Chapter 274
“Why didn’t you tell me you went?” Theodore asked. He wondered if, perhaps, that was the night Rosalie sought comfort from Sebastian.
Thinking of Sebastian, his eyes grew cold again. Sebastian naturally became his enemy right from their first meeting, like there could be no two rulers in one town.
“What’s there to tell?” Rosalie was indifferent. “As soon as I saw how much you cared for Cynthia, I left.”
“Why didn’t you go home? Why did you go to Sebastian instead?” Theodore pressed.
Rosalie stayed silent. She didn’t tell him that it had rained heavily that night, and that she had collapsed in the rain in pain. She had also
nearly met with an accident.
Sebastian was the one who came all the way to visit her at the
hospital. At that time, Theodore was by Cynthia’s bedside, and didn’t leave for a second.
She was very grateful to Sebastian for providing her comfort in her moments of despair. She didn’t see a need to let Theodore know all this; he would only see her as even more pathetic.
Silence fell over the room. Theodore didn’t say anything more, but his heart ached, as if something was clawing it.
After Rosalie reapplied his medication and wrapped new bandages around him, she put the medical kit away.
“All done. You can sleep now.” Rosalie went back to the sofa to lie down.
Laying on his side, Theodore stared at her fixedly.
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“Cynthia needs a heart, but we don’t know when the doctors will find a suitable one. I’ll probably marry her soon, before her surgery.”
Rosalie was lying on her back, staring calmly at the ceiling. She clenched the hem of her clothes tightly under the blanket, and said with a wry smile, “If you want to fulfill her wish, marry her soon. It’s difficult to get heart donors.”
She felt pain, but the agony was mingled with a numbness. More accurately, she had gotten used to it. Now that they were divorced, she shouldn’t expect things to change; she should just get used to the pain until it became numb.
“If you ever want to marry someone in the future, I’ll give you the best dowry,” Theodore suddenly said.
Rosalie raised an eyebrow and turned around. “What did you say?”
“I’m your brother.” Theodore smiled gently. “So, I’ll take care of you for life. If any man mistreats you in the future, I’ll make sure to teach him a lesson.”
“So, you’re going to teach my future husband a lesson as my brother?
Rosalie asked.
Theodore nodded. “Yes.”
Rosalie smiled mirthlessly. “Then can I, as your sister, teach Cynthia a lesson? If she does anything wrong, can I do that too?”
Theodore’s expression stiffened.
After a pause, he said helplessly, “I’m tired. You should sleep, too.”
In the end, whenever Cynthia was mentioned, he had nothing more to
say.
Theodore slowly closed his eyes.
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Rosalie lay down, facing the ceiling again. Tears slid down the corners of her eyes. She wiped them away, pretending those tears had never fallen.
Time ticked by slowly.
Rosalie couldn’t sleep. She turned to look at Theodore, and saw that he was fast asleep.
Checking the time, she realized it was already early morning. Time sure flew by.
Rosalie touched her abdomen gently.
“Baby, isn’t your dad ridiculous? He wants to divorce me for another woman, but now, he’s shamelessly saying he’ll protect me forever. There’s no one more ridiculous than him.”