The Woman From Hell

Theo stretched his hand out and caressed my head as he said in an affectionate voice, "Let's give him the box, then."

His words surprised me, and I stared at him with wide eyes. "Why?"

I wanted to give the box to Jordan at first, but Theo swapped it with a fake one so that I could keep it. Yet, now he was actually asking me to give the box to Cole, which confused me.

Seeing through my doubts, Theo explained, "The reason why I didn't give it to Jordan was that I thought the box contained land deeds. The Fredericks have selfish motives, and I don't want them to gain any advantage from the deeds. It's also very likely that your adoptive mother left them to you as a last hope as she didn't want them to threaten you. That's why I made the switch, but the situation is different now." Theo's eyes were firm as he smiled faintly. He then stretched out his hand to brush away the hair from my temple. "Anders probably has something to do with you. He can help you find your biological parents." Hearing this, I shook my head. "He might just want something from the box. It's likely he has nothing to do with my background."

"The Fredericks are ambitious, but the Anders are different. They're a scholarly family. Only Cole entered the business world, so they won't have any ambitions," Theo explained to me patiently.

He was right, so I agreed with him. "But even if I gave him the box, he wouldn't tell me."

"This is your bargaining chip, Wanda." Theo smiled at me. "He can state his conditions, so why can't you?"

After hesitating for a moment, I slowly said, "You mean, you want me to list out my condition to Cole and have him tell me the truth after he finds out?"

Theo looked at me, smiled, and nodded.

I think if I tell

Cole is looking for this box to

so..." I

his hands to my shoulders and nodded at me. "Trust

his affirmation, but there

best of both worlds. You get an investment, and someone will help you investigate your background.

take out the

second floor with Theo and took out the box from the safe in the room. I

patted my shoulder as if he was able to tell that I missed my adoptive mother. "Her spirit in. heaven will be relieved if she

I looked down at the box,

the box that even I could

bring the box to

"Alright," Theo responded softly.

reason, my

I had the