Rufus' POV:

A hint of panic momentarily flashed across Sylvia's face as she raised her head and cautiously asked, "Why are you asking me that?" I looked at the chair beside the bed. "It looks like the chair has been moved."

She looked in the direction of the chair and smiled. "I ran out in a hurry, so I accidentally bumped into it. Besides, I just woke up. I wouldn't know if anyone came here, anyway."

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Sylvia rubbed her eyes and yawned. "I'm kind of sleepy, Rufus."

"You should go to bed, then." I kissed her lips, put her on the bed, and covered her with a blanket.

Sylvia held my hand and rubbed it against her cheek. "Alright, I'll get some rest. You can go ahead with your work."

"Okay. I'll have someone bring you some food here later."

"Okay." She kissed the back of my hand and nodded.

at her intently for a moment until I gathered to courage to ask, "Sylvia,

look. Then, she tried to reassure me by smiling as she replied, "What kind of question

a smile as I tucked her into bed and lulled

asleep, I walked out of the room and closed the door. My heart

was wrong with Blair. Maybe Sylvia really was asleep and she didn't know someone went inside her ward. I don't know what Blair is doing inside her room, but the next time I meet him, I swear I'll teach him a lesson!" Omar angrily exclaimed. The more he talked,

calm as I said,

"What?"

was awake. That chair hadn't been moved. It was in exactly the

sounded totally confused when he asked, "What do you mean? I don't understand. Do you mean to say Blair didn't sit on the chair? But how did that have anything to do with whether Sylvia

didn't get it. Although I seemed amused by his remark, I actually wasn't. In fact, I felt terrible. "I know Blair well enough to know that he has a habit that he picked up from the army. He'll put everything he touches back to its original place. But Sylvia told me that she accidentally bumped into that chair,

of her index finger with her thumb. She probably didn't realize

fell silent, and

out a wry smile. "She

has her own reasons to do so. I think you should investigate this further. This is too much of a shock for me." Omar

driver was already waiting for me, but I drove him away and

was getting dark, and since it was also raining, there were only a

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