Chapter 617

That way, she could return a healthy Joshua to Old Man Neal and Daphne sooner. With these thoughts, Cynthia’s mood eased at

bit.

“When Yoel was discussing the past with me, I felt as if my mental age had shifted a bit. That’s why I lied about going to fetch the cufflinks,” Joshua confided, now that he knew she did not despise him.

“So you lied to see Sean?” Cynthia frowned, seemingly confused about his approach. According to their earlier plan, she would have taken him to see Sean for a check–up that day anyway. Why would he lie and go alone?

“Mm–hmm.” Joshua nodded, cautiously testing Cynthia’s boundaries and blaming Sean in the process, “Sean had told me earlier to seek him out if I felt uncomfortable in any way.”

Cynthia knitted her brows. Why had Scan not informed her?

“Cynthia, are you angry?” Joshua was unsure of her reaction.

“No.” Cynthia decided she would have a serious talk with Sean, but before that, she needed to clear up something. “Why didn’t you wait for me to accompany you?”

albeit

Scared of what?”

know to what extent my mental age had recovered. If I had fully recovered, you certainly

Captain was right. Joshua’s dependency on her had grown

to inform me promptly about such matters. Understand?”

nodded, then asked, “Mmhmm! Cynthia, you aren’t mad about what I just said,

resentment, still mulling over the progression of his

“Thank you, sister.”

an embrace, Cynthia’s body stiffened slightly. His touch elicited feelings within her that were too complex to articulate. As she gently established some distance between them, before she could articulate her thoughts,

We shouldn’t embrace so

we used to be married, I have no memory of our past. All I know is that we are nice to each other,”

down, muttering, “Or is

resent me.‘

brother. However, you can’t just

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