Julian's lips curled into a faintly mocking smile. "So she can look at me one more time and threaten to jump again?" Tom fell silent. Most people didn't know much about Mr. Blake's childhood, but he'd heard bits and pieces. Thinking about what happened today, about Mrs. Blake almost jumping, it wasn't hard to piece together why Mr. Blake was acting like this. "Maybe... maybe she didn't realize. It could've just been a coincidence..." Before he could finish, Julian cut him off. "Before this, I jus