Chapter 158
As soon as she finished her sentence, Everleigh tightened her grip on her spoon and her gaze
narrowed.
Adrienne blinked her big bright eyes and said, "Really? Mommy, Daddy said that he won''t get angry,
so I am not being impolite!"
Everleigh was speechless. She frowned and didn''t know how to answer Adrienne.
Theodore continued peeling the shrimps. It was as if the argument wasn''t a problem worthy of his
concern. It was just a trivial matter that didn''t deserve his attention.
Adrienne squatted on the chair, and her eyes curved into two crescents. "So is it okay for me to call
you Daddy from now on?"
"Sure."
"Daddy," Adrienne blinked and said. "I saw a swing in the courtyard. Can I go and y?"
Theodore asked her, "Are you full? Have some dessert."
"I''m full." Adrienne rubbed her stomach, which was bloated like a tiny watermelon.
"Then go ahead. Be careful."
"Yes, yes."
After seeing his sister leave the table, stairid down his cutlery and followed her.
The swing in the courtyard could be seen through the window of the dining room. Under the warm
yellow light, a little girl''s cheerfulughter could be heard. "stair, higher! Push me higher!"
On the other hand, the silence in the room was quite a contrast.
Although children might not be sensible, Everleigh couldn''t ignore the matter like they did. "I''m so
sorry, Adrienne is young and innocent. I will teach her when we get home."
"There''s no need to do so."
Everleigh was stunned.
"Since my first time meeting Adrienne, I have always thought of what it would be like if she was my
daughter."
Theodore ced the peeled shrimp into the bowl in front of her.
Everleigh clenched her fork tightly.
"Unfortunately, it''s a shame that she''s not," Theodore said as he looked at her with a gaze that was
so calm that it made her panic.
The word ''unfortunately'' made Everleigh''s heart tighten out of a sudden. She looked at Theodore
with a puzzled look.
What did he mean?
Who was stair''s and Adrienne''s father? Even she couldn''t bepletely sure herself. How could
he be so sure?
Even though she was curious, she couldn''t ask.
"I''ve finished eating. Thank you." Everleigh didn''t touch the peeled shrimp. She simply wiped her
hands and stood up from her seat. "It''s gettingte and I have to go."
At the same time, the cook came out of the kitchen with a piece of pastry and said, "Dr. Trevino, are
you leaving? The dessert is ready to be served."
"I''m good." Everleigh smiled at Joanne and said, "Thank you."
After that, she nced at Theodore. "Take care of yourself. I''lle over on Friday."
Theodore didn''t move, but only replied with a ''hmm'' of acknowledgement. Under the warm light of
the dining room, the atmosphere felt more and more lonely. He felt all alone the moment Everleigh
left.
"stair, Adrienne, we''re leaving. Let''s go home."
In the yard, Everleigh held her medical kit in one hand while waving at the swing. "Let''s go, it''s
gettingte. Both of you have school tomorrow."
While the two children were getting in the car, Joanne ran out from the vi and said, "Dr. Trevino,
wait."
Everleigh turned around and held the door with one hand.
Joanne was quite chubby and she started panting after running just a short distance. She held a
ck bag in her hand and handed it to Everleigh. "This is a cake specially made for stair and
Adrienne. Young Master asked me to give it to you."
Everleigh was dumbstruck for a moment and subconsciously nced behind Joanne.
Through the window of the living room, there seemed to be some movement at the curtains.
Perhaps she was wrong, but she was quite sure that she saw a figure swaying behind the curtains.
"Thank you."
"You''re wee. Dr. Trevino, you''reing again on Friday, aren''t you? If there''s anything you
would like to eat, just tell me. I''ll prepare it in advance."
"It''s okay, there''s no need to go through all that trouble. I''m just..."
Everleigh wanted to say that she would be there just to change the bandage, but the words never
left her mouth. Instead of replying to Joanne, she just thanked her, said goodbye, then left.
The car left the Godfrey Mansion and drove along Woond Street in the dark of night. The trees
on both sides of the road were lined with broken shadows of the light cast by the streemps. Just
like in her memory, the fragments were still faintly discernible in front of her eyes.
The two children in the back seat could be seen reflected in the rearview mirror. Adrienne was tired
of ying and she fell asleep in her brother''s arms. stair held his sister in his arms and looked
out the window in a daze.
It was alreadyte at night. The hustle and bustle of Ocpeace City hid all different kinds of pain and
anxiety of people from different social sses.
"Didn''t you say that as long as I listen to you, everything will be fine? Theodore hasn''t answered my
phone calls for more than a week!"
In the bedroom, the woman''s voice was sharp. Although she tried her best to hold back, she could
notpletely hide the mental breakdown she was going through.
Josephine''s hand, which was holding her phone, started to shake.
It had been more than a week and Theodore seemed to have vanished into thin air. She didn''t dare
to keep calling him all the time. At times like this, if she couldn''t control her emotions, it would be
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A cold voice came from the other end of the phone. "It''s only been about a week and you are
already grumbling. He has no feelings for you. Even if you were married to him, you would have to
get used to not seeing him for a whole day. Do you think that the title of Mrs. Godfrey can be
afforded by anyone?"
"I''ve made quite some preparations, but now I can''t even be sure if I can be Mrs. Godfrey.
How can I believe you?"
She had long been aware of Theodore''s cold personality. Most of his feelings for her came from her
years of apaniment. He would care more about raising a dog than he did about her. She had
long since prepared for this. As long as she could marry into the Godfrey family, she didn''t care
about anything else.
However, when Everleigh came back, Josephine began to suffer from insomnia and she couldn''t
sleep well every night. She would have this nightmare where Theodore would leave her at the altar
for Everleigh, which crushed all her big dreams of bing Theodore''s wife.
The man''s voice traveled to her eardrum through the phone, like the night wind, carrying a cool
breeze, causing her to shudder. "You have no choice but to just trust me."
"Are you threatening me? I can do it my own way."
"Really?" The man sneered. "Why don''t you try your own way first then?"
Without waiting for Josephine to speak, the phone went silent.
"Hello?"
While holding the phone that had been hung up on her, Josephine''s face suddenly turned pale
immediately. She raised her hand and was about to smash it. When the phone was raised to the top
of her head, it suddenly rang. Seeing the caller ID, she frowned and pressed the answer button,
"Hello?"
"What? He has been in the Godfrey Mansion for the whole week? He wasn''t on a business trip?"
"He didn''t even leave Ocpeace City. It took you so many days to find out where he is. Your working
efficiency is getting lower and lower. What''s going on?"
She threw a tantrum at the person on the other end of the phone. Hearing the servile''s voice over
the phone, Josephine became more and more impatient. "Okay, I understand. Please do things
more efficiently next time. If you can''t get his assistant to leak some information, why don''t you ask
Theodore''s secretary? June is Moses'' cousin."
After scolding the person and hanging up the phone, Josephine''s expression eased a little. Thinking
that Theodore had been staying in the mansion for the past few days, she thought of something all
of a sudden and her eyes sank.