The Woman From Hell
Chapter 174

Chapter 174

After hearing what I had said, Miss Woods’ somewhat morose expression lit up.

She said with a smile, "Young people like you don't enjoy cooking. You’re pregnant now andshouldn't be eating out for all meals of the day. That's so unhealthy. Give me a moment, there’s stillhalf a chicken in the fridge. I'll make soup for you right away."

"Okay." I smiled and followed her into the kitchen.

"As long as you don’t mind having me around, I’ll stick around to take care of the two of you and notleave again. I believe the late old lady will be pleased with such an arrangement too," Miss Woodstalked nonstop as she cooked.

"Oh, please do, Miss Woods. You'd better keep your promise. I was hoping you'd take care of mychild for me." I leaned on the doorframe to chat with her.

Being needed was a blessing for the elderly!

Though I was not hungry, I drank a big bowl of soup after Miss Woods finished boiling the soup. Bythe end of it, I felt as though my belly was about to burst open.

I then brought Miss Woods on a tour around the villa before coming back to the house. Seeing thatMiss

Woods had cheered up a lot, I went straight upstairs to sleep.

I was awoken by the sound of a ringtone in the middle of the night. I checked the time and saw thatit was two o'clock in the morning. I could not see Theo anywhere, so it seemed like he had notcome back yet.

I fumbled for the light and picked up my phone to take a look. It was an unknown number.

I did not want to pick up initially, but the other party persisted, the call continuing to ring. I wasannoyed at being woken up from sleep, so I picked up the call and snapped, "Who is this?"

"Are you Wanda Lane?" The other party did not mind my attitude and spoke in a neutral tone, notsounding the least bit annoyed.

"Yes. What's the matter? It's midnight right now." I spoke in a daze, not wanting to waste my breathtalking to this person.

"We're calling from Whaldorf City's Traffic Police department. Your husband got into an accident halfa n hour ago and is currently in the ICU. We found your number in his emergency contacts. Pleasecome over immediately."

I completely woke up at that and jumped out of bed.

Whaldorf City? Accident?

How could that be? He had just had lunch with me this afternoon and had sent me a text saying thathe

had a social event to attend.

I was a little skeptical of the caller being a fraudster, but I was unsure. My head was ringing as Ithought about it. I held the phone in a daze, not knowing what t o say.

"Hello, Ms. Wanda, are you there? The patient is unconscious right now and is receiving emergencytreatment in People’s Hospital as we speak. We hope you can come over as soon as possible," theother party continued.

"Okay," I instinctively responded. I pulled up Theo's number with trembling fingers and made a callto it. His phone was off. I then called Mason and Zedd’s number, but neither answered the phone.

Just as I was at a loss as to what to do, Cindy’s phone call came through. I picked it up immediately.

"What happened to Theo? Where is he?" I was so concerned that I could not think of anything else,so I asked her that in a panic.

On the other end of the call, Cindy broke down and cried, "Wanda, Theowy... Theowy got into anaccident. He was bleeding a lot..."

”1 know-Get to the point!" I lost my patience and yelled back.

"My family got off the plane tonight. We took a car home, and on the way down the airport highway,we were rear-ended by a big truck behind us. The car was going very fast at the time, so we weresqueezed

between two big trucks. Theowy was badly injured trying to protect me."

She was crying helplessly and being very loud. "My parents were also injured and they've gone intosurgery. Theowy kept calling out your name before he passed out. I was wrong, Wanda. I won't askhim to do anything for me anymore. I won't fight with you anymore either. I just want him to stayalive..."

I hung up the call. I did not want nor need to listen to the rest of what she had to say.

I felt inexplicably panicked. I tried my best to calm myself down as I looked for Xander's number andgave him a call. Although I knew that Cindy was probably not lying, I felt the need to prove it myself.

The phone only rang once before it was answered. "It's the middle of the night, Wandy. Do you missme already?"

At the other end of the call, Xander’s voice sounded as teasing as ever. The sound of the keyboardwas loud and clear, and it seemed like he had been staying up late playing computer games.

"Is your mother at home?” I asked anxiously.

He was stunned for a moment before answering, "Why are you looking for her? She and Graysonbrought Cindy back to Whaldorf City tonight. Oh, I think your husband went too. Are you trying tocatch them in the middle of their adulterous acts? I think you're asking the wrong person if that’s thecase."

Not in the mood to joke around with him now, I said," Did your mother tell you if she arrived theresafely?"