The Woman From Hell

Chapter 368

Theo began discussing business matters with Mason once he sat down. I grew sleepy from listening to their discussion and stood up to walk into the kitchen.

When Miss Woods saw me walking in, she hurriedly said, "Young Mistress, you should get out quickly.

Don't let the smells from here all cling to you."

"It’s alright," I said as I walked over to her and picked u p a bunch of spinach. "Miss Woods, I'm afraid that Old Madam Grant's wish will never come true."

That sentence was enough to make tears well up in Miss Woods' eyes and make the grip on her knife falter slightly. Although she did not know what had happened, she knew enough to know that my child with Theo was gone.

Miss Woods sniffled and plastered a smile onto her face as she raised her head and said, "You’ve worked hard all these years, and I'm sure Old Madam Grant has seen your efforts from Heaven. She won't blame you."

"Yeah," I replied quietly, not saying anything else.

I walked out of the kitchen after waiting for Miss Woods to finish preparing supper.

waved at me, and I walked over

him as I asked lightly, "What's

you don't feel well so Mason can take a look there,” Theo

that he was just bored. "There aren’t any machines here. He wouldn't be able to determine what illness I had, even if I let

to feel like his concern was unnecessary. The expression

to take her to the

face had just grown even uglier, I stood and said lightly, "Miss Woods has prepared supper. Would you guys like to

so late at night because he wanted to drop by and deliver some documents to Theo. He had been busy since the afternoon and had not had any time to eat dinner. He only realized how hungry he was when he smelt the aroma of the prepared dishes. Thus, he had no problem staying

Mason and I

on his

since he probably would have already

silence, and Mason asked me about Cecilia when

to wipe my mouth and smiled a half-smile as I asked,

in touch with her." Mason sounded a little panicked as he said that. When he realized that, he coughed lightly and said, in an attempt to cover up, "I have something I need to talk

for a long while before saying, "I haven’t been able