When Sylvia got back to her room, she immediately returned Kendrix's call.
Kendrix answered almost immediately.
Kendrix's concerned voice came from the other end. "Have you arrived home?"
"Yes," she replied quickly. "I was talking to Mom for a while downstairs, that's why I only just got back to my room. I was planning to call you, but you beat me to it."
When Kendrix heard that he immediately asked, "Did your mom question you?"
Sylvia was stunned. "How did you know?"
"It's obvious, isn't it?" he answered, a hint of teasing in his tone. "Were you interrogated?"
"Not really." Sylvia smiled coldly and asked, "Are you disappointed?"
Kendrix paused for a while before replying. "Even if she didn't interrogate you, she must've asked you some questions, didn't she?"
"Yes, she did." Sylvia then told Kendrix what Grace had said.
After Kendrix heard that, he fell silent.
Seeing that he gave no response, she felt somewhat nervous. She was afraid that he would overthink, so she immediately explained, "My mom is actually an open-minded person, so don't worry too much."
"I know." Kendrix rubbed his nose, seeming to realize something. "I've seen your mother before. She's a very virtuous and gentle person."
"Then, why didn't you say anything just now? I thought that you were upset." Sylvia pouted.
Kendrix sighed. "It just feels a little awkward that your mom found out about something."
"Are you referring to what we did today?" Sylvia was embarrassed to mention the fact that they had kissed.
"What did we do?" Kendrix teased with a mischievous smile.
"You know what I'm talking about, so don't tease me. Otherwise, I'm going to ignore you," Sylvia retorted.
Kendrix smiled. "All right. Ignore me then."
"I won't."
She knew that he was good at pressing her buttons, and she was determined not to fall for it.
She quickly changed the topic. "By the way, did you go to see Claudia just now? How is she?"
"She's fine," Kendrix replied. "Don't worry. I know what happened to Claudia and what she has suffered. She'll be right as rain soon. That's the most basic quality of a police."
Upon hearing that, Sylvia heaved a sigh of relief.
She hoped that nothing serious had happened to Claudia. Otherwise, she would be worried.
"Are you sure she's fine?" Sylvia felt that Kendrix did not care about the setbacks Claudia had suffered. He was an indifferent and carefree person who did not care about anything at all. He did not even care about his own cousin. Were all men this slow on the uptake? Sylvia wondered.
"I went upstairs to see her. She's fine," Kendrix repeated. "Besides, there are some things she didn't want to talk about, so I couldn't ask much."
Sylvia had no choice but to give up, and she did not press further.
Just like what Kendrix said, perhaps Claudia was fine. After all, she had a strong character.
"Okay, I get it," Sylvia said. "Where are you now?"
Kendrix answered, "I'm back at my apartment in school, but I'm still in my car. I haven't gone upstairs yet." "Oh, that was quick," Sylvia replied, suspecting whether Kendrix had gone to talk to Claudia or not.
"I came back here after visiting Claudia."
It seemed like Kendrix could read Sylvia's mind, and he immediately cleared her doubts.
Sylvia stuck out her tongue, thinking that it was really amazing of him to be able to guess her thoughts, even through the phone.
"Well, go on up to your apartment then. I'm going to wash up."
"Okay," Kendrix answered. Then, he asked, "Will you call me again later?"
Sylvia wanted to, but Kendrix was always telling her to study hard. She could not bring herself to mention it just now for fear that he would say that she was not paying enough attention to her studies.
However, she did not expect Kendrix to take the initiative to ask if she would call him again later.
Did that mean that Kendrix wanted to talk to Sylvia again later? Sylvia wondered.
If so, that was simply too good to be true.
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