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, his hand wavered in the air. A

cigarette. Under the faint glow of

as he failed to Light the cigarette. It was only

fill his lungs before releasing it,

It was all because she was pregnant. And here he had naively

realization filled Theodore with a profound

made several trips to the hospital, but her condition had remained undetected. Clearly, someone had been aiding her in this deception, and Ariana had been insistent on having Mitchel as her physician, so it was safe to

to hide her pregnancy from

thoughts. He stumbled, clutching his forehead, an internal voice

in his mind, “She

leave you! Every signal pointed to that! She was testing you, waiting for your reaction. The minute you showed disinterest in the child, she would vanish without

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

had been Lingering in the room, yet Theodore

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