Chapter 171

Rosalie's grip tightened over her phone, feeling miserable. Her heart. broke thinking about tears streaming down Rebecca's old, wrinkled. face.

She had been keeping Rebecca company all this while, but she didn't. even realize what Rebecca was feeling. And yet, Theodore did.

Perhaps she had misunderstood him all along. It wasn't that he didn't care about Grandma, he simply didn't show his concern as explicitly as she did. He had never been an expressive person. Her palms started sweating. "Are we going to just keep dragging things out?"

"I promise you that I'll keep my distance from Cindy."

Rosalie found that laughable. "Keep your distance? I can't just turn a blind eye to what you two have already done!"

"Nothing happened between us!"

"Don't bother explaining yourself. I saw it clearly with my own eyes."

The image of them in the resort made pain pulsate through Rosalie's heart.

"What you saw may not be the truth.""

"What's the truth, then?" Rosalie demanded. "Was it not true that your and Cynthia were locked in an embrace? Was it not true that you and her were lying on the same bed? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"

She said it so flatly, as if emphasizing even a single word would exhaust her.

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Theodore remained silent.

a junction where he was supposed to go straight, he chose to turn

it wasn't the usual route back

continued driving until he stopped

before going to the other side and opening her car door.

we?"

once more, and repeated himself.

bungalow. He knew the passcode, and walked straight into the

"Is Cindy back?"

Zeller isn't back

Go back to

hall, where she sat

looked around her. So

you and Cynthia are so close, you even know

she felt uncomfortable

water, which she placed

you bring me here? Tell

stand up, when Theodore grabbed her arm. " Wait... Wait here for a

"Why?"

have something to tell

Rosalie said, bent on leaving. However, Theodore's grip on her arm was way too

sit back down on the

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