Chapter 165


    I secretly apologized to Cecilia once again. I had no other choice. If she did not want Mason to


    know about this, the only thing I could do was to throw her under the bus with some other excuse.


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    "Pfft!" Mason had not learned his lesson from the soy milk earlier. He had begun eating, and this


    time, he was now choking on a pancake.


    I was toozy to hand him any tissues this time around.


    "Cecilia told you that?" he asked as he dusted pancake crumbs off himself.


    "She didn''t say it was you, I guessed that myself. So I came to you to get confirmation." Though I


    was feeling somewhat sheepish, I forced myself to continue lying through my teeth.


    Mason had given up on breakfast after the two interruptions to his meal. As he stood up to walk


    back to his desk, he said, "I strongly suggest you buy some books to read if you’re this bored.


    Prenatal education i s very important. Don''t let this end up affecting the child."


    "Dr. Lynch, I swear that I’m just curious. All you have t o do is tell me if you two did anything or not. I


    swear I


    won’t tell anyone else." Refusing to give up, I walked after him and raised a hand to him.


    To be honest, I was already quite sure of what had happened. If he was not denying it, I was


    probably right.


    He kneaded his forehead and ignored me.


    Just then, a handsome man pushed his office door open and walked in.


    "Quick, take your wife home." Mason looked like his savior had arrived as he hurriedly stood up and


    pointed at me, speaking to Theo.


    Theo had no idea what was going on. His features were arranged into a solemn expression as he


    looked a t us and asked, "What''s going on?"


    "She came over early in the morning to interrogate me about my sexual rtions. I might be a


    doctor, but I''m also just a man. You should educate her properly once you two get home." As he


    spoke, he deliberately shuffled further away from us.


    I... did not know what to say in response!


    The look in Theo’s eyes darkened as he walked over, grabbed my hand, and pulled me down onto


    the couch. Turning his gaze onto Mason, he asked, "What did she want to know about?"


    "I just wanted to know if anything had ever happened between him and Cecilia," I hurriedly


    answered before Mason could reply.


    Theo did not understand, and he turned to look at me.


    I chuckled dryly and said, "Well, Cecilia got drunk thest time I went on a business trip, and he was


    the one who took her home. When I called her the next morning, I heard a man’s voice in the


    background, so I was curious if it was him or not. It''s all just some harmless curiosity. Why don’t you


    try asking on my behalf?”


    I was not willing to speak evil of my best friend in front of Theo.


    "So, you guys slept together?" Theo asked in his straightforward manner, not a hint of hesitation in


    his words.


    "You guys...” Mason jumped up from the couch. “Get out, get out! If you and your wife share the


    same sentiments, you should go home and gossip amongst yourselves. Don''te to my office


    and ruin my mood this early in the morning."


    If he was not willing to say anything, I had nothing more to say either. I got up and prepared to


    leave.


    Theo hade here to look for me, so he also got up and pulled me out.


    The expression on his face was slightly frosty as we left the office. "Well done. I can''t believe you


    came here this early in the morning for such a reason."


    When I noticed that he was not in a great mood, I very intelligently decided to keep quiet and not


    say


    anything as I walked behind him.


    He did not say anything when we got into the car either. After giving it some thought, I asked, "Have


    you had breakfast yet?"


    He remained silent.


    Even after giving the matter a lot of thought, I could not understand why he had lost his temper. He


    truly was a difficult man to make sense of. It was even difficult to understand why he was angry


    now.


    Since he did not say anything, I pretended to be oblivious and said nonchntly, "It''s a weekend


    today, so we don’t need to go to work. Why don''t we have breakfast at the mall? We can go


    shopping for baby stuff after we''re done. All that stuff should be bought now since I won’t have the


    energy to go shopping once I’m going through the further stages of the pregnancy.”


    He did not say anything, but he drove the car down the street leading to the mall.


    We remained quiet. I walked behind him to the diner. After sitting down, he pointed at the menu and


    asked," What would you like to have?”


    "Anything will do. Order anything you feel like eating," I said, a bright smile on my face.


    My deliberate ingratiation made his expression soften slightly, but he remained quiet and sullen.


    One might worry that he would explode any second now.


    Our meals were soon served. There were all kinds of dishes on the table, and there looked to be


    enough food for five people.


    I had eaten some of the breakfast I bought for Mason, s o I was not too hungry now. I drummed my


    fork against my te as I watched Theo eat carefully and slowly.


    He had been brought up well as a child. Even as he ate breakfast, his elegant movements gave him


    the air of a man indulging in fine French dining instead. It made the young girls nearby turn and


    stare at him constantly.


    He was indeed someone uniquely eye-catching. He had managed to woo an entire crowd of people


    solely with his movements, but even more importantly, he was unaware of what he had done. He


    continued eating, not a care in the world.