Caspian hadn’t given much thought to the matter regarding Ruby, especially after he acquired new information about her from Hamilton in the afternoon.
“Ruby? Oh… Er… She…”
So, he couldn’t say anything to Anastasia except stutter.
He began thinking of a lot of reasonable explanations that he could give to his wife. However, the only explanation that kept on coming back to his mind was what Zenon had suggested to him – asking the doctor to lie for them. However, that idea didn’t work anymore since the doctor was now dead.
“Caspian…” Anastasia gently placed her palm on his cheek. She could clearly see the hesitation in his eyes.
She was aware that she was putting Caspian in a difficult position by mentioning Ruby’s name. Caspian had mentioned before that there were things that he couldn’t share with her.
