“I’ve always felt guilty for not fulfilling my responsibilities as a mother when I was younger and failed to be by your side. I admit, I don’t have the right to reprimand you. I’m not slapping you as your mother this time, but as Rose’s mother, to protect my own daughter.”Tears welled up in Rosalie’s eyes. She was very touched and completely caught off guard that her mother-in-law, whom she had no blood relations with and barely even knew until recently, would do something like this for her.Rosalie found herself very tragic at times, a failure in both her love life and marriage. Yet other times, she found herself very blessed in other areas. When she was in tears and in misery, when others mistreated her, there was always someone watching over her.Theodore rubbed his cheek gently with his fingers, and suddenly smirked. “Mother and daughter indeed. Each of you slapped me once. Do you feel great about that now?”Sydney was furious to see Theodore smile even under such circumstance
Eight hours ago, at ten in the morning, Theodore was still at Sydney’s place. He was lying on Sydney’s couch and groggy with sleep.He slowly opened his eyes. He was having a splitting headache, and was still tightly wrapped up in a blanket. It was even tied up with a rope, as if fearing the blanket might fall off him.Theodore looked at himself and then his surroundings in a daze. It was a living room that looked unfamiliar to him, but he knew where he was.Memories from last night flooded back in his mind.He came looking for his mother after getting drunk in the middle of the night… Like a three-year-old, he cried for comfort in his mother’s arms, claiming to be bullied by others.Theodore smacked his forehead hard.How embarrassing!He immediately untied the rope around the blanket, flung it aside, and stumbled into the washroom.After cleaning himself up, he left the washroom, rummaged around his pocket, and searched everywhere before finding his phone hidden in a corner o
Theodore was about to refute her, but suddenly remembered something and turned around to look at Cynthia. His gaze was heavy as he said, “Alright, I’ll see you tonight.”“Good. That’s all, then. Don’t forget what you said to me last night while you were drunk. I’m doing this to help you, so don’t ruin the chance and stop making wrong decisions. See you later.”Sydney wouldn’t have said so much if he weren’t her biological son. She would never remind a fool that he was a fool. No, she would just leave them to their own devices.Yet, because he was her biological son, she had to tell him that he was a fool and had to do better.Sydney was about to hang up when Theodore immediately added, “Oh yes, Mom. You shouldn’t have texted Cindy with my phone last night.”“Well, I did. What are you going to do about it?”Although it was wrong of her to text using someone else’s phone, Sydney did it without any guilt.Theodore sighed. “It was meaningless to send that text.”“Since it was meani
Sydney pulled Rosalie into the car.Rosalie was very silent as she sat in the shotgun seat. She even forgot to buckle her safety belt. Thankfully, Sydney enjoyed doing so for her and had done it before driving.Sydney drove on for a few seconds in silence. She glanced at Rosalie a few times, worried. Finally, she couldn’t hold herself back and murmured, “I know I was wrong to bring you there. I didn’t expect Theo to…”“Mom,” Rosalie cut her off. “This has nothing to do with you. You didn’t want this to happen, either. It’s alright, I’ve gotten used to it.”The calmness on Rosalie’s face told Sydney that she had been hurt countless times.Many times, people become numb not because they were born heartless, but because they had gone through so much. They knew they couldn’t change anything, and were helpless.Sydney thought about it before concluding, “Don’t tell him about your pregnancy. I take back what I said before, because I suddenly feel like he doesn’t deserve to know.”Rosa
“You silly billy! I gave you my passcode, didn’t I? You could have just gone in to wait for me. Why did you stay downstairs?”Sebastian gave her a warm smile. “You weren’t home, and I can’t possibly just stay in your house. That’s your place.”He knew clearly where the boundaries lay.Rosalie said helplessly, “You’re so silly. Remember, my house is your house, too. You can just go in. Don’t be like this next time. What if it’s winter, and it’s snowing outside? Will you just stand here and wait?”Sebastian nodded. “I will.”He had such a silly look on his face, but he was a handsome man to begin with. A handsome fool was an inexplicably mesmerizing sight to behold.Rosalie sighed helplessly. They were both men, but why was one a bastard to the extreme while another was kind to the extreme?“What happened here?” Rosalie lifted a hand and caressed his lips, finding it dry and chapped, even bleeding.Her simple move made Sebastian’s eyes light up. He shook his head, and said, “Noth
Geoffrey himself had told her that even if Sebastian left the Carter family, Geoffrey would make sure he would be met with obstacles everywhere. Even if Sebastian tried to go abroad, Geoffrey would do something to stop it.Puzzled, Sebastian asked, “Rose, did he say something to you?”Rosalie nodded. “He even wanted me to persuade you to get married, but I really don’t know what I should do now. If you get married, you’ll end up marrying a woman you don’t love. But if you don’t get married, he’ll ruin your life.”Either way, Sebastian wasn’t going to be happy.“I’ve already made my choice,” Sebastian said firmly. “I won’t get married. I don’t mind if I lose everything. I’ve been living under another man’s control all my life, and I don’t want to live like this anymore.”Rosalie couldn’t imagine how it would be like for Sebastian to descend from heaven to hell. His father was a control freak and would certainly do something to him. The man might crush Sebastian to the ground, and
Curled up under the covers, Rosalie Young gently caressed her belly. After a while, she breathed a sigh of relief.Thankfully, the baby was okay.When he came home last night, Theodore Spencer had wanted to be intimate. As the couple hadn't seen each other for two months, Rosalie couldn't bear to refuse him.Theodore had already woken up and washed up. He was wearing a gray custom suit that perfectly fit his tall and slender body, giving him an elegant and charming air. Currently, he was sitting in a chair with a tablet in hand. His fingers slid gracefully across the screen, exuding a hint of laziness and sensuality.Rosalie was wrapped tightly in the blanket with only her head exposed.When Theodore noticed her staring at him, he calmly asked, "Are you awake? Let's have breakfast.""Okay."Rosalie put on her pajamas, blushing as she crawled out of bed.In the dining room, Rosalie kept pushing her food around her plate as she caressed her belly with one hand. After a while, she
Rosalie lowered her head, smiling bitterly.What else could she ask for? She was sure she had exhausted all the luck in her life to get a chance to marry the man before her.Her parents were ordinary employees at SK Enterprise. They had been trapped in the control room during a fire, but had managed to shut down the critical systems before they died. Their actions prevented the release of toxic substances and avoided more casualties.The media had reported on the incident for several days straight, sharing recordings of her parents' last conversation with the outside world.Orphaned at the age of ten, Rosalie was taken in by her aunt, who was the only option available. However, the woman smoked, drank, and gambled. A year later, Rosalie’s aunt squandered all the money SK Enterprise had given the young girl to compensate for the loss of her parents.When Rosalie was eleven years old, her aunt dumped her at the doorstep of SK Enterprise.Clutching her backpack tightly to her chest,