After she left, Theo looked at me. "When did you become so kind?"
I froze, then said, "It's on the way, isn’t it?"
He smiled faintly. "This isn't a reason, Wanda.”
I thought about it and gave a more pertinent answer," How can I put it? I feel sorry for this woman."
She was probably almost 40 now. As our grandparents would say, one would be established by the age of 30 and firm-up one's station in life by the age of 40. Judging from her age, even though she was given higher pay in Whaldorf City, she had a house, a car, and children in Salt City. The pay raise was not enough reason for her to come and work in Whaldorf City. Most importantly, she was more introverted than before. With all of this factored in, it was highly likely that there was something going on in her family.
Theo nodded and said no more.
The car drove home. Theo held my hand and asked mildly, "Aren't you jealous about what happened earlier?"
I had yet to realize what he was referring to when he stared straight at me. I came back to my senses and said with a smile, "I understand. No matter how strong
Elena is, she’s still a woman, after all. She was terrified to encounter something like that. It was inevitable for her to lose control of herself when she saw you."
Theo's countenance darkened even more after what I said. I was puzzled for a moment. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Only one simple word.
I was a little baffled. He had asked me the question in a gentle tone. How did his tone suddenly get so cold?
Unsure what he was mad about, I knew better than to say anything else.
The car came to the entrance of the villa, and as soon a s it came to a stop, Theo quickly got out of the car with no intention to wait for me. He walked straight into the villa.
He was walking so quickly that I could not even catch up while trotting after him. When I ran into the villa, h e had already gone upstairs.
What exactly had happened that made him so angry?
I took a breather and quickly walked upstairs.
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