Chapter 97

Perhaps he was worried about her. But she was fine now, so why did he still have such a look in his eyes? However, what surprised her was that he knew about it the second year. "It seems the news had spread to Estaland," Nina responded.

Scott continued. "That year, I came back once."

Nina stared at him, unsure of what he was about to say, but he went on, "But I quickly returned to Estaland, without even getting a chance to say hello to you."

"It's okay. We weren't that close back then," Nina replied.

Scott just smiled. "Yeah, we weren't close like we are now. But looking back, I regret it. If I hadn't gone abroad, things might have been different. I could have protected you when you were in danger, preventing you from getting hurt. They couldn't have kidnapped you if I was there."

"You have quite the sense of humor," Nina didn't take his words too seriously as they carried a half-joking tone.

"I heard from Mr. Walker that you later developed post-traumatic stress disorder and to