I was still staring at the open folder when Matteo spoke again, his tone calm but cutting through the silence like a blade.
He said, tapping a finger lightly on one of the documents, "That is also the reason he was sent abroad right after graduation. It wasn't to make him study. It was to send him away from everyone's gaze."
For a moment, my brain could not process his words. Seconds passed by as the realization hit sharply and suddenly.
I felt my stomach drop.
This was the reason why he suddenly went abroad out of the blue. I thought to myself.
He continued in his steady voice, almost too casual for what he was saying, "His parents wanted the rumors to die down. Sending him away was their only way to cool things off."
I froze, his words echoing in my head.
So that was it.
His words fully confirmed my suspicion, which vanished the next second.
