The Woman From Hell

Chapter 1684

I hurriedly answered the phone.

"Sorry for disturbing you. The two kids were so excited today that they didn’t have a proper lunch, so I brought them out of the park ahead of time because I was worried. I'm at Roses Manor now. I thought that since you're coming to pick Munchkin up, perhaps you could drop by earlier and have dinner with us?"

Theo came into the room while he was still talking. He was about to say something to me but remained silent when he saw I was on the phone.

A confused look appeared in his eyes as he walked over to me.

I did not know how I should hang up on Fred, so I put him on loudspeaker instead.'

It’s okay, you can take the kids to have their dinner. I still have several things to take care of here. I'll drop by when I'm done."

An impatient look immediately appeared on Theo's face when he saw Fred's name, and he would have walked right back out the door if I had not reached out to him.

In the end, he sat beside me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

"Don't worry, Wanda. We’re only having dinner. I won't do anything to you. Besides, I decided to invite you because the traffic will be bad during dinner hours. I don't mean anything else by it. Please don't take it personally."

made

felt baffled all of a

nodded, signaling that I could

"Alright then. Theo

were stunned when they heard me say

silent, and Theo turned his head

I didn't think things through and only made a reservation for four people. It

before Theo and I even had the chance to talk

was quite angry when I heard

brought their kids out today, so I had to rush

sounded apologetic, but I could not help but feel that he

that's the case, Theo and I will come by later. Make sure the kids

has started whining. He hasn't seen you the whole day and keeps saying he wished his mommy was with him.’’

line fell silent

dinner with you today. Daddy just got a very important task, and he needs to work late.” "Oh my. Is

what the

the same thing. So, I’ve decided to stay

ensure you carry out your