Chapter 23

He suddenly let go, and I was free again. I did not open my eyes and just laid there on the couch like a dead fish.

After a long while, he took me in his arms and held me close. Leaning against his chest, I could clearly feel the beating of his heart. Thump, thump, thump. It was strong

“How much longer do you want to pretend?” His deep, magnetic voice reached my ears.

He raised his hand and pinched my cheek, but I still did not move.

“How could you in your right mind decide to end the life of the child? Are you not ashamed?” The tone of his voice was a little low, but it was

obviously not as angry as before.

My heart skipped a beat. My eyelashes fluttered, but I still did not open my eyes.

With a barely audible sigh, he carried m

e and gently placed me on the bed.

me. For the first time in three years, Theo held me so

odno

He even called Mason over to check on me. Come to think of it, it was not easy to be Mason. Coming from a lineage of

was so tired that I

daze, I could vaguely

make both happen, you will have

to want to hear this and said impatiently, “I know how

hearing what they were

did not sleep very well. I kept feeling as if someone was hugging me tightly. I tried very hard

again, it was already late morning Theo was no

on the sofa last night were

wanted to

procedures today. Since Theo was not around,

still had a lot on my plate, and I would need to slowly clear my

most crucial task at the moment was to select an ambassador. The product launch was just around the

would be

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