Sheldon finally understood why Tobias acquired the real-estate company near the villa district some time back. Did he pull off that Herculean task to make Skylar’s life more comfortable?
He was definitely spending way too much just to mess around with women. As for Winnie, Sheldon’s hands were tied. He assumed that she was about eighty percent insane. Seeing how well Skylar was drove Winnie to such jealousy that she even tried to expose their relationship.
Sheldon had yet to enter his residence when he was drawn to the sound of Winnie’s lamentations at the park close by.
From a distance, Sheldon noticed that Winnie was sitting alone on a bench. Loneliness and melancholy were written all over her face, just like when Sheldon first met her.
Men could not resist being knights in shining armor. If not for what happened in the past, Sheldon would have had more compassion for Winnie.
Winnie finally made her way to Sheldon, behaving quite like a spoiled child, and hugged him. “Why are you here? I thought you’d be pissed and continue avoiding me. I know what I did was wrong. I only wanted Mrs. Ford to like me, that’s all! I wouldn’t dare do it again! You’ve ignored me for too long, Sheldon. I promise to be more well-behaved and obedient.”
Sheldon sighed, holding onto the last vestiges of his patience with her. “There’s no point. My mother is a very strong-willed person. That ship has sailed the moment you messed up, and there’s no remedying that. I’m also not going to turn my back on my mother for your sake.”
Winnie cried louder, her tears staining Sheldon’s shirt. “But I don’t care! You promised that you’d treat me well forever, that we’d get married. And now you’re just tossing me aside? What am I going to do?”
Right then, Sheldon wanted nothing to do with Winnie. This woman was clingier than he thought. “I’ll think it over. The both of us need some space anyway,” said Sheldon with a perfunctory gaze at her. “After a while, I’ll give you an answer. How about that?”
“Oh, is that how it is? Every one of you is being mean to me. Do you know what I have to endure? I’m getting so much flak from Skylar’s fans every day, and now all the netizens are making fun of me. I’m being trampled on because they’re all supporting her. And it got so bad that I went to the hospital for an evaluation. Do you know what I was diagnosed with? Depression! He diagnosed me with severe depression! I just don’t have the will to go on any longer!”
Winnie then fished out a hospital report and thrust it in front of Sheldon.
Despite that, Sheldon didn’t even spare the report a glance and laughed. “You people in the entertainment industry. There’s always something wrong with you guys, right? Today, it’s depression. Who knows if that’s even true?”
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