The Woman From Hell

Chapter 545

However, that was no longer necessary now...

| was happy to be able to achieve what | had achieved so far and did not let Matthew down.

Thinking about Matthew, my mood was not as good anymore. In order to stop thinking about him, | asked the

secretary to bring in the documents that | needed t o go through. Only by keeping myself busy would | be able to

stop myself from overthinking.

| worked all the way till noon and remembered what Miss Woods said. | then gave Carlson a call.

| proposed to have a meal with him, and we agreed to meet at a famous Italian restaurant.

There was traffic getting from the company to the restaurant. He had been waiting for a very long twhen |

arrived.

| took my seat and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Dad. There was traffic on my way here."

Carlson burst out laughing. "Don't you think you're treatinglike a stranger by talking tolike that? As a

father, what's wrong with waiting a little longer for my daughter?"

| smiled. "Alright, alright. | won't say that again."

After ordering the food, | finally said the things | had been thinking about on my way here. "Dad, if we follow the

rules, then I should go hto celebrate New Year's this year, but a good friend of mine passed away stime

ago and she left a child in Salt City. The child is still very young and can't stand cold winter days, so | plan to go

back to Salt City to celebrate New Year's this year."

Carlson smiled. "The Schumans aren't bound by that many rules. You can celebrate New Year's wherever you

want to. | won't be mad if you don’t celebrate at home. Besides, since she was your best friend, it's only right for

you to go over and visit the young child she left behind."

| breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad you're not mad about it. | was worried that you would be unhappy, so |

hesitated for a very long tbefore telling you this."

"This is just a trivial matter. As for you and Theo..." Carlson paused for a moment before continuing, "Is there

something wrong between the two of you?"

| subconsciously shook my head to deny it. "No, we're pretty good."

Carlson frowned. "My child, a married couple is bound together by love. You can't just think about getting a

divorce when you argue or have a conflict. Marriage isn't a game."

After a pause, he continued, "You can’t say that you're not compatible just because you have different

personalities. There are no perfectly compatible couples in this world. The so-called compatibility is the result of

a couple's hard work. Besides, Theo is a very outstanding man. It's hard to find outstanding men like him now.

You should cherish him.”

| chose to listen to his words not because he was my family but also because his words made sense.

Compatibility and incompatibility. Just because two people were incompatible, was that to say that they were not

suitable for each other?

| thought about this question stago but was never able to give myself an answer. Carlson had answered

that fornow.

| picked up my cup and took a sip of water. "I'll listen t 0 you."

Carlson nodded. "I'm glad to hear that."

"How are the Louises doing, Dad?" | asked.

Carlson smiled. "I can tell that Grayson has no plans of touching you. It's strange. Judging from his violent

temper, he should be trying to teach you a lesson by now."

| thought it was strange too.

Why?

Did Grayson and Petra have bigger schemes?

Everything was unknown at the moment. | should be o n my guard.

However, | was not afraid even if they wanted to retaliate against me. The worst that could happen was dying,

and death was the last thing | was afraid of at the moment.

Carlson still had work to finish in the afternoon. I did not go back to the office after lunch.

| went to the supermarket for grocery shopping before driving to the Nietzsches' place.

| chatted with Jeshua and left when it was almost five o'clock.

When | returned to the villa, | walked in and saw Theo sitting on the sofa watching TV. | felt a little surprised.

| did not want to go over and talk to him after what had happened last night. It was not because | was angry but

because | did not know how to communicate with him.

| went directly upstairs to my room.

"So you went to the Nietzsches' place today and are planning to go to the cemetery to see Matthew tomorrow?"

Theo's cold voice rang out behind me. | was startled and turned around to look at him discontentedly. " You're

really well-informed, Mr. Grant."

He had sent someone to follow me, and | was aware of that. However, being aware and hearing it from him were

two completely different things.

Theo ignored my statement and said, "When do you plan to go and visit him? Should | ask someone to buy a car

full of flowers so it'll seem grander?"

Those words sounded off no matter how | listened to them. | took a deep breath and tried my best not to sound

that mad because | did not want to argue with him.

"Theo, | won't interfere in your affairs so don't interfere in mine. That way, we can also live in peace."

Arguing with him was a waste of tand energy, hence it was completely unnecessary.

Fortunately, Theo did not continue, nor did he stopfrom going to the bathroom.

After taking a shower, | went downstairs to have my meal.

Theo did not cdownstairs to eat. | could not care less about him. He was not going to let himself starve t o

death anyway.

After eating, | went upstairs and looked at the time. It was still early and there was nothing much to do, so |

asked Miss Zuri to finda suitcase. | wanted to pack for my journey to Salt City.

When Theo cback from the study and sawpacking my suitcase, his expression immediately turned

sullen. He walked over and snatched the clothes from my hands.

| stared coldly at him.

He tossed the clothes on the floor. "Wanda Lane, if you want to leave, then you should at least informfirst.

Don't you think you're too uneducated?"

My head hurt from his yelling and | got up while saying indifferently, "Theo Grant, there is no point arguing with

each other. It'll only make our relationship worse."

After a pause, | continued, "I told you earlier. We need t o separate and cool off. After we've calmed down, we

need to think if it's necessary to go on. If yes, then we need to sit down and discuss how we're going to get along

in the future. If not, then we should just break u p on good terms.”

"Do you want to get a divorce that badly?”

Theo completely ignored what | said.

"Am | not kind enough to you? I think I am. I've fulfilled my duty as a husband."

After a pause, he said in a mocking tone, "Or perhaps you think that you can find someone better thannow

that you're the Schumans' daughter?"

He was simply unreasonable!

| took a deep breath. "Theo, can you please reflect on yourself before you condemn me? Tell me, what am |

supposed to do? | gave in and chwith you last night but you gavethe cold shoulder. | suggested we

separate for a period of tbut you insist that | want to divorce so badly. What should | do to make you happy?"

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