Chapter 120 Tell Me, What Happened to My Grandma?

In Marcus' memory, it wasn't as if he had never been close to Elaine before. Back when she had fallen ill and fainted, he'd taken advantage of his position as a doctor to examine her eyes and tongue, leaning over her for brief moments. However, he had never been this close. With their proximity now, he felt like the tip of his nose was already touching his. It was as if they were truly, intimately connected. He was never a gentle or kind man. Elaine just didn't remember who he used to be. Before these years of carefully crafted disguise, there had never been friends around him, nor was there anyone who dared to get too close. Words like kindness and warmth? They'd never applied to him. The man he once was bore no resemblance to the man Elaine thought she saw now. Elaine had no idea that for so many years, his gaze had been on her. Yet, she had never even noticed he existed. Marcus remembered the very first time he saw her. She had just been adopted by the Freys, barely 12 year