The Woman From Hell

I was good at playing pretend. Besides, now that Theo learned I had not eaten anything all day, his face no longer looked so cold.

He glanced at me and blandly asked, "What do you want to eat?"

"Hotpot." I looked at him with a grin.

Theo sighed with a helpless expression and started the car engine.

He was silent the whole journey. When we arrived at a hotpot restaurant in the city center, he found a parking spot and parked the car. He got out of the car without waiting for me.

I watched as he stood beside the car with a cold expression and felt aggrieved. "I've been starving all day and nearly got stabbed by Dazaray earlier. I received a shock and can't even stand straight right now. Can you support me?"

Theo frowned as he watched me put on a show in silence.

I blinked my eyes and started pretending to have gastric pain again.

Sure enough, this trick worked like a charm.

Theo relented and walked over to help me out of the car.

the momentum, shamelessly saying,' Can you

I can't walk."

skip dinner and go home

a look of displeasure, "Let's go in.

were no longer

at me. I propped up my chin and asked him, "Are you still mad?" Theo had no plans of entertaining

did not say anything else. After ordering food, the waiter quickly brought the pot over. When the dishes were served, I was ready to dig

the whole day

the meat was cooked, I was about to take it but Theo stopped me. "Drink some

that, he pushed a bowl of

it after starving for so long, so I drank the soup

seem hungry and

him and caught him staring fixedly at me. I felt a little

"Oh."

What did 'oh' mean?

nose. "Uh...