Chapter 168

“What about you? Do you also think Grandma was the one who did. it?” Rosalie asked.

“Yes,” Theodore answered, as his face grew cold. “Grandma did seem like the prime suspect at that

time, so I thought she deliberately stopped Cindy’s operation so she could separate us.”

Rosalie could feel her blood boiling. “You’re too much! How could you suspect your own

grandmother? You’re such a let–down!”

“How am I a let–down?” Theodore said in a suppressed tone. “As much as I suspected Grandma,

did I confront her about it? Neither did I blame her nor mistreat her because of this. Is that not

enough?”

Rosalie was almost convinced by Theodore’s logic, which seemed sound. He didn’t blame

Rebecca, despite thinking that she did the wrong thing.

But… If he really trusted Rebecca, would he have suspected her immediately? Why would he

suspect that his own family member would do something so horrendous?

At the end of the day, Cynthia was the most important person to him.

Why didn’t he suspect that Cynthia was lying and deliberately creating a rift between him and his

family? She was clearly putting up an act, so why couldn’t he tell?

Instead, he chose to suspect his own kin right off the bat.

Yet now, he was sitting on his moral high horse, saying that it was good enough that he didn’t blame

his kin despite his suspicion. He knew full well whether that was good enough or not.

“Enough, of course it is,” Rosalie said sarcastically. “Since M-

Spencer said so, how could it not suffice?”

Since he said so, so be it. He wouldn’t listen to others, anyway.

“Rose, I’m trying to speak to you in a civilized manner. Don’t be so passive–aggressive,” Theodore

said with his brows furrowed.

“I’m talking to you very civilly, too. You think it’s enough, so be it. I’m just agreeing with you. What

else do you want?”

Rosalie’s attitude made Theodore feel very comfortable.

“You were the one who started all these. I’m just trying to defuse the situation. Don’t keep trying to

put the blame on others.”

“I was the one who started it?” Rosalie laughed at his words. “Cynthia told me something that I

conveyed to Grandma, so I’m the one who started this?”

“Isn’t that so? Cindy was just harboring a guess, but you told

Grandma something else altogether, saying that Cindy said it was certainty. That was a deliberate

attempt at creating a rift between us,” Theodore said unceremoniously.

“Theodore Spencer,” Rosalie said furiously, “how many times do you want me to repeat myself?

Cynthia told me very clearly that Grandma was the one who did it. She did not phrase it as a

possibility, neither did she frame it as just a guess.”

Theodore continued speaking up for Cynthia. “Even so, you’ve misunderstood her. You

misunderstood what she meant.”

Rosalie shut her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to rein her temper in. She then stood up from

the couch.

“Theodore, you’re always like this. Cynthia clearly told me.one thing in private, but she would end

up saying another thing the moment she gets exposed. She’d claim she didn’t mean what she said,

and that I misunderstood her. Each time, you’d choose to believe her instead of

1. me. I’m always the one misunderstanding her. I once doubted whether I attended primary

school and that I might be lacking in comprehension skills, or maybe I just don’t understand

her.”

Theodore looked up at her. After a long pause, he said, “Rose, no matter what Cindy told you, don’t

bring this up ever again. Whether there was a misunderstanding or not, this is all in the past. Don’t

count it against her, on account of her health condition.”