The Woman From Hell

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Chapter 1257

Theo raised his eyes to glance at me. | glared at him, snatched over the cigarette in his hands, snapped it in half,

and threw it in the rubbish bin. "Who allowed you to smoke?"

Theo smiled faintly as he got up and circled his arm around my waist. He smiled and said, "It's all my fault.” "You

aren't allowed to smoke anymore.” “Alright, I'll listen to my wife's words.”

Cindy did not expectto overhear what she said while badmouthing me. After being momentarily stunned,

she looked at Zedd and spoke up in an aggrieved tone," Zedd, you know that | didn't mean anything else. | was

just making a joke." "I know." Zedd comforted her at once. "It's alright.”

Could one just cover the bad things that they said with a simple joke?

| sneered. | did not feel like saying anything else.

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Since it was not early anymore, Theo and | returned to our place to rest after walking around the area nearby the

hotel for a short while. We had been busy for an entire day. | was tired and sleepy right now. | fell asleep as soon

as | lay on the bed after showering

While | was half-asleep, | vaguely heard Theo tellingsomething. However, | could not remember what he

said. | murmured a blur response to him and fell asleep.

It was not long until National Day.

Although | would not be able complete the project before National Day, | could still finish sof the important

tasks at hand.

Theo was not in the room when | woke up in the morning. There was a note on the bedside table.

| picked it up and looked at the note. [Something cup and | have to make a trip to the city. Remember to

have your meals on time.]

| smiled, climbed out of the sheets, and got down from the bed. After finishing breakfast, | headed out and went

to the office.

Since there wauld be a third party joining the project, our work efficiencynad dropped straight =» away. THe

third party's main = <> emphasis was the quality of the, constuction instead of speed: Therefore, everyone did

their jobs thé best that they could..Content

Hence, my workload increased as well.

| went to the research institute to overlook the work process. After ensuring that everyone was working as

scheduled, | headed to the construction site.

Matthew was at the construction site. He was going around the site to inspect it while wearing a construction

helmet After seeing me, he walked over and asked, "Are you the person in charge of this project?" | acted

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seriously after noticing the grave expression on his face. "Yes. Are there any problems?"

Matthew nodded and said, "We might need to discuss sdetails.” “Alright, say it.”

“Although it isn't a big problem, there may be shidden problems if we don't manage this in time. It's better,

to take precautions against every possibterisk. Besides, your research instityte is extremely odd. Is there an

underground car park? If there” san uaderground car park, whycan't | find the entrance to it?”

I shook my head and said, "There won't be an underground car park." "In that case, why is the foundation so

deep under the ground?"

I recalled the thick wall of the research institute.

Matthew didaskany more questions after noticing that | was not sayinganything. He laughed apd said,”

Let's have lunch together in> the afternoon." | rejected his offer instietively. ‘can't. | still have WORK" ‘ 4

"Do you intend to avoidforever?" Matthew interrupted my words. "After all, we're business partners now. | «

don't think it's scandalous for business partners to have lunch together."

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