Rosalie nodded. "He hasn''t, but I''m sure he didn''t do it on purpose. He seldom tells me about his family, and I only found out he had a sister when I met her in person."


    She was afraid Christopher might be upset, so she tried to offer an exnation.


    Christopher took a sip of his tea. "Don''t be so anxious to exin things to me. It''s fine. I don''t really mind that Seb didn''t mention me to his wife. Since you two are together now, it''s a matter of time before we meet. Aren''t we both seated here at the moment? It''s not toote for us to get to know each other."


    Rosalie smiled politely. "Yes. I never knew he had an uncle like you before this."Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    "An uncle like me?" Christopher asked curiously. "What sort of uncle do you think I am?"


    "I know that you''re of high status, but keep a low profile."


    "I''m not someone important, just a government worker. At the end of the day, no matter how high-ranking I am, I am but a civil servant. It''s just a matter of address," Christopher said indifferently.


    Rosalie kept her polite smile on her face.


    Christopher was merely being humble. He was no ordinary civil servant. If he asked for it, even the mayor had to do his bidding.


    "I''m just an uncle to Seb. I treat Seb and Vonnie as my children, since I don''t have any of my own."


    Rosalie was surprised to hear that. "You''re not married?"


    "I''ve been so focused on my career, I''ve neglected key milestones in my personal life. I''ve slowly gotten used to being alone. It''s also safer for me to be alone in the mercenary environment I''m in. With a family in the picture, it''s easy for me to get threatened or enticed by certain terms. Things can get veryplicated. It''s good being alone," he replied.


    Rosalie understood what Christopher meant. Hearing him saying that he treated Seb and Vonnie as his children made her conclude that he really wanted children, but ended up having none.


    "Come to think of it," he went on,


    "since I treat them as my children, I naturally want to know about their other halves. That''s why I wanted to talk to you and get to know you. Can you understand where I''ming from? Perhaps you might think I''m just his uncle and not his father, so I have no right to know more about you. If that''s the case, I''m fine with it."


    "Of course not!" Rosalie exined "I


    hurriedly mean that. What


    you said makes perfect sense. I trust


    ou''ve done much for Seb over


    that you


    the years. It also looks as though Vonnie respects you a lot as her uncle."


    "You have such a sweet tongue. No wonder Seb likes you so much. You look so frail and weak, but you have a mind of your own."


    "Thank you."


    Many times, Rosalie simply chose to follow her heart and wasn''t thinking of achieving any particr goal.


    "Were you immediately adopted by the Spencers after your parents'' ident?" Christopher asked. He did know a thing or two about Rosalie, and had checked her background, but he needed a conversation starter.


    "I lived with my aunt for a year before the Spencers adopted me," Rosalie said.


    "Why didn''t your aunt continue taking care of you? Given the ident, you should have received quite a handsome sum ofpensation. Your aunt would have had oversight over the money," Christopher went on.