Chapter 312

"Where’s Anna rushing off to? She ran out in such a hurry... even dropped the lilacs at the door," Lucy Young frowned as she watched her daughter’s figure disappear. She muttered under her breath, not expecting to turn around and find Adrian Bennett standing there with his crutch, which gave her quite the scare. "Adrian! What are you doing out here? You've just injured yourself—aren’t you supposed to stay off your leg?" "I’m okay, Aunt Lucy," Adrian replied softly, his eyes glued to the TV, where a news report played. Eventually, his gaze dropped to the fallen lilacs on the ground. Those lilacs used to bloom with so much life. But after being tossed like that, a few petals had fallen off and were now crumpled across the floor tiles, looking pitiful and wilted. Silently, Adrian walked over, lips pressed into a thin line. Kneeling with some effort, he gently laid his handkerchief on the ground and started picking up the scattered petals carefully. "These flowers are already ruined, why e