"Oh?" Maria's face showed a faint smirk as she looked at Sidney's cold expression. With a curious tone, she asked, "How exactly do you plan to make me regret it?"

Sidney tightened his grip on her wrist, his eyes locking onto hers as he said, "You care a lot about Lucas, don't you?"

"What do you mean by that?" Maria looked at him with genuine curiosity.

She really wanted to know-what else could he do?

But instead of answering, Sidney loosened his hold on her wrist.

Without further explanation, he simply said, "Take care. I won't be seeing you out."

With that, he turned and headed back to the hospital room.

Maria watched his retreating figure, the interest in her eyes deepening.

What did he mean by that?

...

hospital room, Ruth glanced at Sidney's expression and suddenly asked, "So,

Sidney didn't explain the complicated matters and instead came up with a quick excuse. "I want to focus on my studies. The work at the studio was too intense, and I couldn't concentrate." Ruth

countered, "What else would it be? What

out,

she chose not to press further and instead asked,

and has settled in Larbor City now," Sidney

said, breaking

Aveline had found her family

"Miss Young is such a good girl. It's just a pity that things didn't work out between the two of you. I blame my own poor health for holding you back. If it weren't

hearing such things, so she didn't continue

split his time between sending out resumes and working part-time at various restaurants and coffee houses. He couldn't afford to be idle-his mother's medical

the coffee house, he

he saw

at the counter, her eyes gleaming with amusement as she looked at him. Sidney responded curtly,

pulled out her phone, quickly the code, and then backing leisurely as

a fast learner. But why won't you come back to work for me?". Maria asked, genuinely puzzled as she

didn't bother replying,

didn't seem

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