Turning Of the Tide by Diana Sander

Chapter 402

What was sharing a deep emotional connection?

At that moment, Rose and Edward were a perfect example.

After finishing their meal, Rose sat in her consultation room, preparing to rest. It had always been the three of them chatting together after meals in Natalie’s, Sherri’s, or her rooms.

They talked about anything and everything.

However, now that Natalie and Sherri had both been pregnant, they needed to take short naps during lunchtime due to fatigue. As a single person, Rose hadn’t wanted to disturb the two pregnant women, so she had returned to her own room.

She played with her phone in boredom. Recalling her conversation with her brother from the night before and what Sherri had said, she had decided to cut ties and delete Edward’s contact. It was better to end it quickly than to prolong the pain.

It had to be a clean break.

As she opened Edward’s contact, she noticed that the chat log was still on their last conversation.

After that, they had not messaged each other. Just as she was about to block him, she noticed a continuous cycle of “typing” and then stopping at the top corner of the screen.

What was going up?

She couldn’t help but wonder what Edward wanted to do.

For the next hour, it was a cycle of “typing” and then nothing. This situation had driven her to the brink of madness, and she could not help but feel puzzled. Her eyes had darted up and down, and she had become increasingly frustrated.

Rose had never felt so speechless before.

Did Edward have a language barrier?

She had found herself helplessly trying to go along with this odd situation for an hour, nearly driving herself crazy. Finally, she quickly typed into the chat interface, [Bro, just tell me what you’re preparing to say. If you can’t, at least give me a general idea, and I’ll help you organize it.]

It was exhausting for her, as people with direct personalities often tend to be. Whenever they saw something that could be resolved quickly, but others struggled with it, they had the urge to step in and help directly.

Similarly, individuals with obsessive-compulsive tendencies were like this too. If something wasn’t arranged properly or was out of place, they felt an instinctive need to correct it.

As long as the matter was not corrected and handled properly, discomfort would spread throughout their bodies. To put it bluntly, it was an illness.

Edward’s actions made it clear that he was typing a message, but those unaware might have thought his phone had a virus.

Finally, after much effort, Edward managed to send his message in his native language that said, I want to talk to you about something. Are you available now?]

Rose couldn’t help but wonder what took him so long to compose just these simple sentences. If Edward’s language teacher knew about it, they wouldn’t be able to contain their frustration.

know her brother had spoken to Edward. After all, they were communicating through screens, and he had no way of knowing her emotions. She replied in her usual tone and mood, [Go

only on the verge of

I don’t want to be

you want to end our friendship? Does your girlfriend care about the existence of a female. friend like me?]

so be it. She had been considering deleting him a few minutes ago anyway, but she couldn’t help feeling a slight pang in her

replied in puzzlement,

was the topic suddenly shifting? Edward was confused

[Sherri said you have a girlfriend. She also said you had planned to pursue that girl. It’s been a long time since then. So, you’re

He dialed Sherri’s number directly. But at that moment, Sherri was sound asleep. She was almost in the realm of dreams when the abrupt ringing of her phone disrupted her

closed eyes, still in a half-asleep state, sounding neither fully awake nor fully

that said. “You’re

Rose that I have a girlfriend?” Edward was puzzled. When had he mentioned having

drowsy, replied, “Yeah, didn’t you

pressed his temples in frustration. Now he understood how distorted messages could become when passed through someone who couldn’t relay them properly. “Think carefully. Did I say it like that? Did you

Wasn’t that what he

entirely wrong. Something must be wrong with Edward. Time to go back to

have a girlfriend. I just have someone I like and want to pursue. I haven’t pursued her

like someone, you should go for it. If you can’t win her over, at least you won’t regret not trying. But

bad person. I just wanted to remind you. Whatever you do, don’t be a scumbag ]

wary of betrayals. Even though Edward’s affections were directed elsewhere, she still felt the need to offer advice. Saving a

considered a very kind person. She was helping someone she

person

could she be so generous and kind-hearted, given she was planning to delete Edward as a friend a moment ago?

expect him to reply, but she still felt a strange twinge of pain. She propped her feet up on the chair and prepared to

the guided meditation. She purified her mind and began to visualize herself as a tall tree rooted in the earth, surrounded by serene foliage. It was a

imagery

an hour later, Sherri quietly entered Rose’s consultation room. After receiving an inexplicable phone call from her brother that disturbed her sleep, she couldn’t fall back asleep. She had checked on Natalie

Sherri stood still, her eyes widening. “What

lead to sleep. If Sherri had arrived one

anything. “My brother

stuff. Like a delayed period or constipation

with a string

at a loss for words.

was this? She must be out

said was that he told you he has a girlfriend. No, wait, I think my brother said he has a girlfriend. No, that’s not it. Let me think. My brother’s exact words were a bit fuzzy at the time, and

moment’s pause, Sherri tried to recall her previous statement, nodding with certainty. “Yes, that’s right. I’m pretty sure that’s what he said. There’s no mistake. Did my brother

the girl