The Woman From Hell
Chapter 1780

Chapter 1780



"The success of the film festival this time is also thanks to Grant Corporation's artificial intelligence system. If there wasn't anything managing the scenes from behind, this event wouldn't have been successful. Thank you, President Grant, for bringing in such a good project..."

I was no longer listening to the rest of the sentence as all my attention was on the first half of the sentence. I looked at

Jerome and asked in disbelief, "Did you hear that? Does that mean he succeeded?"

"I heard it. It's a success. Let's prepare the feast."

Jerome said lightly, but my heart was filled with joy. "I have to hurry. Remember to bring over your party poppers." In the next hour, I warmed up all the dishes and served them on the table. Then, I repeatedly urged Jerome that the poppers had to be fired at the same time as we waited for them to come home.

Hearing the sound of the car driving into the villa, I held my breath. Then, there was a sound coming from outside the door, which was being opened slowly.

"Congratulations, President Grant~!"

With the sound of my voice, Jerome and I unleashed the party poppers.

However, it was quickly followed with confusion. The person who came in was not Theo but Xander.

"Hmm? You're back, but why isn't Theo with you?"

Xander patted away the confetti on his body as he said, "President Grant seems to have been dragged back to the company to celebrate. I vaguely heard the words ' celebratory party.' Didn't he tell you about it?"

"No. I'll call him and ask."

I put down the party popper and took my phone. Just as I was about to make a call, Nicky's call came in instead. When I answered it, I heard her slightly apologetic voice, "Wanda, President Grant and I can't go back home for the time being. They've set up a celebration party in the company. As soon as we left the venue, we were taken back to Grant Corporation. He's still being surrounded right now. Would you like to come over to celebrate with us?"

There was a lot of clamor coming from her side, and she almost had to shout to talk to me.

There was a sense of sourness rising in my heart and I felt a lump in my throat. I slowly responded, "No, that's alright. You guys should go ahead and celebrate."

I could not hide the sadness in my voice, and Nicky probably could sense it as well." Wanda..."

Before she could say anything else, I hung up the phone.

As I turned my head around, I smiled and said, "They're not coming back for a while, so let's finish up everything on this table and not waste anything."

"Okay!" Xander and Jerome said in unison.

We sat down together, and seeing the expression on my face, Xander asked in a low voice, "Are you all right, Wanda?"

Waving my hand, I smiled and said, "I'm fine. Let's dig in."

Jerome sighed, then shook his head.

"Grant Corporation had just

launched their first artificial system project and got it on the film festival. They've made a mark here, so they should be excited about it. The leaders should, of course, be at the celebratory party."

I took a piece of crab meat. I knew they were just trying to comfort me, so I raised my head and said, "I know. I'm just a little bit upset, but it's nothing. Let's not talk about this anymore. Eat up. Even if he's not here, we have Xander. Xander was great tonight too, so this feast is my gift to congratulate you."

After that, Xander and Jerome no longer said anything and merely ate the big meal with me.

Ultimately, we were not able to finish all of it, and I was in no mood to clean it up. Hence, I just left the dishes on the table and went upstairs.

I slept lightly until the middle of the night. I could smell a little bit of alcohol, but it was only for a short moment. The smell quickly disappeared afterward.

When I opened my eyes, there was no one around. Was Theo not back yet?

I put on a coat and walked out of the room to go downstairs. Then, I saw Theo sitting in the living room with

his head up against the

like he had too much to drink.

Just as I was about to go forward, I saw Nicky walking out of the kitchen...