Chapter 48

For my vacation with Theo, I tried to make the experience seamless. I took care of everything. I deliberately pampered Theo to make him happy. It was like I bribed him without him realizing it, so he wouldn’t bring up anything about Levi or make any accusations again. We were going to spend a week in Malaysia, three days in Langkawi, and the rest in KL. Although I wasn’t too fond of KL, I compromised for Theo. The first two days were fine. We had fun, laughed, and ate a lot. But when my brother asked me to call him because he wanted to discuss something, all the images I had about our vacation, free from arguments, vanished instantly.

I could tell from Theo’s body language and expressions that he was not happy while I was secretly glancing at Gio during our conversation. I hoped he was upset about something else, but from his deliberately attention-seeking behavior, I realized it was aimed at me.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked, crossing my arms after finishin