He had not guessed wrongly, Ruby was indeed going to tell him that.
Although this matter was very difficult to talk about, she had to say it for the sake of Olivia, she couldn't drag it out like this any longer.
Thinking about this, she did her best to ignore the flash of discomfort in her heart, her bright eyes suppressing tension as she finally opened her mouth in a soft voice.
"Levi, I've told you about Olivia's father, but that's not the whole story, today I want to tell you everything, do you want to hear it?"
When he heard these words, Levi, who had always been calm and collected, had a rare shake in his hand as he was applying the medicine.
His eyes were half-lidded, and he dared not look into her eyes for the first time, and gave a nod.
Ruby them told him the story five years ago.
"...... I was so scared and desperate at the time, I had no room to fight back, I could only bear the pain. That night was a nightmare that I can’t forget for the rest of my life. I have been looking for him, I want to ask him why he did that, I want an explanation."
Finally she said it out.
The wound that had been straddling the bottom of the heart was exposed in blood, but it was not as painful as Ruby expected, instead there was a vague feeling of relief and relaxation.
She gently exhaled a breath, and then her eyes looked straight towards Levi, gazing into his eyes unblinkingly.
"Levi, where were you that night five years ago?"
Levi was silent, when he heard the words she had just said, his heart felt like it was being clutched by a large invisible hand, kneading hard and hurting.
Just by listening to her account so calmly, he could feel the fear and despair she felt at that moment.
At this moment, he really wanted to slap his face twice!
Even if he had no choice, even if he had already lost his mind, how could he hurt her like that, how could he be such an asshole!
Seeing that he didn't make a sound, his eyes still half-lidded, unable to see his emotions, Ruby thought he didn't want to answer, just wanted to escape, and the light under her eyes darkened.
In fact, before she came in, she had thought that as long as he admitted what he had done, as long as he gave a reasonable explanation, she would be able to forgive him.
All the hatred that had been raging had become tasteless in the face of him.
She didn't know why, but there was just a vague sense of trust, a feeling that perhaps everything was a misunderstanding.
But now, he wouldn't say anything.
Just as her eyes were about to go completely dark, suddenly, Levi lifted his head, his face grave as he looked at her, his eyes deep and complex, with a touch of shame mixed in.
"That day five years ago, I received an assignment from my superiors, and was ordered to come to the TM Institute in F Country to destroy a hazardous toxin, but it turned out that somehow word got out, and the TM Institute had prepared in advance and set a trap, my men and I were attacked, and in the fight, I accidentally got poisoned, and then I was chased, and escaped all the way out, and in order to avoid the people who were chasing me, I hid into a bar."
When he spoke bluntly about the past, Ruby staggered for a moment, the last glimmer of light in her eyes did not go out, like a small flame swaying in the wind, and she just stared at him.
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