The Woman From Hell
Chapter 14
He did not say anything and was staring at me silently. I could not help but feel nervous with the proximity of his angular and handsome face to me. The air inside the room seemed to have thinned out. I got up to open the windows.
Suddenly, he pulled me into an embrace and wrapped both of his arms around me and held me tightly.
“Theo Grant.” Although I did not know why he behaved this way, I did not like being hugged like that. Although I struggled in his arms, he still did not let go.
The sharp stench of alcohol rose to my nose. Theo was drunk again.
“Let go of me. I’ll pour a cup of water for you,” I spoke softly.
“Will it become hate?” He asked as he hugged me tightly.
I did not understand what he meant and could only look at him in confusion. His lips were slightly apart, and his dark eyes were quite dilated and out of focus. It seemed like he was heavily drunk.
I did not understand how he managed to find her even in such a state.
“Will it change?” He did not give up when I did not respond to him. He stubbornly continued while looking me in the eye.
“It will,” I told him as I pulled his arms from around me. I tried to free myself from his embrace, but he held me tightly in a vice-like grip.
“Will you take it back?” He continued asking me as he grabbed my hand like a child to stop me from moving.
I suddenly understood what he was asking. I did not know what to say. “I don’t know either,” I told him in exasperation.
He stopped asking me questions. His breath grew erratic as he hugged me tighter.
I held his face and said softly, “Theo, I’m Wanda Lane. We’re about to get a divorce. You can’t do this to me.”
words triggered him. He carried me
on the verge of a breakdown. I took his face in my hands again and tried to make him take a closer look at me. He looked up and widened his blurry eyes. He fixed his gaze at me for a few seconds before letting
I remembered that I have a child in me. We must not continue like this.
I grabbed his hand and looked at him. “You’re drunk. Don’t do this,” I said.
on his handsome face. Theo looked different tonight. He was rather cute. I pushed him away with all my might and got down from the bed. I put on my clothes and left the place. If I stayed there any longer, I
not know how to handle them all. I just wanted to run far away and escape from everything. I was afraid that I would return to the past if I did not vent out