Lenyra should return to thepany rather than live a miserable life with him in the wilderness. She was Fletcher''s flesh and blood, so she definitely had a chance of inheriting the family''s assets.


    However, the moment Sterling agreed to Fletcher''s terms, Xenith ran away with Lenyra.


    Nobody knew where they had gone.


    Fletcher knew what his daughter was thinking. As long as he could secure


    Sterling on his side, she would definitelye back.


    Therefore, he invited Sterling to the Northern Territory in the name of finding his daughter.


    "That''s what happened," Sterling ended his exnation.


    Nash patted Sterling on the shoulder when he was done and said, "Mossy boy, are you being a fool? She has made herself so clear to you, and you still sided with her father?"


    Sterling shook his head. "Master Nash, my current name is Sterling Wickham." "Sterling Wickham?"


    "Yes, I just want to be an ordinary person now. But it''s also because of this that I''d feel I''m a burden to others. I don''t want anyone to be hurt because of me. Maybe it''s better for me to be alone like this, so that''s why I rejected Lenyra.


    "As long as she isn''t with me and she inherits thepany, her future will be bright. She won''t have to live a life of poverty with me."


    "S-Sterling?" Nash was a little surprised. He did not expect that the loss of strength would make the once dissolute young man be like this.


    In other words, Sterling and Mosley were two different people from Nash''s perspective. Sterling no longer had the same temperament as before. He used to be unwilling to give up and dared to put up a fight. Now, he began to be afraid of everything about himself and the future.


    Nash understood how Sterling felt. After all, nobody could always be as carefree as the wind. There would always be a time when one had to stop as one''s responsibilities became heavier. This was probably why Sterling was worried.


    "Do you like her?" Hera asked.


    Both of them turned to look at the same time. Hera, who had been ushered away by Nash, hade over at some point.


    Sterling was a little overwhelmed by this question.


    Even Sterling himself was not sure if


    he liked her. Lenyra was the one


    who took the initiative to approach him. Moreover, he felt a little


    awkward because Lenyra looked like


    Patricia.


    "I don''t know," Sterling''s answer was vague. Somehow, it was not that he liked or disliked her.


    Hera frowned and asked, "How could you not know..."


    Sterling exined, "Actually... she


    looks a lot like my ex-girlfriend. Maybe because they look so simr, I don''t know if I like her or my ex-girlfriend. I...I''m such an asshole."


    en


    After a period of silence, Sterling walked toward the mall.


    ...


    Nash and Hera returned to the Lewis Estate.


    "What''s wrong with him?" Hera asked.


    Although she had met Mosley only a few times, it was not difficult to tell from his temperament that he was apletely different person now.


    Nash raised his head and thought seriously for a moment. "Maybe it''s his sense of responsibility that''s bothering him."


    "Sense of responsibility?"


    "Yes," Nash replied. This was a truly familiar feeling to him while he was in the Land of Nion before.


    Nash was as carefree as the wind on the surface, but his sense of responsibility was so heavy that he took everything seriously. He ended up bing confused and lost. This was probably the same thing that was happening to Sterling right now.


    Inside the mall, Sterling wandered around absentmindedly. He was so confused


    now that he just walked without buying anything.


    Just as he was about to leave, a muscr man in a suit stopped him.


    Sterling turned around and saw another ruffian gangster walking toward the muscr man.