Chapter 93

"What is it?"

"If I had nothing, would you still want to be with me?"

Cynthia looked at him in confusion. "Theo, why are you asking this?"

"Answer my question first."

"Don't you trust me? What do you take me for?" Cynthia was a bit angry. "Did I get together with you because of your status? How could you think that of me?"

Cynthia's words, coming from a moral high ground, successfully made Theodore feel guilty.

But he persisted, saying, "Cindy, that's not what I meant. But you know, my family really likes Rose. If I divorce her, I might lose everything."

Cynthia was stunned. "Are you saying you'd be left with nothing?"

When Sydney said those words at lunch, Cynthia had thought it was just talk. How could the Spencer family leave Theodore, their only heir, with nothing? But now, hearing the same thing come directly from this man's mouth left her feeling afraid.

"That day might come. Grandma really likes Rose. If she finds out I want to divorce her, she might strip me of my inhe