The Woman From Hell

When he heard me, he immediately sat up on the bed. A smile bloomed across his previously gloomy face as he said, "Wandy, you're finally here."

"Don't you know it’s a sin to waste food?" I glanced at the porridge on the ground before gazing disdainfully at him.

"You know what it’s like. I don't get along with strangers, and I don't like eating their food even more. Is the lasagna ready?" he said matter-of-factly as he stared at the food container in my hands, his expectations obvious.

I set up his over-bed table and put the container in front of him before saying wryly, "You need someone t o look after you because you’re hurt. If you think it's awkward to have a female nurse, I can arrange for you to have a male nurse."

He opened the container excitedly and stuffed two forkfuls of lasagne into his mouth before smacking his lips in satisfaction and saying, "I don’t need anyone to take care of me. I already have you, don't I? All you have to do is bring me food and stay with me t o chat for a while."

"I'm here to talk to you about that, actually. I'm going t o Whaldorf City with Theo tonight, so I might not be

able to bring you food anymore. A nurse would be able to prepare you food at the hospital once I’m gone!”

Seeing how energetic he was and how much gusto he ate his food with, it was just as the doctor had said. He was perfectly fine. The only reason he insisted on staying in the hospital was that he was acting like a little kid and thinking up ways to get me to bring him food.

He paused his movements, and the expression on his face changed as he asked, "Why are you going to Whaldorf City all of a sudden? Don't you know that place is a snakepit?"

"You always think of the worst-case scenario. I'm going with Theo this time, so what’s the worst that could happen?" I replied calmly.

"Exactly, it's dangerous because he’s there! Don't disregard what I've said to you. You'll come to a nasty end one day if you continue to stay by his side." He had a solemn expression on his face, and his voice became tinged with frostiness the more he spoke.

I did not say anything, thinking he was worried about nothing. Theo was treating me quite well right now, and he would not let anything happen to me. After all, I was carrying his child.

I left after sitting with him for a while longer and reminding him to stop kicking up so much of a fuss all the time.

He did not say anything else for the remaining time I spent with him. He had a solemn expression on his face and seemed to be deep in thought over something. Luckily, I was no longer bothered by his ever-changing moods.

When I returned to Cecilia's room, she was eating the fruits and walnuts I had brought. As I gazed at the pile of walnut shells and fruit skins, I could not help but ask in astonishment, "Did you eat all of this?”

I had brought her so much lasagna, yet she had still managed to eat all the fruits I had thought would last her for two to three days. I worried she had overeaten.

She stuck her tongue out and said somewhat embarrassedly, "These fruits taste so good. They taste exactly like how I remembered they tasted. I ate so much without even realizing it."

"As long as you don't overeat.” I marveled at her appetite.

"Are you a pig?” Jerome's cry of shock rang out from the doorway.

Obviously, Jerome, who had just come through the door as I had, was also surprised by the mountain of fruit skins.

"No one will think you're mute if you don’t speak! So what if I can eat? I'm not eating your family's food.” Cecilia had never bothered with pleasantries when it came to Jerome and did not hesitate to throw an insult back at him.

"How dare you mistake my kind intentions as hostility? I'm just worried you'll choke to death if you eat that much, alright?"

"Jerome Shane, have you gone too long without being beaten up?" Cecilia's comments left me speechless.

These two were always like this whenever they met. I shook my head wryly and turned to see Xander standing outside the door, a gloomy expression on his face as he watched the two fighting inside the room.

I could not stop myself from blurting out, "What are you doing here?" From what I remembered, Xander usually did not make appearances in public places like these because of his status as an actor. 1

The mask he had on prevented me from seeing the expression on his face. I watched as he rubbed his hands together somewhat awkwardly and said," Happened to be passing by, so I thought I would drop b y and visit."

"Oh my god, Mr. Actor Nietzsche, did you purposely drop by to visit me? Or are you... here because of a certain someone? Be honest, are you guys together now?" Cecilia's eyes sparkled as her gaze excitedly swept between the two.

Although I was not as direct as Cecilia was, I could vaguely sense something odd going on between the two of them lately too. They were always together, and Xander’s personality had undergone a drastic change recently.

If he used to be as sloppy and reckless as Jerome was now, he had since undergone a dramatic change to become a quiet and mature man now. Most of the time, he would quietly stand by the sidelines and watch Jerome's antics.This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.