"What are you guys up to?" Theo's voice boomed, authoritative even without anger.
Caught in their heated debate about whether to call an ambulance, Ellinor and Byran both turned to see Theo standing there, his face a blank slate.
"Theo!"
Patricia snapped out of her gloomy thoughts and instantly put on an innocent facade. She trotted over to Theo, sighing helplessly, "Theo, I came to apologize to Ellinor. I think there's been some misunderstanding between us, but it seems like she's not willing to forgive me."
Theo cast a glance at Patricia, then lifted his gaze to Byran, but his eyes finally settled on the men's coat draped over Ellinor. "Whose coat is that?"
Ellinor didn’t respond.
A chill went down Byran's spine. He hurriedly explained, "...Theo, Ellinor said she was cold, so I gave her my coat! And also, she's having an allergic reaction on her neck. I was about to call an ambulance, but she's refusing. You need to talk some sense into her!"
Theo was already ticked off by Byran putting his coat on Ellinor, and now he was anxiously checking out Ellinor's neck while her dress neckline was already quite low.
Ignoring Patricia, Theo walked over to Ellinor, "Darling, return the coat to Byran."
Ellinor hadn't planned on wearing his coat. Byran had forcefully put it on her after removing the towel she had around her neck.
She was so focused on stopping Byran from calling an ambulance that she forgot about the coat.
Upon hearing Theo's words, she took off the coat and handed it back to Byran.
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