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.

for a moment until I gathered to courage to ask, "Sylvia, are you going

by smiling as she replied, "What kind of question is that? Of course not. I won't ever

I said with a smile as I

she fell asleep, I walked out of the room and

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

didn't lose my temper and remained calm as

"What?"

hadn't been moved. It was in exactly the same

asked, "What do you mean? I don't understand. Do you mean to say Blair didn't sit on the chair?

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 was that she kept pinching the knuckle of her index finger with her thumb. She probably didn't realize that she did it whenever she felt guilty. "She was lying

fell silent, and so did

let out a wry smile.

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

for me, but I drove him away and got

raining, there were only a

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