?<strong>Chapter 387:</strong>


    He remained silent, but his response was clear—he wasn’t interested.


    With a heavy sigh, Lily watched as Shawn, a man of deep emotions, walked away. Katherine had hurriedly pulled Joelle from the cafe, her mind clearly elsewhere.


    “Look, isn’t that Shawn with Lily?” Joelle asked.


    Katherine looked up quickly but didn’t see them.


    “Feeling jealous, Kathy?” Joelle teased.


    “Not at all!” Katherine retorted, her tone tinged with annoyance. Joelle had been convinced Shawn wouldn’t pursue Lily, yet there they were, seemingly connecting. His alleged interest in her now seemed superficial.


    “Shawn would definitely think you’re jealous of Lily if he saw you now.”


    Katherine dismissed the idea.


    “You’re reading too much into it! Shawn is free to be with whomever he chooses. I’m just d he’s finally leaving me be!”


    Joelle was about to respond when she turned and saw Shawn standing just behind Katherine.


    “Shawn…”


    Katherine turned her head. It couldn’t be Shawn, could it? But she was wrong—it was indeed him.


    Shawn’s expression was a stark contrast to the smiles he usually wore; it was as if the weight of his emotions had finally cracked the facade.


    “I need to attend to something, I’ll leave first,” he said.


    Joelle and Katherine both yearned to offer words offort, but Shawn’s expression made them hesitate, fearing that anything they said would only add to his embarrassment.


    It was a universal understanding that some words were better left unspoken.


    Katherine felt a twinge of reluctance as she watched Shawn leave, even an impulse to rush over and apologize.


    However, reason prevailed, holding her back and preventing her from acting on that impulse. She was convinced that, with time, Shawn woulde to understand.


    “Joelle, let’s go too.”


    Joelle stood frozen, her eyes fixed on the two figures walking away from each other.


    They were two perfectly good people. Why did fate seem determined to keep them apart?


    With a sigh, Joelle shook her head and followed Katherine.


    As the evening drew in, Adrian settled beside Joelle in the study with two cups of coffee.


    “Did you find it out?” she asked.


    Adrian nodded, his hand reaching for the tablet thaty beside him.


    “This is what Can managed to dig up.”


    Joelle quickly skimmed through it.


    “Severe astic anemia?”


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