"Really? Quick, call her," Rebecca urged gladly.

Sydney's brows furrowed as she said, "Theo, are you really going to call Rose right now? She's very busy."

The solemn look on his mother's face made it seem as though the sky would fall on their heads if he really called Rosalie.

Instead of saying something, Theodore let Rebecca go and pulled out his phone from his pocket. He left the scene, and walked toward the door of the villa. Sydney hurried out after him and saw him scrolling through his contacts.

Sydney said, "Theo, are you really going to call Rose?"

If he called her out of the blue, all her efforts would go down the drain.

Things would go back to what they were in the past, with the two of them entangled with each other and in pain.

"Are you afraid of me calling Rose?" Theo said.

"No, that's not what I meant," Sydney explained. "I just don't want to see you hurting."

"It's none of your business. It's my own business whether I'm hurting or not. I'm an adult, not a child needing his mother's protection."

I just don't

silent as he continued

Rosalie. She couldn't rudely snatch

if things imploded between them, they

get complicated again and might even become

through, Theodore said,

felt so anxious, but when she heard Theodore's greeting, she looked up

Theodore go ahead to say, "Can you do me

in the affirmative, Theodore asked, "My grandmother has dementia and insists on seeing my ex-wife. However, my ex-wife isn't around right now. You

pick you up. Where are you right now?"

a tone of doubt, "Theo, who is

thought she could come over and impersonate Rose Grandma isn't

Rose came here in person, Grandma might not be able to

had thought Theo was really going to

made Theodore furrow his brows. "You're happy I didn't call Rose, aren't you? You really don't want

didn't understand why his mother

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