The Woman From Hell

There should be no secrets between husband and wife, after all. Nothing should be deliberately concealed.

Theo felt the solemnity in the air when he came back. "Where's Caroline?"

"I dismissed her for the night. I prepared dinner myself tonight. Come and have a taste."

Theo came back after washing his hands. He took his seat and dug in.

Sensing the stiff atmosphere, he buried his head in his food without saying a word.

I rolled my eyes seeing him like this and asked casually, "Is there anything you'd like to share with me?" I pretended to strike up a conversation.

Theo's hand paused for a moment before he continued eating. "Nothing special. Do you have anything to share?"

I thought about it and told him about Delia, hoping to gauge his reaction.

However, I was a little disappointed. He did not show any emotion after hearing what I had to say. He just gave a perfunctory answer.

"Has nothing happened to you recently?"

"No," Theo denied flatly.

your condition

on his face. He feigned confusion and replied, "It's nothing serious. You don't have to

not go into details, nor did he tell the

knew that I might not be able to get the truth out of him if I kept beating about the bush, so I went straight to the point and said, "Why have you been avoiding me all this time?" Theo looked a little dazed and quickly replied, "I'm not avoiding

was still not admitting it, the emotions I felt deep down became more

"You definitely are."

about when he had avoided me. "I really

pretending to be innocent, my anger sparked. 1 simply put down my cutlery and looked into his eyes. "You leave early

a little helpless. "I really am not avoiding you. I have some

about it."

en

of this and breathed a

you been up to

head and saw me staring at him. A trace of panic flashed

with a guilty conscience. The smile on

that

in my

was out of breath as t thought about all the possibilities, but I did not want

because I did not want to believe that Theo

"I'd like to know."