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.”

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

fumbled for a cigarette. Under the faint glow of the emergency

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

let the smoke fill his lungs before

was all because she was pregnant. And here

filled Theodore with

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

would she try to hide her pregnancy from

stumbled, clutching his forehead, an internal voice

voice screamed in his mind,

to leave you! Every signal pointed to that! She was testing you, waiting for your reaction.

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

in the room, yet Theodore

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