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.”

of Ariana’s apartment,

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

face betrayed his frustration as he failed to Light the cigarette. It was only after a few fervent tries that the cigarette flickered to

a long drag, he let the smoke fill his lungs before releasing it, his

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

filled Theodore with

in this deception, and Ariana had been

to

headache sliced through Theodore’s thoughts. He stumbled, clutching his

voice screamed in his mind, “She intentionally hid this

She was testing you, waiting for your

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

been Lingering in the room, yet Theodore hadn’t

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