"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."

guilt. "Theo, I just... I just don't want you

he remained silent as he continued making the call and putting the

of what he would say to Rosalie.

things imploded between them, they would get entangled

would get complicated again and might even

call went through, Theodore said, "Hello,

heard Theodore's greeting, she

go ahead to say, "Can you do me a favor,

replied in the affirmative, Theodore asked, "My grandmother has dementia and insists on seeing my ex-wife. However, my ex-wife

Where are you right now?" After he received an answer,

of doubt, "Theo,

a little like Rose, and I thought she could come over and impersonate Rose Grandma isn't

if Rose came here in person, Grandma might not

a sigh of relief. She had thought Theo was really going to

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

understand why his mother became like

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