Rosalie tugged Sydney’s sleeve and pulled at it, shaking her head profusely at her. She mouthed, “Ask him when he’s free, and that you can wait.”The corner of Sydney’s mouth twitched. She coughed dryly, and put out the cigarette between her fingers. “In that case, when are you free? You can’t possibly be busy all the time, can you?”“I’m busy all the time.”His heartless rejection made Sydney’s brows furrow. A piercing pain shot through her chest. She could sense that Theodore didn’t want to have a meal with her, or even see his own mother.Before Rosalie could say anything further, Sydney decided that she would give it another shot. “Are you sure you aren’t free? Not even for half an hour?”“I’m sorry, no.”Sydney’s grip over her phone tightened, and she chuckled helplessly. “Alright, then. Go ahead and be busy. I won’t bother you anymore.”Sydney was about to hang up when Rosalie snatched the phone from her hand and said to the man on the line, “Theodore Spencer!”Theodo
“Alright. I’ll hand the phone over to your mom. Set the date and time between yourselves.”Rosalie handed the phone back to Sydney.Sydney was still stunned from what Rosalie had just done, but managed to take the phone from her and put it to her ear.Theodore said something to her before she nodded and said, “Alright, I got it.”“Alright, then.”“Okay, goodbye.”Sydney hung up, and turned to say to Rosalie, “I’ve set the date and venue of our meeting.”Rosalie heaved a sigh of relief. She was just trying her luck just now, and didn’t really expect her attempt to turn out successful. “That’s good. I just hope you two can have a good talk. Please don’t end up fighting. You two have already missed out on so much time together, so you should treasure every moment you have together. You two are mother and son, after all. I know you love your son, and that Theo really needs you,” she said. “But I really have no idea how to be a mother. I’m too trapped in my own world. I’ve lived
Rosalie didn’t know what to say at that point. Sydney’s words seemed to make sense, and she couldn’t say anything to refute it.“Do you still want to read through them?” Sydney asked.Rosalie nodded. “I do, but can I bring them back?”“Don’t bother. Just read through them here, and go back whenever you’re done. It’s tiring to take back so many documents.”“But…” Rosalie flipped through the documents in the box. “There are just too many documents. One day isn’t enough for me to go through them all. Also, I have to analyze and think through the data, and even do some checking. I think…”“Don’t worry about it. Just stay here overnight. I have everything you need anyway, so feel free to use them. Oh, yes. There’s food in the fridge. You can cook lunch this afternoon, or order takeout. I have something to attend to, and I need to head out. I’ll buy some clean underwear for you before I come home later.”In light of Sydney’s offer, Rosalie had no choice but to nod her head in agreement
Rosalie nodded with a smile. “Okay.”“Did you find anything after looking through all those documents?” Sydney asked.Rosalie said, “They crunched their numbers so beautifully, it’s almost perfect. But I don’t think it’s possible for a large company to not encounter any issues at all, what with their sudden, rapid expansion within such a short period of time. Sometimes, the more perfect something seems, the greater the hidden issues—maybe even more so than something that appears imperfect.”She went on, “What’s more, the share price of Regent Co. is very high right now. I have a feeling it’s going to be an open target.”Sydney smiled. “Not bad, you have potential. Sometimes, however, it’s not enough to just judge based on a feeling. You have to present solid evidence to convince others.”Rosalie nodded. “Okay. I’ll continue searching for it.”Sydney said, “Don’t be anxious. Take it easy. You must have patience in whatever you do.”Rosalie nodded. “I got it.”“But…” Sydney said
Sydney couldn’t explain why, either. She simply felt that Theodore liked Rosalie very much. Yet, his actions and decisions were so confusing.She also didn’t want to give Rosalie empty hope. If she were mistaken, it would only lead to disappointments for Rosalie.They were already divorced, anyway. It no longer mattered what Theodore really felt.“Yes, I have no idea what’s blinding him. I can’t figure out what’s so good about Cynthia Zeller. At least the woman Wesley fell in love with back then was a true talent.”Rosalie smiled. “Maybe Theo just found his soulmate. No matter who she is, she’s bound to make him fall in love with her.”Love sometimes didn’t make sense. Yet, sometimes it was all that mattered—even if others find it illogical and foolish.“What about you? Do you like Theo?” Sydney asked.Rosalie’s heart raced.Sydney stared at her. “What’s the matter?”“Mom, we’re already divorced. None of this matters anymore.” Rosalie’s voice was hoarse, as if a blade was stuc
Rosalie was still busy in the study. Sydney had given her a new notebook, which she had filled up.She was halfway through the box of documents; she didn’t bother counting, and simply read the documents page by page.Just then, her phone buzzed. Rosalie remained unperturbed, and continued jotting down notes until her phone buzzed again.She furrowed her brows, and grabbed her phone. Glancing at the incoming text, she saw found it was from Theodore.The first text read, ‘Are you asleep?’The second text read, ‘??’Rosalie typed on her phone, ‘I’m not asleep yet.’But before she sent it out, something came to mind.If she told him that she wasn’t asleep yet, he was bound to ask her what she was doing. It was going to take her time to reply to him.She didn’t want to chat with Theodore right now. She was long past the time when she felt excited whenever he contacted her.Time was of the essence, and she had to read through all the documents.As such, she deleted her original me
“Mom, are you picking on Rose again? I knew nothing good would come out of her being with you! Did you make her do all your work? And she did it the entire night! Why are you being like this? Does it make you glad to be a wicked mother-in-law?”Sydney remained calm in the face of her son’s accusations. “What do you mean, wicked mother-in-law? Just listen to yourself. She’s my daughter now. Can’t I teach my own daughter a thing or two? She’s been going through my documents since yesterday afternoon, and didn’t get a wink last night. I’m very proud of my daughter for being so resilient and hardworking.”“You’re doing this on purpose. I’m heading over right now. Stop bullying her!”“Why are you coming over? Do you want to blow things up and get Rosalie caught in the middle and feel bad about it?”Theodore said coldly, “Should I continue allowing you to harass her, then? I’m going to take her away from you!”“How do you know that she’s not doing it willingly? She was the one who ask
“No,” Theodore said in a panic. “I won’t interrupt you. Go ahead and read your documents, but don’t hang up.”He wanted to help her with her work.Rosalie’s eyes flashed with doubt. “Why?”“No particular reason. Just don’t hang up and continue with your work.”“Fine.” Rosalie didn’t know what Theodore was up to. She pushed her phone away, and continued reading.When she was finally done reading through every single document, she felt overwhelmed with fatigue. Eye bags hung heavily below her eyes.She stumbled to the hall, and saw Sydney preparing breakfast in the kitchen.Upon hearing footsteps, Sydney turned around. “You’re done?”Rosalie nodded. “Yes.”“You were up the whole night. I thought you’d at least sleep a little last night.”Rosalie smiled and sat at the table, still in a daze. She slumped on the table and said, “I felt a burst of energy, and wanted to read through everything in one go. Before I knew it, the sun was rising.”She placed her phone on the table.Syd