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.”

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

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

usually placid face betrayed his frustration as he failed to Light the cigarette. It was

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

recent changes, her odd behaviors. It was all because she was pregnant. And

Theodore with a profound

aiding her in this deception, and Ariana had been insistent on having Mitchel as her physician, so it was safe to assume he was her

she try to

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

in his mind, “She intentionally hid this

to 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 a second

his distress.

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