"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."

she turned around. "Did you

doesn't seem as good as you put it to be. He was unfaithful to you in the past, didn't he?" Pain seared Sydney's heart at the

hastily retreating figure made Christopher

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drove all

make it more convenient

confused most

where she was and always asking to go home. Yet, when she was

en

herself before getting out of the car and entering the

stepped in, she could hear a

trying to do? Let me go! Are you bullying an

you? Your health isn't in a good state, and you really shouldn't be running around. Sit down, won't you?" "How is my health not in a good state? I'm 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

were trying their best to persuade Rebecca. However, she refused to listen

Sydney walked in.

flashed past Rebecca's eyes when Sydney appeared. "Who

to her mind almost immediately after she spoke. "Oh,

here to

me talk

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