The Woman From Hell

Chapter 83

After a long time, he got into bed, embraced me from behind, and stroked my long hair with one hand. He asked softly, "Did you really mean it?"

"... What?” I asked. I said too many things just now and was not sure what he was referring to.

He turned my body over so that I would be facing him. Cupping my face in his hands, he said, "That you love me so much you can't leave me."

My cheeks were burning and I was terribly embarrassed. It was the first time I said such things and I did not expect him to repeat them.

"Okay, I won't ask." He chuckled before continuing," But, you can't do silly things like that again. Don't you know what will happen if you do that? You’re so silly, aren’t you?" Having said that, he gently knocked my forehead with his finger.

I frowned in pain but did not say anything.

I did not know what overcame me then. I just could not control my emotions when I saw Cindy standing there.

Thinking about it now, it was really silly of me to do that. Cindy was not worth sacrificing my whole life for!

He embraced me so tightly that I struggled to breathe.

At that moment, his phone rang. He fished it out from his pocket and I saw Cindy's name.

then put the phone on the bedside table without

annoyed,

saying softly," Ignore her. She'll stop calling in a

did not say

the ringing finally stopped but then came the beeping of WhatsApp messages. I swept my eyes across the screen. [Theowy, don't you care about me anymore? I've lost my parents and my home. You're the only one

I laughed. Though in my heart, I knew that this was Cindy's trump card. It would always

up the phone, his countenance a little dark.

got up without a word and went to the balcony to have a smoke. He rarely smoked and would only do it when he

was that she could control his emotions with a

tonight, I ignored him and lay

thunder and opened my eyes to see that it was still in the middle of the night. The thunder outside the window was deafening, and flashes of lightning would strike, lighting

always been alone whenever there were thunderstorms

time when I got used to having people around me. It made me even more afraid of

looked around me. Theo was not in the room. There were a lot of cigarette butts on the balcony.

doing his work. I got

dark, but the living room downstairs was

you doing here when it’s raining so heavily outside? What will you do if something happens to

rain dripped down her hair onto her face, making her delicate face seem

worried if something happens to me?" Cindy looked fixedly at Theo, her eyes determined and

pulled out his phone while saying, "I’ll ask