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.

where he was supposed to go straight, he chose to turn right

route back home, and immediately asked, "Where are

didn't answer her, and continued driving until he stopped the car in front of

of the car, before going to the other side and opening her

we?"

ignored her question once more, and repeated

stepped out of the car. Theodore slammed the door shut, grabbed her hand, and brought her into the bungalow. He knew the passcode, and walked straight into the building right after keying it in. A middle-aged

"Is Cindy back?"

Zeller isn't

right. Go back to your

to the hall, where

her. So this was

trying to tell me that you and Cynthia are so close, you even know the passcode to her house?

wonder she felt uncomfortable the moment she stepped

female servant served them two cups of water, which she placed on the coffee table before taking

did you bring me

about to stand up, when Theodore grabbed

"Why?"

something to tell

However, Theodore's grip on her arm was

back down on the

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