NovelAppChapter 615
If Matthew had faked his death in order to start a new life after careful consideration, then | would respect his
decision.
Only I did not seem to be able to forgive him. He seemed to have been treating all of us like fools and had
probably watched like a spectator how | wept and mourned over his death.
When | got back to the hotel, | saw Theo waiting for m e in the lobby just as | stepped into the entrance. He was
wearing his usual black suit and shiny leather shoes. He had his hands in his suit pants pocket, standing upright
in the hotel lobby.
| froze and stopped in my tracks, a complicated feeling in my heart. Should | tell him about Matthew?
He sawand strode over to me. | looked at his figure and two words suddenly popped up in my head -the sun!
He walked over toand tookinto his arms before | could say anything.
| was stunned for a few seconds before raising my hands and coiling them around his waist. | rested my cheeks
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇton his chest. | could smell a faint grassy and agarwood fragrance on him. His scent calmed me
down. | closed my eyes and called out softly, "Honey!"
The man paused for a moment, his arms aroundtightening. He looked at my face and asked, "Did something
happen?"
| shook my head. "Nothing.”
There were many people coming and going in the hotel. They would turn around to stare atfrom tto
time. After holdingfor a while, Theo took m y hand and broughtback to the hotel room.
At the dining table in the room were various kinds of street food. After taking off my jacket, | could not help but
look up at him. "You haven't eaten yet?"
He smiled faintly. "I was waiting for you to eat together."
| was stunned. "You know | had something outside."
He hummed a reply and tookto the table to take a seat. He put food on my plate and said in a warm voice,
"You don’t like French cuisine so you'd definitely cback hungry."
Liz did taketo a French restaurant, but... | looked dazedly at him. "How did you know | was having French
cuisine?"
The food on the table was probably just delivered as it was still warm. He put food on my plate and took a bite,
saying in a warm yet nonchalant manner, "I sent someone to follow you."
| was stunned. After what happened last time, he had assigned several men to follow me. | was aware of it but it
had unconsciously slipped my mind.
After a period of silence, | looked at him. "Did they tell you about the man?"
Theo raised his eyebrows. "What man?"
| pursed my lips. "Never mind."
Since he did not know that Matthew was still alive, there was no need forto take the initiative to mention it
to him. We used to always quarrel because o f Matthew, and now that we had finally
stopped, | thought it was best to keep trouble away.
Theo took a large bite of the food. After chewing and swallowing it, he slowly said, "Matthew isn’t dead."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI froze.
He did not seem to want to discuss more about Matthew so he put a bunch of food on my plate. "Eat or the food
will get cold."
| lowered my head and ate in silence. Anything related to Matthew was not discussed.
It was already a little late when we were done eating. Theo was very busy and his phone did not stop ringing.
The attendant cin and put away the dinnerware. | sat on the couch watching television but did not pay
attention to what | was watching. My mind was occupied.
When he finished the important work at hand, he walked over and sat beside me. He pulledinto his arms, his
voice warm and tender. "Want to go out and take a stroll?”
| shook my head. "I don't want to move."
Mainly it was because | planned to sleep after watching television for a while more.
He smiled faintly. "Sitting all the twithout moving after eating a meal will not be good for your digestion. If
you don’t want to go out and take a stroll, we'll do sother exercises that don’t require going out, then." i
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