Christopher nodded. "Go ahead."

Sydney walked out of the private room with her phone in hand, and received the call. She said with slight frustration, "What is it again?"

"You left your necklace behind at my place. Where are you? I'll send it to you." Geoffrey's tender voice sounded through the phone. Sydney's grip tightened over her phone. After a long pause, she finally said, "What exactly must I do for you to let me go?"

Geoffrey had been threatening her as of late.

When he previously forced her into bed with him, he had filmed the entire process.

Sydney was initially resistant, but as time went by, she became numb to it and eventually gave up resisting him.

Geoffrey cut out the part of the video where she didn't resist him, and just that clip alone made it seem as though Sydney went along with it willingly. Then, he threatened to show the Spencers the video. Geoffrey was a madman who wasn't afraid of sacrificing himself for the sake of getting what he wanted.

Sydney, on the other hand, was worried that if things would get nasty if the Spencers found out about them.

didn't mind being falsely accused of something, but she was worried that certain members of the Spencer family might be implicated if conflict were to ensue between both families. When Geoffrey threatened her with

been through so much in her life, this was considered nothing. "Aren't things fine right now? Syd, I've compromised by not asking you to marry me, but you've got to at least spend some time with

know more about Seb?" Geoffrey said, cutting her off. "How he is doing abroad right now, don't

Why would

stubborn. I know he's on your mind. You don't even dare to tell him that you're his mother. He's doing very well with Rose overseas. Oh yes, Rose gave birth to a baby boy, do you know that?" Sydney shut her eyes and clenched her fists so hard, her fingernails dug into the flesh of her palm. "Are you

about the latest updates regarding our son don't mean anything else. I'll just leave your necklace with me for now. Come to my place tonight and

hung up in

room and stood outside the door, composing herself. She

as she could

open, and flashed Christopher a

for keeping you waiting,

phone aside and

Her phone dinged.

and saw a message from Geoffrey. It was a photo of them being intimate in bed. Sydney's brows furrowed

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