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.

her intently for a moment until I gathered to courage

me by smiling as she replied, "What kind of question is that? Of course not.

I tucked

of the room and

doing inside her room, but the next time I meet him, I swear I'll teach him

I didn't lose my temper and remained calm as I said, "Sylvia

"What?"

chair hadn't been moved. It was in exactly the same spot when I

do you mean? I don't understand. Do you mean to say Blair didn't sit on the chair? But how did

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

thing I noticed when Sylvia answered 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

silent, and so did

out a wry smile. "She

further. This is too much of a shock for me."

but I drove him away and got into the driver's

was getting dark, and since it was also raining, there were only a few cars on the

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