No one bothered me anymore. My work had been going smoothly these days, and I was waiting for the institution in the neighboring city to successfully enroll students.

A week later, I received Rodney's message: [Go to Clevel Hospital to finish Macey's discharge procedures.]

I read the message silently and ignored it.

It was my day off, and I made myself a meal at noon.

Rodney came back with Macey. When he saw me having noodles, he became angry.

"Cecilia, why don't you go to the hospital?"

I finished the noodles in the bowl and put it in the dishwasher.

Before I said anything, Macey sobbed softly, "I'm sorry, Cecilia. I didn't know you were busy today."

"Is she busy? She's off today."

I listened to their words and found them noisy.

I was about to go back to my room to rest, but Rodney grabbed my arm.

"Cecilia, I was too busy to take care of you when you had a car accident. Can you forgive me?"

I paused. If he hadn't mentioned it, I would probably have forgotten about it.

It turned out that he knew that I needed someone to take care of me at that time.

Macey was hospitalized due to an accident, and he took care of her for a long time.

"OK," I said expressionlessly, and Rodney breathed a sigh of relief.

Rodney opened the door of another room. The sheet and quilt cover in the room were brand new.

I knew that Macey lived in that room before.

"Cecilia, I gave the sheet to Macey because we don't need it. Don't you mind?"

I glanced at Rodney calmly. "I don't mind."

If he had known to ask these questions earlier, I might have been deceived by him for a few more days.

But now, when I saw them acting in front of me, I thought they were funny.

...

The next day, Macey asked Rodney to rent a house for her.

George told me that I could go to the institution in advance to take a look.

Since I would be working there for a long time, I needed to go there in advance to prepare.

Fortunately, my mom stopped me from sharing the rent for the house with Rodney.

So, I could leave without concern.

I packed up all my things and left all the gifts Rodney had given me to him.

I thought they just went out to rent a house.

Macey took a photo of the house purchase contract and sent it to me. She sent the photo to me through Rodney's account.

I looked at the unread message and tapped the photo.

Then, I realized that the house Rodney bought was the one he rented for me.

This time, he bought the house only in his name.