"Wanda, don't be angry,” came Theo's deep and magnetic voice.
He came to me. He tried to hold me in his arms and utter soft whispers in my ear.
If it were before, I would have forgiven him immediately.
It was different this time. This was a matter of principle. He was hiding something from me, and no matter how much I prodded him, he refused to disclose even a bit of the matter.
I suddenly felt rattled. I was terrified that something had really happened to him.
"What are you hiding from me?"
Theo paused, his brows lowering slightly. "I’m not hiding anything from you."
"I want you to tell me the truth." I got up and looked at him, hoping that he would not be perfunctory or try to evade me. I wanted him to talk to me properly.
Theo felt a little helpless, but he did not run away this time. He looked into my eyes and said, "There's nothing to say."
I looked into his eyes, trying to find something in them, but I found nothing.
No guilty conscience, no impatience. Perhaps he did encounter some problems and was solving them. I should not be so forceful.
"I trust you. I just don't want you to hide anything from me. We’re husband and wife. I hope you trust me." I hope he could try to rely on me.
Theo stroked my hair and gently held me in his arms.
"Don't think too much about it."
I leaned into his arms, yearning for the warmth of his body.
The next day, Marius came over all of a sudden when I was working at the company and dragged me to a nearby shopping mall without saying a word.
"What are you doing? Hey! Let me go! I still have work."
"You can come back later and deal with it. I need your help."
I was dragged away with a confused expression. "What did you bring me here for?"
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