The Woman From Hell novel (Wanda and Theo) novel Chapter 173

Theo frowned slightly, but he did not say anything.

The girl quickly apologized. "I'm sorry, Mr. Grant. It’s lunch break now, so I thought you wouldn't be in the office anymore. I bought a few books to put in your bookcase for you."

Looking like she felt a little awkward now, she placed all the books on the bookcase and gave me an uneasy look before turning around and leaving.

After she left, I scanned the office's surroundings and said, "How alive and vibrant! This all looks pretty nice."

He put down his cutlery, put a frivolous look on his charming face, and pulled me into his arms. "Hmm, why do you sound so jealous?"

I shook my head slightly. "No, I just think you and your office have changed so suddenly recently. Both feel much warmer now. It really is a pretty good change."

He smirked as he held me in his arms. "These are all indicators of life. They're really resonating with your current state, aren't they?"

I did not say anything. Although I knew what he meant by that, it did not cheer me up. There was a fear hidden within the depths of my heart, though I was

not sure why I was feeling that way.

After lunch, Theo needed to go out to attend a meeting, so he asked me to take a short lunch break and rest in another room. There was no bed in my office, so I accepted his suggestion and went in straight away to lay down for a moment.

Not long after I fell asleep, I was awoken by the sound of somebody moving cabinets coming from outside the door. I got up, walked out, and saw the girl from before moving the bookcase to a new position.

When the girl saw me, she was stunned before she quickly put on an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Grant, I didn’t know you were here. Did I wake you up?"

Mr. Sherman had introduced her to us when we met last time, but I could not remember her name now, so I asked, "Your name?"

"I'm Nadia Sherman, Mrs. Grant. Thanks for giving me that encouragement back when we met last time. You gave me the confidence to not give up and finally join Grant Corporation as Mr. Grant's secretary."

Although I was curious about the process of Theo hiring her as a secretary of his, I did not ask her about it, and I merely nodded slightly. I looked at the lily and asked, "Were you the one who arranged these?"

I rushed forward and pushed the door open; Miss Woods was down on all fours cleaning the floor.

I was extremely surprised. Miss Woods had said that her daughter-in-law had just given birth and that she needed to go back to take care of her for a month, right?

"Why did you come home so soon, Miss Woods?" I quickly asked.

Miss Woods looked up and pounded on the back of her waist, saying, "I’m old and useless now, so I was rejected by them. Might as well come back and take care of you, then."

The fraught relationship between a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law was an eternal issue.

Fortunately, I did not have to deal with such an issue.

I went up to help her up, saying, "We have cleaners to d o this job. You've just come back, so you should be resting. I'm so glad you're back now. Theo and I have had nothing to eat while you weren't around the last few days, and we've ordered takeaways every day. You have no idea what torture that was! I’m so close to throwing up just speaking about it."