"Yes,"

Both Ariana and Theodore sounded at the same time, and the atmosphere became awkward.

The landlady frowned in confusion and repeated her question.

"So do you know each other or not?”

Ariana still wanted to deny her association with Theodore, but when she saw the playful shine in Theodore's eyes, she turned her head away stubbornly and remained silent.

Theodore coughed gently and said, "We met once."

The confusion on the landlady's face immediately dissipated, and she smiled brightly.

"That's great. It must be fate for you to be neighbors."

She gestured at the pizza in Ariana's hand and explained, "Both of you happen to move in around the same time. So I've prepared some pizza as a housewarming gift for the both of you."

Theodore thanked her politely and behaved like an absolute gentleman. Then, he pushed his wheelchair a little to the side and asked the landlady sheepishly, "Can you help me bring it into the kitchen? I'm having a tough time with my legs."

“Of course," the landlady replied cheerily as she ushered Ariana into the room.

Ariana was reluctant to enter, but she still had the pizza in her hands and had to put it in the kitchen.

Theodore was currently living in the apartment initially occupied by the landlady herself. As such, his place was much larger than Ariana's apartment. There were four bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, and a large balcony with an incredible river view.

Ariana placed the pizza on the countertop hastily and was prepared to leave when she ran into Theodore, who happened to enter the kitchen.

She only had her indoor slippers on when her toes crashed into the metal wheelchair. She grimaced from the pain, and if she hadn't cared about her image, she would have been holding her foot and crying out in pain.

"are you okay?” Theodore asked in concern as he helped her stand up.

Ariana pulled her arm away while pretending to be alright.

"I'm fine. Thank you," she replied stubbornly.

Theodore quickly controlled his emotions and returned to his cold attitude as he placed his hands back on his armrests. He turned to the landlady and said, "My housekeeper had just prepared dinner and left. Why don't you stay for dinner?

There is too much food for me to finish by myself."