Sensing her thoughts, Raphael gave a faint smile. "I guess that's it."

"Raphael." Olivia suddenly called his name.

She met his eyes directly, without yielding. She whispered, “You came here to point out my cowardice back then, didn't you? Then, let me ask you something. Did you have the courage? Would you dare to abandon everything and defy your mother's wishes to be with me? Could you afford to face the critics from the Jones family and accept being called ungrateful, just to be with me? If so, then you can criticize me all you want; otherwise, you have no right."

As she spoke, memories of the past and the pain she felt then flooded back.

She was young and naive at that time.