Chapter 216


    Deep in the night, Theodore raised his head to look at the figure on the sofa. He didn''t know when


    she had fallen asleep. Her head was tilted to one side and it was clear that she was in a very


    ufortable sleeping position, but she seemed to be sleeping very soundly.


    He gazed at her for a long time before he closed the book and put it on the bed frame. Then, he


    lifted the quilt and got out of bed.


    He picked up the person on the sofa and he was very gentle with her, for fear of waking her up.


    "Hm?" A soft mumble could be heard.


    Theodore''s movements paused for a moment. He thought she had woken up, but she merely


    snorted and turned over in his embrace before she stopped moving once more.


    After putting her on the bed and tucking her in, Theodore sat down on the sofa where she had just


    sat. There was still the warmth of her body on the sofa. To him, this kind of temperature was even


    morefortable than the nkets. It made him feel as if he didn''t want to move.


    The book on the bed frame was an old one, worn from many years of reading.


    Judging from Everleigh''s reaction just now, he also knew that she had no impression of this book at


    all. As a medical student, she would never remember what she said in the French ss that she


    chose as an elective in university.


    After all, the courses that she took in the foreignnguage department were just for him. They were


    not things she really liked.


    However, Theodore remembered very clearly that in French ss that semester, the professor had


    been teaching this book the entire time and had asked Everleigh to answer a question. Her


    unexpectedments had caused the entire ss to burst intoughter.


    Later, in order to help her out, he raised his hand to answer the professor''s question.


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    At that time, the professor asked him, "If your Anna told you that she met her true love and wanted


    to leave with that man, what choice would you make?"


    "I will let her go, and then she''ll realise that no one else will ever be able to make her happy like


    me."


    It was a pity that Everleigh''s French was bad. She''d skipped a semester''s worth of sses, and she


    couldn''t understand a word of what he said at that time.


    The next day when Everleigh woke up, it was already dawn.


    She sat up with the quilt in her arms and rubbed her sleepy eyes, yawning.


    The moment she touched the bedsheets, she froze for a moment before she suddenly came to her


    senses. Why was she sleeping here?


    Just then, the sound of a door opening reached her ears.


    "Theodore! Where is Everleigh?"


    Helen''s figure appeared at the door. At the moment when she saw Everleigh on the bed, her eyes


    widened. "E... Everleigh?"


    "Mommy?" A small head with two ponytails poked out behind Helen, and a pair of big ck eyes


    like grapes rolled. "Mommy, why haven''t you gotten up yet?"


    "Grandma? Adrienne?" Everleigh''s expression stiffened. "Why are you guys here?"


    Helen had a vaguely bemused look on her face and said, "I heard that Theodore was in the


    hospital, so I brought the two children to see him. I didn''t expect to bother you two. Well, I''ll bring


    them out first."


    "No," Everleigh waved her hand hurriedly and said, "Nothing happened. I fell asleepst night


    listening to a story. I don''t know how I fell asleep here, but I slept alone..."


    Before she could finish, the bathroom door was opened. Theodore walked out of the bathroom in


    his pajamas. His tall figure attracted the attention of Helen and the children.


    Helen''s eyes were wide open now.


    Then, Adrienne covered her mouth and eximed, "Mommy, you and Daddy slept in the same


    room!"


    The atmosphere seemed to freeze in an instant.


    Everleigh''s expression changed. This... This was really hard to exin, no matter what she said.


    Quickly, Helen came back to her senses. She covered Adrienne''s eyes as she closed the door and


    walked out. "Go on, go on. We''ll go out and wait..."


    "Grandma, we didn''t..."


    With a bang, the sound of the door closing cut off all of Everleigh''s exnations. She only felt as if


    something was stuck in her throat, and she couldn''t find her own voice.


    This was really something she could never live down! The day before, Moses was there, and that


    day, it was Madam Scott and her two children. What was going on?


    The door was closed, but Theodore came out of the bathroom as if nothing had happened. He said


    coldly, "Morning."


    "Morning..." Everleigh''s face stiffened as she spoke.


    Why the hell was he greeting her like nothing happened? Could he tell her about what happened


    last night? Why was she sleeping on the bed?


    Seeing Theodore walking towards her, Everleigh shivered. She immediately lifted the nket and


    got out of bed. Her movements were as elegant and lithe as a cat''s, and she said, "I''m heading to


    the bathroom."


    After saying this, she rushed into the bathroom and locked the door.


    She ruffled her hair hard as she looked at her messy self in the mirror. Instantly, she was filled with


    regret.


    Why did she go to Theodore''s bedroom to give him milk? Why didn''t she leave after doing so? Not


    only did she not leave, but why did she listen to the French love story? She even fell into a deep


    sleep after listening to it, and she didn''t even know when she was moved to the bed. Was the story


    that hypnotic?


    Because of the embarrassment and the need to exinter, Everleigh stayed in the bathroom for


    nearly 20 minutes until two knocks came from outside.


    "How long are you nning to stay in the bathroom?"


    Through the door, Theodore''s voice was muffled, sounding like it had been covered with ayer of


    gauze, but there was still a vague teasing tone in it.


    Everleigh hurriedly replied, "Almost done."


    "Grandma asked you toe out for breakfast."


    Hearing this, Everleigh suddenly closed her eyes and said with embarrassment, "Oh, I... I''ll be right


    there. You go first."


    "If you are afraid of being misunderstood, I will remind you that the longer you stay in there, the


    greater the possibility of you not being able to exin."


    "Huh?" Everleigh was stunned for a few seconds, and the moment she came back to her senses,


    her face flushed red immediately.


    If both she and Theodore stayed inside the room alone, it would attract nothing but suspicion.


    Furthermore. Helen had already assumed that they''d spent the night together.


    At the thought of this, Everleigh''s head started to pound.


    "Still noting out?"


    Hearing this, Everleigh had no choice but to force herself to open the door. The moment she


    opened the door, she saw Theodore leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. When he


    looked at her, there was a hint of amusement in his eyes.


    Everleigh was so angry that she went straight out without looking at him.


    At the dining table at breakfast, Everleigh took care of the two children while Helen kept casting


    furtive nces at her.


    "Everleigh, have you been taking care of Theodorest night?"


    "Well, yes," Everleigh''s heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly exined, "I was going to sleep on


    the sofa, butst night..."


    "What? Sofa?" Helen didn''t give her a chance to exin at all as she changed the topic, "Theodore,


    how could you let Everleigh sleep on the sofa?"


    Theodore ced a peeled hard-boiled egg on the te in front of Adrienne and replied with a calm


    face, "I won''t ever do it again."


    "Ahem..."


    The moment Everleigh heard this, she was nearly choked to death by the oatmeal she had just


    swallowed. "Ahem, Ahem..."


    What did he mean by he wouldn''t do it again?