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.

“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.

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.”