Chapter 209 Since Bridget had to stay home after her miscarriage, she figured it was time to move on with her other plans.

While sneaking off to the restroom, Sylvia dialed Naomi's number.

"Mom, is Edwin at the office today?"

"He is. What's up?"

"I was thinking of grabbing lunch with him."

As she spoke, Sylvia glanced down at the bag by her feet, containing Rupert's jacket.

She was worried that approaching Rupert directly might give away her feelings.

Having lunch with Edwin seemed like a perfect excuse to return Rupert's jacket without raising suspicion.

Naomi pondered for a moment before replying, "Better not. Edwin's swamped today."

Sylvia was taken aback. "Busy with a big deal?"

"Not exactly," Naomi hesitated before sighing deeply. "Rupert's sick. Remember he jumped into the lake

to save you? Soaked to the skin, he still got you to the hospital. And after Warren's car accident last night, he spent the whole night covering for Warren's duties. He went to work this morning as if nothing happened. He's only human; of course, he's sick now."

heart skipped a

unusually high body temperature from the night before, thinking it was just men

couldn't stand by and do nothing, so he's covering for him at work. Probably won't even have time for

it," Sylvia replied, her feelings

buzz

"Did you see it?"

is so lucky. Sick and still gets jewelry as comfort. Rupert is way too romantic." "She gets colorful gemstones

them, though envy was evident in their

Twitter and saw Bridget's post from a few minutes

tastes bitter, but the

her wearing a necklace with snowflake-embedded

was a piece from the P collection that had only been

Rupert was serious

rationality and clarity returned

who had saved her was just a facade; his ultimate goal was to

Sylvia then opened the express delivery app on her

would have to

Noon.

carrying the bag, took a taxi to

arrival, she was

asked me to

interrupting your work. My mom mentioned Edwin is too busy to even eat, so I thought I'd

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