With a faint smile, Mark replied in a hushed tone, “Isn't she already angry with me? I didn't want to add to her anxieties."

Zoey hesitated and asked, "Did you really sign the divorce agreement?"

Mark remained silent but fixed his gaze on Zoey.

Zoey held her son's hand with her wrinkled ones and couldn't find it in her heart to blame him any longer.

Afflicted by this illness, even though the surgery had been successful, there was no guarantee that he would fully recover in the future.