Sebastian found Sydney's apology unsettling.

Was she scheming against him? What was she really up to?

It felt surreal, like she had completely changed overnight. Just yesterday, she had been aggressive and threatening, but now she wore an expression of deep remorse.

He couldn't shake off the suspicion that she had some ulterior motive.

Maybe she had a hidden agenda. Sebastian couldn't bring himself to trust her appearance of repentance.

"I know you hate me," he said bluntly. "You don't need to put on a show in front of me. I don't care if you dislike me. As long as Rose cares about me, that's all that matters."

Sydney's demeanor was grating, and Sebastian felt a strange, uncomfortable unease. He even felt sorry for her. He would rather she continued to be hostile.

all he knew, her current behavior could be an

a faint smile. "Rose does care about you, and you two are no longer just

telling Rose not to meet Theodore again. You must have an agenda." "I have no hidden agenda," Sydney explained earnestly.

"Is that so? You mentioned yesterday that

shouldn't continue to be entangled with him. There are some things I

benefits me, but I can't understand why you're the one giving it to me. A woman who

began, her

inner turmoil. Her lips trembled slightly, radiating an unmistakable sense of shame. How could she have used such harsh

spoken so cruelly before, but

her call him so affectionately only made his frown deepen. "I'm more used to you calling me Mr. Carter. This sudden

not," Sydney said anxiously. "I'm not plotting

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