Theodore stopped in his tracks, and turned around.
Seeing the pained expression on his mother’s face, he asked, What exactly is going on? Are you hiding something from me?
Theo, I just want to ask you this: are things really over between you and Rose?
Theodore shut his eyes sorrowfully. Clenching his fists, he said, Rose was the one who wanted to end things between us. What choice did I have? Do you mean that you still want to be with her?
Theodore smiled bitterly. Do you know why I refused to let you contact Rose when I got injured before? Do you know what happened when I went to rescue her?
What happened? Sydney asked.
Theodore sighed. Forget it.
He didn’t want them knowing the truth. It was enough for him to just take it alone.
All Rosalie did was to choose Sebastian over him. What wrong did she do? She simply didn’t love him.
Seeing Theodore making a move to leave, Sydney rushed forward and stopped him in his tracks. Stand right there! What exactly happened? You have to tell me the truth.
Sydney was very worried about Sebastian’s current state.
I don’t want to tell you, Theodore said.
He felt as though there was nothing he could talk about to his parents right now.
He didn’t expect them to side with him. What’s more, he had done wrong in the first place and had no right to ask for others to side with him. Theo, I’m begging you. Talk to me, please?
Sydney knew Theodore had been feeling very depressed during this period. She didn’t know if he was simply feeling down, or truly suffering from clinical depression.
Under such circumstances, he needed the company and comfort of his family members the most.
So what if I talked to you?
Whatever it is, don’t keep things to yourself. You have to find someone to share your burden with. Share my burden? I’m afraid you might mock me instead. Theodore chuckled sardonically.
His mother clearly felt that he had it coming.
I won’t do that. I’m your mother. Why would I do that? Please, tell me the truth.
Theodore suddenly chuckled out loud as tears trickled down his cheeks.
She chose Sebastian.
He told Sydney about what happened. Sydney was shell-shocked upon hearing Theodore recount the incident.
How…how could that be?
Disbelief was etched on Sydney’s face. Theodore silently wiped the tears from his face.
How embarrassing for a grown man like him to be crying like this.
That woman was the only person in this entire world capable of making him shed tears.
You can hardly believe it, can’t you?
I wouldn’t have believed it myself if it didn’t actually happen to me in reality. You now know why I didn’t want to contact her. She loves Sebastian so much, and hates me deeply. Why would I still contact her?
She doesn’t even want to see me. Althought was still clinging onto a sliver of hope when you told me she wanted to come visit me that day, she didn’t come even after I waited for her for an entire day.
He had lost all hope.
Sydney suddenly recalled something. She looked up and said, Theo, you’ve misunderstood. That day…’
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She suddenly stopped mid-sentence. She had wanted to tell Theodore that Rosalie had gone to visit him that day, but she arrived slightly later. By the time Rosalie arrived, Theodore was no longer there.
Theodore didn’t hear a single word that Rosalie said, which was what caused the huge misunderstanding between them. Both of them concluded that they didn’t want to contact each other.
I misunderstood? Theodore’s brows furrowed. What do you mean by that?
Sydney suddenly didn’t know what to say. If she told Theodore the truth, he might start harassing Rosalie again.
However, according to his own words, Rosalie chose Sebastian instead of him at such a critical moment. That proves Sebastian was more important to Rosalie than Theodore was.
In that case, what was the point of telling Theodore all these? Since he was now willing to let go of things, why give him another reason to pursue Rosalie?
If that happened, she would see two of her sons fighting over a woman. There would be no end to things, and the three of them would be equally miserable.
Sydney sighed. I mean, did you
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misunderstand what happened when Rosalie made her choice? It sounds as though Rosalie had a terribletime making her choice It’s difficult no matter which of you two she chose.
The flicker of hope in Theodore’s heart that reignited when he heard his mother mention a misunderstanding was unexpectedly doused upon hearing her explanation.