"I'm sorry, Mr. Jackson. Perhaps I wasn't thinking right. I just thought that..." She didn't know what to say. She just felt as though she were in a fantasy.

"There's no need to apologize. I should be the one doing that instead," Christopher said with a sigh. "I thought there was something between us, but I might have made a mistake. I was a fool." "No," Sydney exclaimed.

A glint flashed past the depths of Christopher's eyes, but a look of despondence overtook him. "No? Do you mean that we..."

Sydney spoke too soon, realizing that she might have fallen into his trap. He was a scheming man, after all.

"Mr. Jackson, I meant that it's very normal for people to overthink things. It has nothing to do with you being foolish."

Her instincts warned her against getting too close to this man.

"Mr. Jackson, I have something to attend to and need to go. See you."

Sydney then turned to leave.

"Is that goodbye?" Christopher asked, looking at her retreating figure. "Or do you really mean that we will see each other again?"

Sydney stopped in her tracks, unsure of what to say in response to him.

"I have a good relationship with my husband," Sydney said.

Christopher forced a smile. "But that's not what I heard."

heart leapt as she turned around. "Did you

it to be. He was unfaithful to you in the past, didn't he?" Pain seared Sydney's heart at the thought of

stumbled out of the private room. Her hastily retreating figure

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drove all the way

back home to make it more

confused

go home. Yet, when she was asked where her home was,

en

before getting out of

stepped in, she could hear a

do? Let me go! Are you bullying an

still fit and strong! Don't treat me as though I'm made of paper. I need to find Rose." "Grandma," Theodore said, "Rose is very busy right now with her studies. She doesn't have the time to come visit you." "How could that be? Can't she just take leave from school? I haven't

their best to persuade Rebecca. However, she refused to

Sydney walked

eyes when Sydney appeared. "Who are

her mind almost immediately after she spoke. "Oh, Syd. Look at me and

here to

talk sense into

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