Chapter 438 Getting Close to You Brings Misfortune

The clock struck midnight, and Theodore jolted awake.

He sat up on the couch, realizing he had dozed off. Rubbing his eyes, he checked his watch.

The Patek Philippe glinted under the lamp. It was late, and Phoebe still wasn't back.

Theodore got up and searched the bedroom, but Phoebe was nowhere to be found. She hadn't come home.

His face darkened as he grabbed his phone and headed out.

On her first day at work, Phoebe wasn't working late or on a trip, yet she was out until midnight. She was definitely testing him.

As he changed his shoes at the door, the call connected. He asked, "Where are they having dinner?"

Lawton, sleeping deeply with his girlfriend, was startled awake. Seeing the caller ID, he quickly sobered up.

"Mr. Reynolds?" Lawton asked.

"Where are they having dinner?" Theodore's voice was impatient. He stepped outside, the cold air making him look even more stern. Just then, he saw Phoebe lying on the entryway couch, mostly hidden by her down jacket.

Lawton started to answer, but Theodore cut him off. "Never mind, I see her," he said, ending the call and walking over to the couch. Phoebe was curled up, her breath misting the fur trim of her jacket.

Theodore knelt beside her, feeling both angry and tender.

I scare you that much?" he wondered, tracing her features in the air. Phoebe shifted uneasily in her sleep, burying her face deeper into her

he picked her up. Startled, she mumbled, "I don't

had been recovering, yet she went out drinking. Didn't she care

man-eating tiger at home. I don't want to go

the familiar mint scent made her

makes me unhappy. I

days ago, she had a

still

Phoebe into the house and straight to the bedroom. "You hate me, right? But guess what? You're stuck

his voice and shivered, her stomach

night, she had accepted every drink to numb herself. Now,

changed. He rushed her to the bathroom, but she vomited

could throw her

woke up fully. She met Theodore's furious

'Shit,' she thought.

He probably wanted to kill her

shrank back, seeing Theodore's bloodthirsty smile. "Are you awake?"

she struggled to get out of his arms. Seeing

it on purpose,"

was sinister. "If you did it on purpose, I'd have stuffed

feeling

me," Theodore said, his eyes burning with a

Seeing his grim expression, she gritted her teeth and moved closer to help him take off his

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