"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."

burned in Theodore's chest, but he remained silent as he continued making the

would say to Rosalie. She couldn't

between them, they would get entangled

again

through, Theodore said, "Hello,

when she heard Theodore's greeting, she looked up with doubt

heard Theodore go ahead to say,

other party replied in the affirmative, Theodore asked, "My grandmother has dementia and insists on seeing

coming over and pretending you're

up. Where are you right now?" After he received an answer,

asked with a tone of doubt, "Theo, who

I thought she could come

here in person, Grandma might not

relief. She had thought Theo was really going to

"You're happy I didn't call Rose, aren't you?

didn't understand why his mother

really don't want

so thoughtful toward me." With that, Theodore turned around

guilt flooding her

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