What's more, she had stayed up the entire night and kept him in the dark about it. It was natural that she was hot-tempered and flared up at him.

As for why she didn't tell him about it, he reasoned that it must be because they were divorced and she was keeping her distance, but couldn't stop herself from caring for him. Theodore drew the link in his own mind.

Sydney noticed the tender look in Theodore's eyes. "Seems like your ex-wife still treats you very well, and is so considerate toward you."

The mention of his 'ex-wife' made Theodore's eyes go dim. He felt slightly uncomfortable, and stood up.

"Whatever it is, you should have advised her not to stay up the entire night. Her body is still in such a weak condition. What if something bad happened?"

"I told her to sleep early, but she refused to listen. She's not a child. Could I have forced her to go to sleep? Even if it's not for herself, I thought she would go to bed early for the b..." Sydney's mind buzzed as she froze.

'Oh no,' she thought. She almost let the cat out of the bag!

Theodore's eyes narrowed, and he looked suspiciously at Sydney. "For the what?"

Sydney forced a smile, and said, "Even if it's not for herself, I thought she'd go to bed early to prevent Grandma from worrying about her."

to make up an excuse. She had wanted to say that

was very curious as to how Theodore would respond upon finding out about

she wouldn't expose her secret. She couldn't tell Theodore about it without her permission. If she messed things up

Sydney was making up an excuse to hide what she originally wanted to

looked, he couldn't

her beauty sleep to do something like this for you? Theodore's brows furrowed. "Don't talk about her. She's so ill right now, so don't talk bad about her behind her

think you must be blind to abandon such an amazing wife and get entangled

I'll admit that." Theodore's face turned cold, his voice tinged with frustration. "I know you once loved him, but things are different between

it different?"

"Rose is..."

suddenly felt pain pierce through his

What's the point of saying

love him. How could he

happy with him, and had had enough of

a thorn in his chest, and

eyes dimmed, Sydney seemed to sense something. "Did you ever talk things

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