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.

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

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

Theodore stared at his phone screen in

say that Rose was busy? Why did Rose

'Mom, is Rose

he received no

her place. They were both probably asleep right now. Theodore wanted to call Rosalie, but thought that he might

do I feel anxious and inferior? Why am I

acting like a neglected and frustrated

flung his phone aside. He laid on his side and shut his eyes, like a sulking

he opened his eyes again and grabbed his phone. Meekly and cautiously, he replied to Rosalie

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

The sheets were still neatly folded, left in the same state as

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

study so hard for her

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