“What about you? Do you also think Grandma was the one who did it?” Rosalie asked.“Yes,” Theodore answered, as his face grew cold. “Grandma did seem like the prime suspect at that time, so I thought she deliberately stopped Cindy’s operation so she could separate us.”Rosalie could feel her blood boiling. “You’re too much! How could you suspect your own grandmother? You’re such a let-down!”“How am I a let-down?” Theodore said in a suppressed tone. “As much as I suspected Grandma, did I confront her about it? Neither did I blame her nor mistreat her because of this. Is that not enough?”Rosalie was almost convinced by Theodore’s logic, which seemed sound. He didn’t blame Rebecca, despite thinking that she did the wrong thing.But… If he really trusted Rebecca, would he have suspected her immediately? Why would he suspect that his own family member would do something so horrendous?At the end of the day, Cynthia was the most important person to him.Why didn’t he suspect that Cy
The memory of Cynthia claiming that Theodore would defend her just half an hour ago flashed past Rosalie’s mind.Cynthia had a reason for being so confident. Theodore really was defending her. Even if he knew Cynthia might have done it on purpose, he still chose to defend her.How much did he love her to defend her to such an extent, despite knowing that she slandered his grandmother?“Fine, it’s over since you said it’s over. But don’t forget: just because it’s over, doesn’t mean that it never happened.”Rosalie then turned to leave.Theodore grabbed her arm to stop her. “Wait, there’s one more thing.”“What else is there? If it’s about Cynthia, I don’t want to hear it. Let me go.”Just then, Rebecca and the rest walked in. “Rose.”“Grandma,” Rosalie said as she shook Theodore’s hand off hard. She walked to Rebecca. “Grandma, are you all right?”“I’m fine, really. We’ve talked things through about what happened today,” Rebecca said, looking to be in a good mood.Sydney and W
Rosalie sat in the front passenger seat in the car while Theodore drove on in silence.There were a few times Rosalie had the urge to speak, but seeing Theodore remaining silent made her hold herself back.It felt like a competition in which the first to speak loses.Just as that thought popped into Rosalie’s mind, Theodore spoke up. “I hope you won’t think about what happened today again.”Rosalie furrowed her brows. “Then why are you mentioning it again?”“I just want to make things clear. I’ll look into what exactly happened with the operation.”Rosalie scoffed. “In that case, you’re admitting that you think Grandma did it even before investigating things.”Theodore said, “It is precisely because I think that Grandma’s the one that I didn’t go ahead with the investigations. Whatever it is, Cindy has already paid the price.”Rosalie sneered, “So, whatever she says is right and whatever she does will be forgiven, just because of her health condition?”“What if it were you?
Rosalie’s grip tightened over her phone, feeling miserable. Her heart broke thinking about tears streaming down Rebecca’s old, wrinkled face.She had been keeping Rebecca company all this while, but she didn’t even realize what Rebecca was feeling. And yet, Theodore did. Perhaps she had misunderstood him all along. It wasn’t that he didn’t care about Grandma, he simply didn’t show his concern as explicitly as she did. He had never been an expressive person.Her palms started sweating. “Are we going to just keep dragging things out?” “I promise you that I’ll keep my distance from Cindy.”Rosalie found that laughable. “Keep your distance? I can’t just turn a blind eye to what you two have already done!”“Nothing happened between us!”“Don’t bother explaining yourself. I saw it clearly with my own eyes.” The image of them in the resort made pain pulsate through Rosalie’s heart.“What you saw may not be the truth.”“What’s the truth, then?” Rosalie demanded. “Was it not true t
Cynthia felt uneasy. She wanted to sit next to Theodore, but since he made it clear where he wanted her to sit, she had no choice but to do as she was told. Her fingers intertwined nervously as she asked, “Theo, what’s going on?”Theodore said, “Explain to Rose what exactly happened at the resort the last time.”Cynthia looked at the two of them in disbelief, her gaze pausing at Theodore as shock registered in her eyes. “Theo, why did you bring this up out of the blue?”Did Theodore bring Rosalie here to make her explain to Rosalie about that? Did Theodore consider her feelings when doing this, and gave Rosalie a chance to humiliate her?Rosalie found it ridiculous, too. “Why are you making her explain things to me? I really don’t understand what’s going through your mind.”“It’s simple, really,” Theodore said. “You don’t want to hear me out, and even if you do, you won’t believe me. In that case, I’ll have Cindy explain things to you. Both of us will tell you clearly what exact
“Oh, yes,” Rosalie went on, as another thought came to mind. “On our way here, Theo told me that we won’t be getting a divorce for the time being.”She didn’t want Cynthia feeling too happy.Cynthia looked as though lightning had struck her on the head, and her eyes widened in shock.“Theo…”Theodore turned to look at Rosalie. “Wait for me in the car, will you? I’ll be there in a few minutes.”“Sure, take your time to talk,” Rosalie said, as she stood up to leave the hall. She didn’t want to stay here with the two of them, anyway.After Rosalie left, Cynthia immediately stood up from her seat and sat next to Theodore. She grabbed his arm, and asked, “Theo, what exactly is going on? Is she the one who’s stopping you from divorcing her?”“No. Rose wants the divorce, but this time, I was the one who told her that I’m not going through with the divorce,” Theodore said calmly.“Why not?” Tears immediately fell down Cynthia’s cheeks. “Why are you saying something like this? Didn’t yo
“Yes, you have,” Rosalie said, as she locked her phone screen and put it aside. She turned to look at him. “So what if nothing happened between you two? The facts remain: you switched your phone off, and brought her on a holiday. You asked me for a divorce, and clamored to marry her. You rush to her defense each time something happens. It doesn’t really make a difference whether you two had sex or not.”Whatever it was, she and Theodore could never return to the past. He was entangled with Cynthia, and it was pointless no matter how hard Rosalie tried.Theodore gripped the steering wheel so tightly, the veins on his hands tensed up and even popped.Rosalie was showing off in front of Cynthia not because she was glad that they weren’t getting a divorce, but simply because she was trying to provoke Cynthia.Theodore sat there unmoving and didn’t start the car, but Rosalie didn’t rush him either. She picked her phone up, and started scrolling again.She opened and closed a couple
Theodore could sense that the two women wanted to chat in private, and his presence made it inconvenient for them to do so. So he said, “I’ll go grab a bottle of water.”After he made an excuse and left, Stephanie finally said, “Are you two not getting a divorce?”Rosalie smiled awkwardly. “I’m afraid that’s the case. We’re not getting a divorce for the time being.”“You can’t be serious!” Stephanie said with a helpless look. “You two aren’t getting a divorce after going through so much? Are you two thinking straight?!”Even she felt tired from just hearing about what was going on. And now, they were deciding not to go ahead with the divorce.If this were a drama series, she’d definitely be cursing as she watched.“Grandma isn’t in good health. She says she’s fine with us getting a divorce, but she’s in fact very upset about it. I don’t want her to be sad, so we decided to delay it,” Rosalie said. “Until when are you going to delay it? You can’t possibly suffer for someone el