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    Christopher nodded. "Go ahead."


    Sydney walked out of the private room with her phone in hand, and received the call. She said with slight frustration, "What is it again?"


    "You left your ne behind at my ce. Where are you? I''ll send it to you." Geoffrey''s tender voice sounded through the phone. Sydney''s grip tightened over her phone. After a long pause, she finally said, "What exactly must I do for you to let me go?"


    Geoffrey had been threatening her as ofte.


    When he previously forced her into bed with him, he had filmed the entire process.


    Sydney was initially resistant, but as time went by, she became numb to it and eventually gave up resisting him.


    Geoffrey cut out the part of the video where she didn''t resist him, and just that clip alone made it seem as though Sydney went along with it willingly. Then, he threatened to show the Spencers the video.


    Geoffrey was a madman who wasn''t afraid of sacrificing himself for the sake of getting what he wanted.


    Sydney, on the other hand, was worried that if things would get nasty if the Spencers found out about them.


    She didn''t mind being falsely used of something, but she was worried that certain members of the Spencer family might be implicated if conflict were to ensue between both families.


    When Geoffrey threatened her with the video clip and forced her to meet him, Sydney had no choice but to do his bidding.


    If she could use her body to prevent the disaster of having their affair exposed to the Spencers, she didn''t mind that. She had been through so much in her life, this was considered nothing.


    "Aren''t things fine right now? Syd, I''vepromised by not asking you to marry me, but you''ve got to at least spend some time with me. I can''t have Wesley monopolizing all your time."


    "Geoffrey Carter, don''t push your luck. If you keep forcing me into a corner..."


    "Do you want to know more about Seb?" Geoffrey said, cutting her off. "How he is doing abroad right now, don''t you want to know that?"


    Sydney clenched her fists. "He''s your son. Why would I want to know about him?"


    "My darling, don''t be stubborn. I know he''s on your mind. You don''t even dare to tell him that you''re his mother. He''s doing very well with Rose overseas. Oh yes, Rose gave birth to a baby boy, do you know that?"


    Sydney shut her eyes and clenched her fists so hard, her fingernails dug into the flesh of her palm. "Are you quite done?"


    "I just want to tell you about thetest updates regarding our son don''t mean anything else. I''ll just leave your ne with me for now. Come to my ce tonight and take it back."


    Sydney hung up in a huff.


    She walked back to the private room and stood outside the door,posing herself. She tried to keep her face straight, looking as calm and collected as she could.


    Sydney pushed the door open, and shed Christopher a smile.


    "Pardon me for keeping you waiting, Mr. Jackson."


    Sydney put her phone aside and sat down.


    Her phone dinged.


    Sydney nced at it, and saw a message from Geoffrey. It was a photo of them being intimate in bed. Sydney''s brows furrowed when saw it. Fire burned in her eyes.N?velDrama.Org exclusive content.


    However, Christopher was right next to her and she couldn''t express any emotions whatsoever. She had to try her best to swallow her fury and put her phone aside once more and force a smile on her face.


    Despite her efforts, Christopher noticed the subtle changes in her expression.


    "What happened? Who called you?" he asked.


    He could sense that something had happened to Sydney.


    Sydney smiled weakly. "It''s just work, nothing major."


    Christopher didn''t push the matter, sensing that she wasn''t willing to share.


    "Can I call you Syd?" Geoffrey suddenly asked.


    "Sure," Sydney said with a slight smile.