“Rosalie Young!” Theodore sat up on the bed. “Shame on you! Taking my money to keep men by


    your side? The cheek of you to say that in front of me!”


    He red at her as he rebuked her.


    Rosalie covered her mouth, as if in shock. “Your…your money?”


    She put her hand down, and said haughtily, “So, Mr. Carter! Looks like. you see that money as


    yours, and have to ask you for permission before I can spend it. You still see me as an outsider!


    How could you im to see me as your sister? You liar!”


    She turned her face away in feigned sorrow, pouting her lips and looking morose.


    Theodore panicked when he saw the misery on her face.


    “I didn’t mean that,” he said.


    “So what exactly did you mean? You said that I took your money to keep men by my side! Since you


    see the money in my ount as yours, you should just take them all back, lest you see me as a


    charity case.”


    If Theodore really wanted all his money back, she would return them to him without any hesitation.


    She never wanted his money in the first ce. He was the one who wanted to give it to her.


    If he still saw that money as his and could interfere with how she spent it, what was the point of her


    keeping it?


    “I didn’t mean that. That money’s yours. I just don’t think you should. spend it indiscriminately,”


    Theodore said.


    Contrary to his calm demeanor, he was a mess inside. He was now facing the consequences of his


    rash words spoken just moments


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    “Since it’s my money, why can’t I spend it indiscriminately? Can’t I find someone to entertain me?”


    Rosalie refuted him.


    “Of course, you can,” Theodore exined himself. “But you can’t entertain yourself that way. Men


    are horrible creatures, and you’ll be fooled by them. Don’t you read the news? Many people end up


    getting scammed out of their entire fortunes. I’m just thinking for your sake, is all.”


    Theodore’s tone grew weaker and weaker as he spoke.


    “Oh, is that so? Thinking for my sake?” Rosalie said with a smile. ” Now that you’ve said so, I


    realized I have no words to counter that im.”


    Her bitter tone made Theodore anxious; he was worried that the more he spoke, the worse things


    might be.


    They were already divorced. He didn’t have the right to stop her from finding other men.


    “Rose, I’m not stopping you from finding other men. I’m just worried that you might get involved in a


    scam. How about this? When you find another man, bring him to me, and I’ll check him out for you.


    What if you run into a scammer? I’m older than you by a few years. I’vee across many kinds of


    people. You’ve only just graduated uni, and you aren’t as exposed to the world as I am.”


    Theodore exined everything in a rush, for fear that she wouldn’t believe him.


    “I’m not as exposed? Do you mean to say that I’m still a child who knows nothing, and that I’m naive


    enough to get fooled by any man.


    thates by?” Rosalie shot back.


    If that were really the case, she had to admit that she was fooled- namely, by Theodore Spencer.


    He was right. Men were horrible creatures, and that included himself.


    It wasughable how he, a horrible man himself, was teaching her not to be fooled by other horrible


    men.


    Even moreughable was the fact that he, her ex–husband, requested that she bring her future


    boyfriends to him so he could check them out, as if he were her father.


    Rosalie had no words to describe how strange Theodore’s words


    were.


    “I’m not,” Theodore said, unable to maintain hisposure any longer. “I don’t think you’re a child.


    I’m just worried about you.”


    “What are you worried about me for?” Rosalie asked tly. “We’re no longer husband and wife.


    What do you have to worry about? You


    should be…”