After eating, Victor asked Nathan to take Sebastian and Ethan home to rest, while he and Olivia stayed in the hospital room to apany Sophia.


    Firstly, Olivia was worried about Sophia, and secondly, Sophia was frightened and clung to Olivia’s clothes, unwilling to let go.


    Seeing Sophia’s pale little face, Olivia’s eyes were full of guilt. She touched Sophia’s cheek and apologized to her, “I shouldn’t have refused you this afternoon. I’m sorry.”


    Sophia silently shook her head.


    But Olivia couldn’t ease the guilt in her heart and felt very down.


    Since knowing about Sophia’s disappearance, she had been filled with regret.


    Especially now that she knew the child’s psyche had been affected.


    Olivia felt even more suffocated by the heavy burden on her heart.


    “It’s not your fault,” Victor said, hearing Olivia still ming herself, his brow slightly furrowed.


    Olivia forced a faint smile, nced at him lightly, and said nothing.


    She had lost a child before; Victor could never understand her feelings.


    Victor noticed that his words did notfort her. After a few seconds of silence, he spoke in a deep voice, “If that’s the case, then all the responsibility is mine.”


    Hearing this, Olivia looked over in confusion.


    Sophia, however, pursed her lips and looked at her daddy with some dissatisfaction.


    Meeting their gazes, Victor’s eyes darkened slightly. He walked to the bedside and looked at Sophia, saying, “I should have stopped Sophia in time. It’s my fault for not keeping an eye on her.”


    Sophia seemed unhappy with his words and turned her head away angrily, unwilling to look at him.


    Victor furrowed his brow again and spoke once more, “I knew Sophia was already a bit upset at that time. I should have immediately refused Emma’s suggestion. Otherwise, Sophia wouldn’t have impulsively run out.”


    He knew very well that Sophia had always disliked that woman, yet he didn’t reject her approach. That was his mistake.


    Hearing this, Sophia turned her head back, her little face full of agreement.


    Olivia knew he was trying tofort her and didn’t want to deny that the man indeed bore the greatest responsibility for this matter.


    Sophia had always been by his side. As a father, he hadn’t even kept an eye on his daughter, causing the child to suffer so much.


    Thinking back to Victor’s previous inattentiveness towards Sophia, Olivia felt that men were indeed rough when it came to taking care of children.This text is property of N?/velD/rama.Org.


    She wondered how much grievance Sophia had endured over the years.


    Victor didn’t know what she was thinking. He only saw that the guilt on her face seemed to have lessened a bit, and he felt slightly relieved.


    He wanted to say something more to divert their attention when his phone suddenly rang.


    He nced at it; it was a call from his mother.


    Victor frowned as he answered.


    “How is Sophia?” Lily had heard about Sophia being taken to the hospital and was very worried. She also wanted to speak up for Emma and was eager to see them both.


    Victor nced at the two on the hospital bed and answered in a deep voice, “She’s awake now and fine. You should rest early. I’ll bring her back tomorrow morning.”


    Lily wanted to insist oning over, but Victor didn’t give her the chance to speak. “Sophia is still shaken and needs rest tonight. It’s better not to disturb her.”


    Lily had no choice but to agree.


    After hanging up the phone, neither of them mentioned Sophia’s disappearance again. The room was filled only with Olivia’s gentle voice chatting with Sophia.


    Unfortunately, no matter what Olivia said to Sophia, she kept her mouth shut, only nodding or shaking her head in response.


    After much effort telling stories to coax Sophia to sleep, Olivia was also exhausted.


    Sophia clung to her clothes tightly, unwilling to let go. So Olivia simply took a chair and slept by the bedside.