The Woman From Hell

| realized that he was getting better at saying honeyed words. | was on cloud nine after hearing a few simple

words.

"Can we have dinner together?" he spoke softly into my ear.

| wanted to agree, but after recalling that | had promised to have dinner with Tyler, | could only apologetically

say, "I promised my brother to have dinner with him. He seems to be in an argument with Susan and is in a

pretty bad mood."

Theo frowned. "Why is he coming to you when they're having a fight? Are you a trash bin that he can dump his

trash into?’

| froze and lifted my hand to pinch his waist, saying with displeasure, "What are you talking about? People will be

in a bad mood sometimes. Besides, | haven't seen my brother for so long, so shouldn't we have a meal together

now that I'm back?"

Theo harrumphed softly and placed his chin on my shoulder, acting like a spoiled brat. "Sure, you can go. But

you must bringwith you. | don't want to eat alone anymore because nothing tastes good." | could only

helplessly agree. "Okay, let's go together, then."

This was my first tfinding it interesting to accompany Theo at work.

Even though | was only looking at him quietly now, | realized that the man displayed full elegance and nobility in

everything he did.

It was truly a blissful thing to be able to admire a moving picture of a beautiful man up close like that.

Perhaps | was too focused on his face that | only returned to my senses after Theo put down his pen and turned

to look at me.

He stared atwith a pair of pitch-black eyes, his thin lips parting slightly. "Chere."

As though being enchanted, | stood up and walked over.

Theo was pleased and gently smirked. He grabbed my arm and gave a gentle tug, makingsit on his lap.

He askedwith a smile, "Am I nice to look at?"

I blushed and nodded. "Yeah."

He looked to be in a very good mood. "You shouldn't be staring atlike that even if I'm nice to look at. You can

stare atin any way that you want when we go htonight. Otherwise, | may not be able to work."

| was not able to grasp the deeper meaning of this sentence at first. It was not until | felt the warmth on my

thighs did | blush and quickly hopped off of him.

However, he presseddown and moved his lips closer to my ear, asking with a heavy breath, "Where do you

think you're going?"

| dared not meet his gaze, so | lowered my head and muttered softly, "I don't want to affect your work progress."

He raised his eyebrows. "You've already affected me."

| grew even more flustered now.

Fortunately, he did not do anything and merely embraced me.

After embracingfor a few minutes, he madelean in his arms and continued with his work.

| dared not move at first, but | gradually relaxed a little after that. | leaned on his shoulder and looked at him with

great attention just like when he was working.

| did not remember when | fell asleep because | was already lying on the lounge bed when | woke up.

Theo's and Keith's voices were coming from outside the door.

"What happened this tis different from the last. Someone is fueling the flames and slandering Grant

Corporation. The inteis full of public accounts smearing Grant

Corporation's name. They're even bringing up your and Mrs. Grant's affairs." "What affairs?" Theo's voice was icy.

"They say that your marriage with Mrs. Grant is a business alliance, in which neither of you loves each other.

Also, they're saying that you have a mistress and another family of your own. The sgoes for Mrs. Grant,

who's said to be in a complicated relationship with a married man. Both of you are said to have very chaotic

private lives."

| frowned and pulled out my phone to check the news app.

After selecting the city, | saw the article that slandered Theo and me.

| tapped into one of the articles with the most views and scanned through it. It was plain bullshit. None of the

things written on it were true.

Theo's voice was heard outside the door.' Leave this aside and keep a close watch on Fredericks Corporations.

Seeing how big of a fuss they're making. I'm sure the best has yet to come." "Alright, | understand."

Hearing the door closed, | figured that Keith must have left.

| got out of bed and walked out of the lounge. Theo raised his head to look at me." You're awake."

I nodded and walked up to him, asking, "Is this a thorny problem?"

He put down his pen and got up. He grabbed his car keys and coat, then held my hand and said, "It's fine. It's

tto eat."

He did not want to tellanything, so | did not ask further.

After getting into the car, | remembered that | promised Tyler to have dinner together. | quickly looked at Theo

and said to him, "Go to Golden Mountain Restaurant."

"Okay."

Theo started the car engine, looking unfazed by anything.

| pursed my lips and still could not help but ask, "Why don't you seem anxious at all about the company?"

We happened to cto a red light at an intersection. He held my hand and gently gave a squeeze. "Are you

worried that | won't be able to take care of you after Grant Corporation goes bankrupt?" My mouth twitched. "You

know that's not what | mean."

"Don't worry, | know what I'm doing." His tone was firm, and there was a look of victory on his face.

The business world was full of changes. Life or death could happen within a split second.

The past incident was extremely serious, so even though he seemed confident, | was still worried.

When we arrived at Golden Mountain Restaurant, Theo and | got out of the car.

The restaurant's nmight sound imposing, but it was really an elegant place.

| thought Tyler would go to a club to vent out his emotions. He would drink while pouring his heart out to me. |

never expected him to cto such a quaint place instead.

After entering the restaurant, the lady in charge of receiving the guests nodded to us. "Welcome, you must be

Mr. Schuman's friends. I'll take you to him."

| followed behind him with a look of curiosity. "Don't tellTyler has shares in this restaurant?"

Theo and | were brought up to the second floor after that. The private room was near one side of the lake,

opening up to a gorgeous night view of the lake. The lights that were reflected on the lake made the surface

sparkle, reflecting the lights on the lakeside. Through only a quick glance, one could already sense the

extraordinarily beautiful atmosphere.

Tyler was leaning back in his chair a little languidly, chewing something in his mouth. It made him look frivolous

and unserious.

When he saw that | had brought Theo along, Tyler said to him, "Why are you just like an unweaned child? You go

everywhere your wife goes. Aren't you worried that your wife will be annoyed?"

Theo looked indifferently at him, ignored him, and went over to take a seat. He looked at the scenery outside the

window.

| went to take a seat as well. Looking at Tyler's frivolous demeanor, | asked with slight displeasure, "What's with «

you? Why are you acting so weird?"