The Woman From Hell

Chapter 1272

Chapter 1272

When | hailed a cab and returned home, Theo was resting on the sofa.

When he heard movements from the entryway, he got up to take a look atbefore lying down again after that.

His demeanor was exceedingly indifferent.

I did not want to make a fool of myself, so | did not go over and talk to him either. Glancing at the tand

seeing that it was almost noon, | went to the kitchen to make something to eat. After frying several dishes, | ate

them myself and ignored Theo.

| returned to my bedroom after eating and found a book. | leaned against the bed to read it. However, after

reading several pages, | felt sleepy and lay down to sleep.

| slept until three in the afternoon. | left the room to go downstairs. Theo had gone out.

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At six o'clock in the evening, thunder struck. Soon, it began pouring.

When it rained, one would know it was late autumn. Raining at this hour made the house even colder.

| returned to my room and snuggled under the blanket, giving Munchkin a call.

He was overjoyed to receive my call, excited even. He kept going about what had happened at school during the

day. The call lasted for two hours. At eight o'clock, Munchkin was ready to go to bed. Petra coaxed him to sleep.

| had slept in the afternoon, so | was not sleepy even after hanging up the phone. | recalled Jordan's instructions

and quickly sent Elena and Matthew a text, asking them to go to the resort tomorrow to do the checks.

At ten, there was the sound of a car engine downstairs. Theo was home. | put down my phone and closed my

eyes to pretend that | was asleep

| was upset because of the things Cindy said yesterday: he was upset because | did not pick up his calls.

it was easy for both of us to quarrel, when we were both upset, so | — chose to pretend to sleep to avoid any

‘conflict.

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Not long after that, the door opened and Theo walked in.

| heard the closet door opening. He probably wanted to grab his pajamas and go take a shower.

When he entered the bathroom, | opened my eyes. My heart was in turmoil, and that madeirritable. | was

lying on the far side of the bed with my back to him

Initially, I thought he would definitely not move closer to me, but he did. He even embraced me.

My body stiffened up momentarily. He sensed it and asked in a deep, low voice.” You haven't slept?” Unable to

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pretend further, | could only open my eyes and said, "Yeah."

Theo moved my body to face him

When our eyes met, our gazes were calm. He asked, "Can we talk?" He wanted to talk about yesterday's

incident.

| pursed my lips. "What do you want to talk about?”

‘Why didn't you answer my calls. yesterday? And who's that man in the alley?" He looked atwith a rather

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"| told you that | switched off my phone and that the man in the alley is an old friend.”

He did not need to know about Franky because he would only get worried if he did.

Theo narrowed his eyes and said ~ with slight displeasure, ‘Wanda Ive said that | don't like being lied to. | really «

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