The Woman From Hell

Chapter 162

I pursed my lips, my indignation apparent in my voice and my eyes as I said, "Why? We're all pretending to be pitiful. Did the performance fail because of my acting skills or because of my lines?”

I did not get it. Why could Cindy get away with it every time she used this method, but I could not?

He smiled as he patted my head and said, "You’re fine the way you are, so why would you need to imitate someone else? How could you still be pitiful when you've got me now? There's no need for you to pretend to be anyone else. All you have to do is be yourself.”

His words made me suddenly realize that I should not hide my real personality when facing Theo. It would b e best for me to be as sarcastic to him as I liked and argue with him whenever I wanted.

Some people were well-suited to scripted acts, but I was not one of them.

Feeling listless all of a sudden, I broke away from his embrace and collapsed into sleep.

"No, you can’t sleep yet. Your hair hasn't completely dried,” he said as he lifted up my head and placed it o n his lap, where he continued drying it with a towel.

"I’m very sleepy. Just dry it with the hairdryer!" I said

with my eyes shut.

you want to.” As he spoke, he adjusted my head into

tired after being tormented the entire night, so I fell

up at nine the next morning and said h e was taking me to the

tired and sleepy, I did not initially want to wake up. However, I forced myself to get up when I remembered that my child was long

a series of checkups. The doctor said the fetus was

gone through so

had been safe

accompanied me for the entire trip. Moreover, unlike the last time we went shopping for clothes, he did not try getting special treatment. This time, he

the men around him. He

the hospital, the corners of Theo's lips curled upwards as he said, "Life is such an extraordinary thing. I find it difficult to imagine that this little black dot will grow up to become a

Grant, such a shrewd and capable man when

turned around to ask me,

of the chair and listlessly replied, “Anything.” I had not been able to rest well last night, and the crowds at the hospital just now meant that

prepare a meal. When we get home, you

that pregnancy would be so hard on a woman. Things that used to be easy

I arrived late and left early under

not think it was a big deal. After all, she had mentioned resigning because of what had happened last time. I had not agreed to it because of our long-time friendship, and I had asked her to just return home and take a

incident with the advertisement, I still felt guilty about it and