"Disgusting," Eckart said, unequivocally. "Are you okay? It would have been a hard job just to look into her face."
Marianne stared at Eckhart because she wondered why he first asked about her safety instead of Mrs. Chester's underlying intentions after he was fully briefed about her conversation with Mrs. Chester yesterday.
"Well, I have two answers to your question. One is candid, the other is not. Which one would you want to hear?"
"Of course, I want your candid answer."
She shrugged once and said, "Well, I'm not feeling okay, to be honest with you, but I have no other choice. I can't ruin it and be swayed by my emotions. Besides, I've been investing too much in this fight to give up at this point. Don't look like that. You didn't do anything wrong. "
"But …" Eckhart fumbled his words.
Marianne felt that he looked at her in pity as if he was looking at an injured puppy.
'Where did he learn this kind of useless responsibility?'