Chapter: 801

She was surely testing Theodore’s patience now.

As silence filled the space, Horace grew uneasy. Years as Theodore’s right-hand man hadn’t prepared him for this. Despite his usually steel-like nerves, he was filled with apprehension.

He knew Theodore’s temperament well, and he was aware that the storm of his wrath was not something one wished to weather.

Theodore tucked away the report after some time, his face betraying nothing, void of any emotion. Yet Horace, attuned to his moods, could sense the storm brewing under Theodore’s icy calm. Swallowing hard, he asked, “What’s the next step?”

“You can leave for now,” Theodore replied curtly before exiting the vehicle.

Watching his retreating figure, Horace let out a deep sigh. “Ariana, you’d better pray.”

for the door of Ariana’s apartment, his

against the wall, Theodore fumbled for a cigarette. Under the faint glow of the emergency exit, his

face betrayed his frustration as he failed to Light the cigarette. It was only after a

fill his lungs before releasing

thought back on Ariana’s recent changes, her odd behaviors. It was all because she was pregnant. And here he had naively thought she’d

Theodore with a

in this deception, and Ariana had

she try to hide her pregnancy

through Theodore’s thoughts. He stumbled, clutching his forehead, an internal voice

mind, “She intentionally hid

you! Every signal pointed to that! She was testing you, waiting for your reaction. The minute you showed disinterest in the

internal voice rang in Theodore’s ears, exacerbating his distress. He Leaned on the

had been Lingering in the room, yet Theodore

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