"It's late; you should go back! Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll be on time for work tomorrow and won't be late!"
Sophia still wore a smile and waved as she walked further away.
No one knew better than her what she had experienced in the past six months. She didn't want to see the pity and sorrow in everyone's eyes.
The Diaz family villa was in Villa No. 5 of a high-ranking official's residential compound, far from the noise of the street. After entering the main gate of the compound, if she didn't have a car, she would have to walk quite a distance.
Sophia had grown up here and was very familiar with the environment of the compound. Even on the worst nights, she had never felt lonely or afraid.
However, ever since returning from the port, when she walked in the compound at night or in the morning, with few people and cars around, she couldn't help but quicken her pace, as if someone very important was waiting for her, as if there were promises she hadn't fulfilled.
