The Woman From Hell

There was a huge shift in Theo's expression when Neil was brought up. I could clearly see his Adam's apple bob slightly as he swallowed. He seemed nervous.

I did not ask any more questions and just waited for Theo to answer.

A moment passed before Theo slowly answered me, "Maybe. He's been keeping you company the entire time when you were at Susan's apartment."

"So, you're jealous?" I asked him with a tilt of my head.

Theo nodded slowly. "Yes. My wife was alone with a stranger. Of course, I'm jealous."

Despite his saying so, he was behaving completely differently than how one would if they were jealous.

He probably had his reasons for keeping the truth from me, but I believed Theo would tell me about it one day. Thus, I did not press him with more questions. Instead, I just smiled and said, "We can't just keep all our friends at the door after getting married. Come now, I wouldn't be jealous if you had friends of the opposite sex."

"Is that so?" Theo asked me back with a smile.

"Of course. That's because I trust you," I replied to him without an ounce of hesitation,

Hearing this, a smile broke out on Theo's handsome face. "Madam is really a sensible person and a good wife."

"Enough. Cease your praise. I'm going to go shower."

ahead. I'll wait for

with implication. I eyed him, my face flushing. Picking up my clothes, I hurriedly ran into the bathroom. We had

Shannon out and got her to bring Nina along

the private room

with

"Cheers."

"If Caroline hadn't brought me the wedding invitation last night,

"You haven't been to the company recently. I even gave

but forgot to give them to you," Shannon said as she rubbed her head

tell

turned to Nina. "Let's go to the bar

Collins? Don't you think

a valid reason this time. You can't do whatever you want anymore once you get married. So, of course, she should

Nina refuse her? She immediately agreed.

eat first. We'll go once we're done eating, but let's make an

"Okay."

dinner, we went

dancing happily on