"Ah, I see…" Deirdre couldn't help but exclaim, "What a small world."

"It's not that the world is small," Sterling said gently and seriously. "I started planning to come back to you a long time ago. This is just an opportunity, and I took on this treatment because of you. Deirdre, don't you see? Why do you think I studied ophthalmology?"

Deirdre was stunned, and her thoughts became blurred.

"Is it because… of my eyes?"

Sterling smiled gently with affection. "I was always at a loss when it ca