After several minutes of talking to her and repeatedly assuring her that she didn’t have to end her life, William finally managed to convince the woman to step away from the edge. He stood there trying to catch his breath. His heart was still racing because the woman had resisted him so strongly that stopping her had been much harder than he expected. The woman sat in the chair William had been using earlier and took a few careful sips of his coffee, apparently finding the warmth calming. William lowered himself onto the floor and rested his back against the wall. He was exhausted. He had never imagined that stopping one woman from jumping off a roof could take so much energy, especially when she was strong enough to fight him every step of the way. “If you’re that strong, why couldn’t you resist when that man harassed you?” William asked. The woman immediately turned toward him with an irritated expression. “So you think I didn’t try to fight back? He threatened to fire me, of c

“Are you okay?” William asked as he brought a glass of hot drink to Irene, who was sitting alone on a chair on the building’s rooftop. Irene didn’t answer immediately. She remained seated, staring into the distance with an empty expression. Her mind seemed to be somewhere else entirely. Only when she noticed William sitting beside her and holding out the warm drink did she finally return to the present. She gave him a small smile and accepted the glass. “Jean said he’ll take care of that man. You know, Jean also has a grudge against him. So don’t worry about it anymore. Drink this.” Irene raised the glass to her lips and took a careful sip before lowering it again. Her thoughts soon returned to everything that had happened. William understood that she was still trying to process it all. Forgetting something like that wasn’t easy. She had been humiliated, threatened, and made to feel powerless by someone who was supposed to be her employer. For a long time, William had assumed that

William closed his eyes and tried to push the troubling thoughts about Sofie out of his head. Unfortunately, the harder he tried to stop thinking about his cousin, the more his mind returned to her. Sofie was a difficult person to stop worrying about. She was beautiful and already carried herself like an adult, but she was still underage. Someone needed to keep an eye on her and make sure she didn’t get herself into serious trouble. “Oh, you’re not asleep yet, William?” William turned his head and gave Sean a small smile. Sean had just returned from filming a variety show and looked exhausted after a long day. “I was waiting for you to come home,” William replied. Sean immediately snorted. “Don’t lie. You didn’t even come home yesterday. You stayed at your office.” William leaned back and stared at Sean as his cousin took off his shoes. “I just have a lot on my mind. I don’t even feel like eating dinner.” “But I’m hungry.” William clicked his tongue. “Then what does that have

Waking up at six in the morning was nothing unusual for William. What bothered him was the headache and dizziness that greeted him the moment he opened his eyes. His mind was already crowded with things he needed to deal with, and Sofie’s situation was one of the biggest problems on that list. What was he supposed to do with that girl? More importantly, how could he help her without making things worse? William had almost no experience dealing with girls. He had never had a sister, and before becoming close to Liz, he hadn’t even had a female friend he could genuinely talk to. He had slowly realized that he understood very little about women. Still, he was fairly certain that Sofie was difficult for almost anyone to understand. Perhaps Sean was the only exception. The previous night, before Sofie went to sleep in Selene’s empty room, she had complained that she wanted to sleep beside William. Naturally, William refused. Instead, she asked him to stay until she fell asleep. That w

“William, you’re the only person who can help me now, so please…” “Didn’t I tell you not to come looking for me again? I found you a decent job, so what else do you want from me now? I know you’re my brother, but…” William didn’t get to finish because Trent suddenly walked up to him and dropped to his knees. William stared at him in disbelief. He had never imagined that the same Trent who once stood proudly in front of him, always acting as though he was better than everyone else, would one day kneel at his feet and look up at him with desperate, pleading eyes. “William… yes, I’m grateful for everything you’ve done for me. You found me a job and helped me even after my parents were arrested. But now I’ve discovered that some of their properties are going to be taken by the bank. My parents left behind a huge amount of debt, and my older brother ran away to another country. He’s working there now and said he doesn’t want anything to do with the family or the debts. I contacted the ba