Said I didn't Love Him But I Lied

"How much do you wish for Josephine and I to successfully get married?"

Without waiting for Everleigh's reply, Theodore suddenly asked such a question.

Everleigh looked up and met his aggressive glare.

Under such a glare, she could only pretend to be calm and said, "This has nothing to do with what I wish. I just don't want anything to happen to your life because of me."

"Is that so?" Theodore was obviously doubtful of the sincerity behind her words. "But I've already promised Adrienne."

Everleigh was stunned. "What did you promise her?"

There was a moment of silence.

Although it was only a moment, even less than two seconds, it made one feel suffocated, as if time had stopped at this moment. It felt like a million years had passed.

Theodore didn't answer Everleigh's question. Instead, he asked, "The biggest difference between children and adults is that children can state their own desires and needs directly, but adults like to beat around the bush." Everleigh felt guilty under his gaze. "I don't understand what you mean."

Ever since he heard the phrase 'You have your own life', Theodore's face was filled with a hint of sullenness. He had always been a person who knew how to hide his emotions, but in front of Everleigh, he often didn't have the self-control to do

So.

Indeed, things had changed a lot in seven years. However, when they got in touch with each other, there were so many concealments between them and they always beat around the bush. This made Theodore become impatient these days. From the corner of Theodore's eyes, he glanced in the direction of the living room. The two children were busy playing with Ace. They didn't notice their conversation at all.

"Your marriage with Christopher is a marriage of convenience, isn't it?"

Everleigh's expression changed.

How did he find out?

Seeing the change in her expression, Theodore was even more convinced that his guess was correct. "That's why Christopher and you never admitted your relationship, and no one in the Trevino family knows that you're married." Everleigh's hand, which was holding her spoon, was a little stiff, but she still denied it, "Theodore, you need to take responsibility for your words."

"Fine, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Then, don't tell me you don't know about Christopher flirting with women. I heard that he dumped a nurse in the hospital and she even went to you to cry and complain?"

Theodore's expression was calm, and his suppressed tone was filled with an unexplainable anger. "When did you start to have such a good temper? Or did you think that it's interesting to have an open marriage after a few years abroad?" Upon hearing this, Everleigh finally understood why Theodore had suddenly said that she was in a 'marriage of convenience'.

Instead of suspecting that she and Christopher were in a marriage of convenience, it was better to say that he suspected that their marriage existed in name only. He probably thought that she and Christopher had already broken up and they were already on their own.

"This has nothing to do with you." Everleigh looked at him and put down the spoon in her hand. She breathed a sigh of relief and also regained her calm and reasoning. "What does it have to do with you whether I am in a marriage of convenience or not?"

"It doesn't have anything to do with me? Then, that night didn't matter either?"

As soon as he mentioned that night, Everleigh's temples began to throb.

"You can get divorced."

Hearing this, Everleigh looked at Theodore in astonishment.

Theodore's expression didn't change. "If you get divorced..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a burst of rapid and sharp braking sounds interrupted his voice from outside the villa. Under the quiet night, the sound of the brakes was very harsh. Everleigh and Theodore frowned and looked outside at the same time.

"Theodore!" The sound of the car door closing could be heard at the same time as the voice of the man outside.

Everleigh knew who it was the moment she heard the voice.

The door to the villa wasn't closed and Leon barged in. As soon as he entered the villa, he asked hurriedly, "Theodore, what happened to my dog? Who touched my dog?"

It was dead silent in the room.

In the living room, the two children stared at the uninvited guest who suddenly broke in, and their faces were in a daze.

Leon and the two children stared blankly at each other for a long time. In the end, Leon faced the child who was almost like a miniature version of Theodore and asked, "Th-Theodore, have you turned back into a child?" "Leon." A familiar voice could be heard from the dining room.

Leon turned around and saw Theodore walking out of the dining room with an unhappy expression on his face. "Why are you here?"

"Me?" Leon was confused by the sudden appearance of the two children. For a moment, he forgot why he came here. He was stunned for a second before he remembered. "I came to see my dog. The pet hospital called me and said that I need to go for a checkup. What happened to my dog?"

"It's fine. The veterinarian treated him, so it's just a minor fracture."

"How did it fracture? I lent the dog..."

"Ahem, ahem," Theodore suddenly coughed twice to cover up the second half of the sentence from Leon.

Leon looked at him suspiciously. It didn't matter if he didn't look, but when he did, he saw the person walking out of the dining room behind Theodore. His face turned pale, and he said, "Ev-Everleigh..." "Long time no see," Everleigh stood behind Theodore and greeted Leon calmly, "Leon."

Leon's face stiffened. He forced a smile and said, "Y-Yes, long time no see indeed. When did you return? I didn't know. Why didn't you say anything?"

"Why? Would you prepare a welcome dinner for me if I told you in advance?"

"Y-Yeah. After all, we're friends."

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Leon usually had a silver tongue, but as soon as he met Everleigh, it was as if his tongue was stuck and he couldn't even speak properly. The instinctive reflex of fear was clearly reflected in his eyes. Everleigh had no time to chat with him. She glanced at her watch and said to Theodore, "It's getting late and you have another guest. I have something else to attend to, so I'll be taking my leave." Theodore's thin lips pressed together as he frowned. "You're going to work tomorrow?"

"Yes, I have sent all the precautions to Mr. Lawson. He knows how to deal with them."

"What precautions?" Leon couldn't help but interrupt, and his handsome face was full of ambiguous inquiry.

Everleigh's appearance at Theodore's house at this time was originally big gossip, and fear couldn't stop his enthusiasm from investigating the matter.

Theodore cast a sidelong glance at him, his frosty expression clearly showing a hint of anger. It was as if he was blaming Leon for appearing at the wrong moment.

Leon's expression changed, and he closed his mouth innocently.

"Alastair, Adrienne, let's go," Everleigh took her medicine box, waved her hands and called her two children. Then, she walked out calmly.

Theodore stood at the door, looking into the distance with a pair of cold eyes. Until Everleigh's car had disappeared from Godfrey Mansion, his gaze was still fixed on Everleigh.

"They're gone, so what are you still looking at?" Leon's mischievous voice came from the side. "Not bad, Theodore. You're so quiet about important matters. You've even brought her and her children to your home." Theodore snapped out of his daze and turned around to look at Leon. Then he headed straight to the living room.

Leon naturally wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity to tease him. He chased after him and said, "When I saw Everleigh's son at first, I would have thought that he's your son if I didn't know better." Upon hearing this, Theodore paused slightly as he held on to the sofa. He looked at Leon and his gaze suddenly tightened.