Fear struck my heart, and | grabbed Theo's hand tightly.
Theo squinted his eyes, put an arm around my waist, and said gently, "Don't be afraid. I'm here."
| bit my lip, fear gnawing atas | left with Theo.
It was not until | got into the car that | let out a sigh of relief.
Theo started up the engine and got ready to drive off. | looked at him and asked, "When are we returning to
Whaldorf City?"
He stared ahead and said plainly," Tomorrow."
After pausing for a moment, he gavea sideways glance. "What did Milan do to you
when you were overseas?"
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| shook my head. "I don't know why, but Jordan cto findat that time, so Milan did not hurt me. But he
was very cruel to Shannon and the others..."
Theo grabbed my hand tightly, then said in a serious tone, "Don't ever leave my side again. No matter what,
we'll face it together, okay?"
| nodded and smiled. "Okay."
Once | let down my guard, | started feeling sleepy again. | could not help but yawn a few times. "We should hurry
and get back to the hotel." Theo smiled and started the car.
He reached into his pocket with one hand and pulled out a gift, handing it to me.
| was taken aback. "You're givinga gift?
Why would he suddenly givea present?
"Nope." Theo smiled softly. "This is from Tory Zimmerson. He askedto apologize on his behalf."
| took the box. Tory did not care about anyone. | did not expect that he would apologize. How unusual.
"| didn't think that an arrogant man like him would apologize, and with a gift too. How shocking. I'm just worried
that it's a prank and this box is filled with bugs." Theo laughed. "You don't seem to have a good opinion of him."
| snorted. "Not only that, but | also downright despise him."
| opened the box as | said that.
| was stunned. It was a new phone.
Theo glanced over at it and said with a smile, "He broke your phone, so it's only right that he buy you a new
one."
| pursed my lip. "Perhaps he's not rotten to the core, after all."
Once | finished speaking, | pulled the phone out from the gift box and inserted my SIM card.
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| turned on the phone and tested it out. It was not bad. | asked with a smile, "What phone is this? | don't think
I've ever seen this before."
"It's probably a brand that was just released in Limbia. It's a high-end brand that's different from ordinary
phones."
"It's different from an ordinary phone?"
| played around with it a bit more. It did not seem any different than a regular phone.
Theo nodded. "I'll find you a manual when we get back."
"Why didn't he givea manual when he gavethe phone?" | started to nit-pick at Tory's gift.
Once | logged into my messenger application, messages started popping up non-stop. The notification showed
that | had more than 100 unread messages.
| clicked into it and saw that they were all from Theo &