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.

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

to silent mode, put it aside,

at his phone

busy? Why did Rose say she was

'Mom, is

no response from

Rose was staying the night at her place. They were both probably asleep right now.

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

acting like a

He laid on his side and shut his eyes, like a

again and grabbed his phone. Meekly and cautiously, he replied to Rosalie with a

the alarm, and got out of bed. She felt grumpy,

found the room empty. The sheets were still

office. She saw Rosalie still pouring through the documents, the entire box almost

student wouldn't study so hard for her

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