The Woman From Hell

Chapter 167

I did not say anything. It had always been difficult for women to give birth, yet it was rarely something men could empathize with. They always saw it as something simple, thinking that we just had to carry a n extra lump of meat within our stomachs for nine months.

Theo had always seemed like a chauvinistic male to m e, so I was surprised to hear him say that.

I soon fell asleep again with him holding me. It was nearly noon when I woke up.

"You’re awake. Are you hungry?” Theo did not seem to have slept. He was half-lounging on the bed, holding m e with one arm as he used the other to scroll through his phone.

I shook my head. He was truly rearing me the way one would rear a pig, getting me to sleep after eating and stuffing me with food the moment I woke up.

Craving the warmth of his arms, I lay still and did not move despite no longer feeling sleepy.

He put his phone down and turned around to hold me even tighter. After a long while, he said, "It was nice laying with you in silence. I'm preparing to let the others take over the company's operations for a while

I can stay home with you

about what it would be like for the both of us to stay at

dark eyes. "Are you worried

those reasons. It'll just be detrimental to the child’s development if we stay together all day like this," I said

child only grows up happily and healthily i f the husband and wife have a good relationship." As h e tucked a stray piece of hair behind my ear, he lowered his head and

a bit more when he saw me freeze. My heart began thudding, a blush rapidly spreading

silent, he

what had happened the last time was

swear nothing that happened before will happen

clean up, he placed me back down on the bed. "You can nap for a while longer. I'll go make something to eat." Then, he

days. She had left due to a family emergency. Theo had initially wanted t o hire someone else to cook for us, but I had not agreed to it because I

sleepy because I had been napping for the entire morning, so I decided to walk downstairs