Third-Person POV:

Bastard…

That word hadn’t appeared in Alice’s life for a long time. The last time she was insulted was when she was 10 years old.

Seeing that Alice hadn’t responded, Philip assumed she was upset. "I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to say that…"

Alice nodded, brushing it off.

So what if she was insulted? Ever since she entered the Repentance Sanctuary, she had been enduring insults. Aside from Robert’s words occasionally striking a nerve, she could brush off the rest.

At this point in life, she had to be a bit more open-hearted. After all, if she really did leave Robert one day, she couldn’t let her life...