?<strong>Chapter 26:</strong>


    Hearing the noise, Kaelyn entered the room and discovered the chaos on the balcony. She also overheard his intense deration. Her heart skipped a beat; she hadn’t realized just how deeply Elyse could affect Theo. It was more serious than she had anticipated.


    She had assumed Theo was merely toying with Elyse, but to her surprise, it seemed he harbored somewhat genuine feelings for her. Suppressing her jealousy, Kaelyn approached Theo slowly, took his hand, and asked gently, “What’s wrong, Theo? Why are you so upset?”


    Theo turned to look at her, his expression mixed and uncertain about how to exin his feelings. He had once pursued her earnestly and with passion. When Kaelyn agreed to be with him, he had excitedly shared the news online, receiving congrattions from many ssmates who wished them asting rtionship. However, their romancested only three months before Kaelyn had an affair, iming she had been deceived by that man. Theo believed her at the time, but when she was unfaithful again two monthster, he didn’t ept her exnation and ended things decisively. Although Kaelyn had tried to win him back, Theo had no interest in reconciling.


    However, a subsequent event altered Theo’s perception of her somewhat.


    Despite knowing he would never be with her again, he couldn’t deny that she held a ce in his heart as his real love. “Don’t worry about me. I’m fine,” he reassured her, trying to mask his turmoil. Theo withdrew his hand, gave Kaelyn a cold look, and walked out of the study.


    “Theo, I feel a bit unwell right now. Could you take me to the hospital?” Kaelyn often used her difort as a pretext to have Theo apany her. It was the same tactic she had employed to draw him to her side, even when he was with Elyse. Even on his wedding day to Elyse, Theo had abandoned the ceremony to attend to her after she imed to need him urgently.


    Kaelyn gazed at Theo with pleading eyes, hoping he would agree to take her to the hospital as usual, which might divert his thoughts from Elyse. Theo frowned and looked at her disapprovingly. “You’re an adult. Don’t you realize how busy I am? Must I really apany you to the doctor every time you feel slightly unwell?” His tone wasced with irritation.


    Kaelyn stood frozen, shocked by his refusal. As Theo stared at Elyse’s name on his phone screen, he felt a surge of depression and irritation. He brushed past Kaelyn and left the room. Left alone, Kaelyn couldn’t contain her emotions any longer. She screamed, venting her frustration and disbelief.


    This was the first time in three years that Theo had denied her anything. She was certain it was because of Elyse, who had captured Theo’s affection. Kaelyn felt a real threat for the first time, something she had dreaded and worried about deeply.


    “Am I really inferior to Elyse? Why won’t Theo reconsider our rtionship?” she pondered, trying to regain herposure. But she was determined not to concede defeat so easily. In her mind, she was the one who would ultimately marry Theo. All the obstacles stemmed from Elyse. If Elyse were out of the picture, then she would be the only woman in Theo’s life.


    Kaelyn had a crazy look in her eyes. She was determined to erase Elyse from the world entirely. Back in her room, she grabbed her phone and rapidly tapped the screen. Sheposed an anonymous email to an entertainment newspaper. Clutching her phone, she smirked mischievously. “Tomorrow’s headlines will be quite the spectacle.”


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