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.”

the elevator. As he reached for the door of Ariana’s apartment, his hand wavered in the air. A split-second decision

Under the faint glow of the emergency exit, his trembling fingers struggled to ignite

the cigarette. It was only after a few fervent tries that the

a long drag, he let the smoke fill his

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

with a profound sense

Clearly, someone had been aiding her in this deception, and Ariana had been insistent on having Mitchel as her physician, so it

try to

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

voice screamed in his mind, “She intentionally hid

was testing you, waiting for your reaction. The minute you showed disinterest in the child, she would vanish without a second

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

had been Lingering in the

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