Chapter: 668

A knock interrupted her thoughts. Hastily wiping her tears, she instinctively hid the report beneath her blanket and said, “Come in.”

Ariana anticipated a nurse or perhaps Horace. So, when a familiar figure appeared, she was genuinely surprised.

It was Theodore.

She stared at him in surprise.

It wasn’t his presence that startled her, but rather the fact that Theodore did not break in without her permission. He usually would employ a courtesy knock before entering. This time, however, he waited patiently outside, demonstrating an unusual level of respect for her response.

Instinctively, she held onto her blanket

experiencing such danger and being rescued by Theodore like a personal savior, how

how to face this

evading his eyes, and

towards her, “Horace mentioned you were

didn’t answer immediately, which made him slightly uneasy. He paused, his hand balling into a fist

it wrong? Did she not wish to

possibility made his

she’d deny his claim, a faint “uh-huh” filled

subtle, yet unmistakably

heaved a sigh of relief, and, with a heart lightened, continued his

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