The atmosphere around the dining table suddenly turned quiet, with a sense of heaviness and strangeness lingering in the air.
Alva pressed her lips together, lost in thought for a moment, then resumed eating nonchalantly, without speaking.
Clara noticed her clearly caring attitude, yet pretending to be indifferent and detached. She glanced at Sebastian and asked on Alva's behalf, "Does he know about Alva's relapse?"
"His symposium in Germany has concluded," Sebastian replied softly, looking at Alva with a gaze full of depth. "It's probably impossible to keep your relapse a secret now."
Clara instinctively looked at Alva. Hiram is the professor and deputy director of the cardiothoracic department at this hospital, so her hospitalization likely couldn't be kept from him either.
As soon as he returns, he'll know, sooner or later.
