The Woman From Hell
Chapter 923

Chapter 923

I had never spent National Day with so many people. I immersed myself in the lively atmosphere. Ikind of knew now why having friends and family was so important.

A mundane and peaceful life was desirable.

After bustling about for almost the whole morning, food was ready in the afternoon and everyonecame to the dining room.

Cassey was pregnant, so she had a big appetite. However, eating would not keep her mouth shutbecause she never once stopped talking since sitting a t the table.

Quinn had probably been alone for too long that she enjoyed talking to Cassey very much. The twogot deeper and deeper into the conversation. They found more and more things they had incommon with each other as they chatted, ignoring those around them completely.

Petra was in charge of putting food on everyone’s plates and urging them to eat more.

Grayson could not care less about others and was merely concerned about her. He constantly putfood o n her plate, urging her to eat more.

There was suddenly a piece of meat on my plate.

When I looked up, I met Theo's tender eyes. I smiled. "D o you want me to overeat?"

I had already eaten a plate of food. If it were not because I was afraid of wasting food, I would haveput down my cutleries and stopped eating a long time ago.

I certainly could not fit any more meat, but I could still manage to eat some vegetables.

Theo raised his eyebrows. "It's alright even if you overeat. There are several boxes of digestivetablets on the coffee table. Didn't you see them?"

I could not help but laugh. "Who prepared them?"

Theo darted Caleb a glance.

I followed his gaze and immediately knew why.

Caleb was afraid that Cassey would eat without restraint, so he prepared some digestive tablets inadvance.

While listening to Cassey's laughter, I placed a piece of roasted beef on Theo’s plate. "Since you'reworried about overeating, you should eat more too."

Theo chuckled. "Thanks, honey."

I blushed when he called me that. In order to conceal my embarrassment, I quickly got up to putfood on other people's plates.

I put food on Petra's and Grayson's plates. They then glanced at me and smiled at each other.

The time was just right, and so were the people. When was the last time laughter had filled thevilla?

After dinner, Petra and Quinn chased us out of the kitchen. They told us to sit down in the livingroom and have a chat.

"Let's watch some shows." Theo took the remote control and switched on the TV.

Therefore, everyone gathered to watch TV while chatting. Time flew by in the blink of an eye.

At six o’clock in the evening, Munchkin was already eager to watch the fireworks.

"Maybe serve desserts first," Grayson suggested.

"Sure.” Petra put the desserts on the coffee table. "We'll serve desserts first and have some morefood. After that, we can watch the National Day show."

"Awesome!” Munchkin cheered.

We were far from the city center, and all the houses here were detached villas with yards. Hence,fireworks were allowed here.

Keith had bought a lot of fireworks a few days before National Day just for us to light them up.

Cassey put on her plus-size down jacket and ran to the yard.

She embraced Caleb's arm and asked innocently, "Will wishing on fireworks work?"

Caleb cast his eyes down and looked at her with tender eyes. "What's your wish?"

Cassey giggled in a silly manner. "I hope that our baby will be healthy, of course."

Caleb planted a kiss on her cheek. "Your wish will definitely come true, then."

I was happy to see how close they were.

When I looked up, I happened to meet Theo's deep abysmal eyes. I froze. "What's wrong?"

Theo shook his head. "Do you have any wishes to make?"

"What do you wish for, then?" I returned the question.

Theo thought about it and could only come up with the wish that everyone would be well.

"You can be a little greedy." I put my arms around him and said with a smile, "Think of another one."

"I can’t think of one for now. Maybe I’ll think of one later when I see the fireworks."

I snickered lightly. "Take your time to think about it, then."

"You haven't told me your wish." Theo tightened his arm around my waist and narrowed his eyesdangerously. "We have to be fair."

This childish man!

I gently sighed and looked at the sky while saying

slowly, "I wish we can have a cute baby in the future.”

When my words fell, the fireworks burst into the sky and bloomed. They looked strikingly stunning.

I grabbed Theo's sleeve and shouted excitedly, "I haven't seen fireworks for a long time! They'rereally stunning."

After that, I folded my hands and closed my eyes to make a wish.

It was said that if one made a wish on a shooting star, one's wish will come true.

I was a firm believer in that. Whenever I saw a shooting star when I was a child, I would makewishes like crazy. Perhaps I had made too many wishes and the heavens thought I was too greedy,so they refused t o fulfill even one of my small wishes, i

Therefore, I was incredibly pious. I hoped that Theo and I could have a baby. I hoped it would growup healthily and experience all the goodness the world had to offer.

Theo embraced me from behind, his embrace still warm as ever.

He whispered in my ear, "Wanda, I still owe you a wedding."

I looked up at him, the gorgeous fireworks reflecting o n his face as if he was not of this world. "Idon't want a wedding. I just need you to spend the rest of your life with me."

He planted a gentle kiss on my forehead. His voice was warm and tender as he said, "Then let’smake a promise. Neither of us can back out midway.”

Many years later, I learned that some words of forever would become a form of regret left buried inthe heart.

The fireworks painted and lit up every single corner of the dark sky.

It was difficult to stay outside for too long in winter, so after watching the fireworks for more than tenminutes, everyone went back inside the villa.

After having something to eat, everyone gathered to watch the National Day show in the livingroom.

As the clock struck 12 at midnight, supper was served.

Fireworks rang out outside once more.

After having supper, everyone went to bed because some could not stay up late.

After returning to the bedroom, I was worried that Theo would get water on his wound, hence Iplanned t o help him shower. However, he refused my help unceremoniously.

When he entered the bathroom, I went to the balcony and continued watching the fireworks.

I loved fireworks. Even though I knew they were fleeting, just like the passing clouds, I still lovedthem unconditionally.

The phone in my pants pocket vibrated. When I took it out to take a look, I saw that it was a callfrom an unknown number.

I thought about it and answered it in the end. "Hello."

There was not a single sound from the other end. I was just about to hang up when the familiarvoice of a man spoke, "Happy National Day.”

It was Matthew’s voice.

Looking at the gorgeous fireworks in the sky, I was in a good mood and replied briskly, "HappyNational Day."

"Mm."

What followed was a long silence. It was as though there was nothing else to say between usexcept for ' Happy National Day.'