Chapter 249

Wesley withdrew his hand awkwardly. Seeing Rosalie nearby, he gave her a resigned smile and stepped away from Sydney.

Rosalie approached them. "Hello, Mr. Spencer, Mrs. Spencer."

Sydney frowned, setting down her teacup. "Why are you calling us that? It's only been a few days, and you don't recognize us anymore?" Rosalie forced herself to smile. "Theo and I are divorced now, so..."

At the mention of their divorce, Wesley and Sydney exchanged glances. They didn't seem particularly surprised, as if they already knew.

"I heard about it from Mom," Sydney said calmly. "But even after the divorce, you still call her 'Grandma. Why don't you call us Mom and Dad anymore? Are you playing favorites?"

"Huh? I..." Rosalie was taken aback. Sydney seemed upset, and Rosalie hurried to explain, "I didn't mean to, I just..."

perspective before. Usually, people talked about parents or in-laws playing

Sydney. Don't scare her," Wesley

explained, "She's

you get to twist my words? Did you get

a flash of embarrassment crossing his eyes. Sydney showed him no

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his male pride, he silently endured it. He accepted this bitter reality, feeling it

stood there awkwardly. Wesley, after all,

a man of high status. Yet, in front of his wife, he appeared so

was a real-life example of "hurting your wife for a moment of pleasure, but the chase becomes a lifelong struggle." Wesley had been trying to win Sydney back for years

be like parents to me." Sydney's expression softened a bit. "That's more like it. But you and Theo just went and got divorced without a word. Couldn't you at least have given us a heads-up? Instead, you decided to handle it all on

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