The Woman From Hell

"Wanda, don't be angry," came Theo's deep and magnetic voice.

He came to me. He tried to hold me in his arms and utter soft whispers in my ear.

If it were before, I would have forgiven him immediately.

It was different this time. This was a matter of principle. He was hiding something from me, and no matter how much I prodded him, he refused to disclose even a bit of the matter.

I suddenly felt rattled. I was terrified that something had really happened to him.

"What are you hiding from me?"

Theo paused, his brows lowering slightly. "I'm not hiding anything from you."

"I want you to tell me the truth." I got up and looked at him, hoping that he would not be perfunctory or try to evade me. I wanted him to talk to me properly.

Theo felt a little helpless, but he did not run away this time. He looked into my eyes and said, "There's nothing to say."

I looked into his eyes, trying to find something in them, but I found nothing.

No guilty conscience, no impatience. Perhaps he did encounter some problems and was solving them. I should not be so forceful.

I just don't want you to hide anything from me. We're husband and wife. I hope you trust

stroked my hair and gently

too

his arms, yearning for the warmth of

I was working at the company and

are you doing? Hey! Let me go! I still have

come back later and deal with it. I need your

dragged away with a confused expression. "What

He had taken me to the

I asked

glanced at me and then explained with a smile, "It's my mother's birthday today. She insists that

so I could

en

little puzzled. Why did he bring me to the mall if it

her, so you want me to help you

this and started carefully selecting her

"No," Marius said sharply.

suspiciously, not understanding what he was

he saw my confusion. "Sis Wan, hurry up and choose a gift. I'll take you back after that." "Why do you want me to go back with