The Woman From Hell

Back at the villa, I brooded, not saying anything.

Not long after I entered the room, I heard a sound from outside the door.

He was back too.

Sitting in front of the makeup mirror, I took out a cotton pad and wet it slightly with makeup remover before wiping my face slowly. Theo opened the door and came in. He saw me taking off my makeup.

"You went out?"

He asked in a low voice. His voice was hoarse, probably because he had just returned from driving and had the windows down.

I nodded and replied, "Yes, I went out for dinner with Shannon. Guess where we went?" I kept my hands moving, but my gaze had fallen on Theo who was reflected in the mirror.

He pulled off his tie, put it aside, and then sat down. He looked like he was resting.

"What did you eat?" he asked me directly without any desire to guess.

Theo's uninterested expression came into view. My eyes dimmed, and I asked tentatively, "Do you have something on your mind?"

As if hitting the nail on the head, I clearly observed a look of shock on his face. It had been quick, however, as his expression again returned to one of indifference.

"Why are you asking that so suddenly?"

He asked back instead of answering me.

dropped the piece of cotton pad

I pretended to be casual, but, in fact, my heart was

work recently. Don't worry." A trace of indifference crossed his handsome face and reached me through his

should just

I clamped back down on the words when they reached the edge of my mouth.

a Western restaurant. It was quite delicious. They had private rooms too. It

"Okay."

I brought up the Western restaurant

plain 'okay', however,

about you? You ate out, didn't you? What did

that I

going on between them, Theo

Unless...

about it. I just turned to look

for a moment

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"Oh."

I then took out my pajamas from the closet

I leaned against

Theo had been behaving differently these