Chapter 157

Few days passed in blink,

It was almost time to clock out, but Emily remained lost in thought, her gaze distant. That morning, she had unexpectedly received a call from Nicholas's grandfather. Since her return, she had neither asked Nicholas about his grandfather nor visited him. The guilt weighed heavily on her—a burden she had carried for eight years.

Although it hadn’t been entirely her fault that day, Emily couldn’t absolve herself of responsibility. She should have been more attentive. She should have checked the cake before serving it. The memory of that incident haunted her, along with Nicholas’s words at the hospital. Every time she replayed the scene in her mind, she couldn’t shake the thought that she had played a part in what happened. She hadn’t been careful, and his grandfather had nearly lost his life.

Emily’s thoughts were interrupted when Lily set a stack of documents aside, pulled up a chair, and sat across from her.