"Really? Quick, call her," Rebecca urged gladly.

Sydney's brows furrowed as she said, "Theo, are you really going to call Rose right now? She's very busy."

The solemn look on his mother's face made it seem as though the sky would fall on their heads if he really called Rosalie.

Instead of saying something, Theodore let Rebecca go and pulled out his phone from his pocket. He left the scene, and walked toward the door of the villa. Sydney hurried out after him and saw him scrolling through his contacts.

Sydney said, "Theo, are you really going to call Rose?"

If he called her out of the blue, all her efforts would go down the drain.

Things would go back to what they were in the past, with the two of them entangled with each other and in pain.

"Are you afraid of me calling Rose?" Theo said.

"No, that's not what I meant," Sydney explained. "I just don't want to see you hurting."

"It's none of your business. It's my own business whether I'm hurting or not. I'm an adult, not a child needing his mother's protection."

Sydney bowed her head in guilt. "Theo, I just... I just don't want you two getting involved with each other again."

chest, but he remained silent as he continued making the

say to Rosalie. She couldn't rudely snatch the phone

them, they would

get complicated again and might even become worse than it was

went through, Theodore said, "Hello, Ms.

but when she heard Theodore's

Theodore go ahead to say, "Can you do

Theodore asked, "My grandmother has dementia and insists on seeing my ex-wife.

mind coming over and pretending

Where are you right now?" After he received an answer, Theodore hung

with a tone of doubt, "Theo, who is this

and I thought she could come over and impersonate Rose Grandma isn't of clear

Even if Rose came here in person, Grandma

relief. She had thought

call Rose, aren't you? You really

understand why his mother became

not, I really don't

so thoughtful toward me." With that, Theodore turned

sighed, guilt flooding

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