The Woman From Hell
Chapter 1817

Chapter 1817



Midnight.

I touched beside me and it was empty.

I noticed that Theo was not beside me after I opened my eyes.

He should still be working in the study now.

I rubbed my eyes and was about to go back to sleep when the phone ringing reached my ears.

Who would be calling in the middle of the night?

Harboring some doubts, I picked up my phone. Seeing the string of unfamiliar numbers on the screen made me even more confused. I had not saved this number, but it looked familiar.

Suspicious, I answered the call.

The sound over the phone was very noisy, but I could vaguely hear a man's low voice,

"Wanya..."

Wanya?

The familiar name reminded me of that night in Zenon. I had also received a strange call like this and heard this name being chanted.

It sounded to be the same person.

"Who are you and why do you keep calling me?" |

asked.

There was still a bit of noise coming from the other end of the phone. I then seemed to hear someone coming in and telling the person to stop degrading themselves like this before the call was hung up.

I lost whatever sleepiness I had after the call was hung up. I grabbed a coat and walked gently to the door of the study. Through the door, I saw Theo still busy. My heart ached for a moment.

Knowing that he would not eat anything now, I made him a cup of coffee and brought it in. I placed the cup in the spot dedicated to coffee that was on his right.

"Why did you get up?" He saw me and had a gentle look in his eyes.

I smiled. "I was woken up by a harassing phone call. Seeing that you weren't there, I came by to have a look. You really are a workaholic."

There was a bit of reproach in my tone.

Theo seemed to have noticed it. He reached his hand out and embraced me, sitting me on his lap.

He brushed away my messy hair on both sides and said in a gentle voice, "It seems that the madam wants me to sleep with her?"

"As if. I was just woken up and couldn't go back to sleep." I turned my face to the side, not admitting it.

Theo smiled till the corners of his mouth reached his ears, and he came closer to me. "Don't be shy. We're both an old couple now."

I knew that our current position must look very ambiguous.

A sound came from the door at this moment. Theo and I both looked toward it.

Nicky had some documents in her hand and was looking at us, somewhat embarrassed.

"Uhm, we're not... I'm just here to see

him," I explained, embarrassed. I wanted to get up from Theo's lap,

but he hugged my waist tightly and

would

not let me move.

I looked up at Theo, but he still did not let go. I could only smile awkwardly at Nicky.

After a moment of embarrassment,

Nicky realized that her appearance seemed inappropriate and quickly said, "I was passing by when I heard voices inside, so I wanted to take a look out of curiosity. I didn't expect... "Her gaze was ambiguous.

I coughed a few times to ease my discomfort, When I caught a glimpse of the documents in Nicky's hand, I hurriedly changed the subject. "You're also a workaholic seeing how you're still looking

through work documents at night."

She waved her hand. "Oh no, I just couldn't sleep, so I simply flipped through them. I'll go back to my room first. You guys continue." "Hey, no, I..."

Before I could explain things clearly, Nicky disappeared from sight.

I glanced at Theo. "It's all your fault. Why didn't you let me up?"

"We're husband and wife. We don't have to be so formal with one another."

I could now easily get up from his lap. I turned my face away, snorted, and walked out.

Theo followed closely behind me, muttering, "Let's sleep together eh, Madam?"