Rosalie was still busy in the study. Sydney had given her a new notebook, which she had filled up.

She was halfway through the box of documents; she didn't bother counting, and simply read the documents page by page.

Just then, her phone buzzed. Rosalie remained unperturbed, and continued jotting down notes until her phone buzzed again. She furrowed her brows, and grabbed her phone. Glancing at the incoming text, she saw found it was from Theodore.

The first text read, 'Are you asleep?'

The second text read, '??'

Rosalie typed on her phone, 'I'm not asleep yet.'

But before she sent it out, something came to mind.

If she told him that she wasn't asleep yet, he was bound to ask her what she was doing. It was going to take her time to reply to him. She didn't want to chat with Theodore right now. She was long past the time when she felt excited whenever he contacted her.

Time was of the essence, and she had to read through all the documents.

her original message and typed, 'I'm very tired, so I'm going to

to Theodore, she switched her phone to silent mode, put it aside, and

end, Theodore stared at his phone screen

that Rose was busy? Why did Rose say she was going to

Sydney again. 'Mom,

received no response from

the night at her place. They were both probably asleep right now. Theodore wanted to call Rosalie, but thought that

it,' he thought. 'What's wrong with me? Why do I feel anxious and inferior? Why am I afraid

a

and flung his phone aside. He laid on his side and shut

opened his eyes again and grabbed his phone. Meekly

by an alarm. She opened her eyes blearily, silenced the alarm, and got out of bed. She felt grumpy, like a teenager who got rudely awoken from

found the room empty. The sheets were still neatly folded, left in the

she headed to the home office. She saw Rosalie still

wouldn't study so hard for

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