Ariana tilted her head back and responded, "You said you couldn't book a room yesterday, so you had to stay with me. It seems you were lying. And how did you manage to move me here without me noticing?"

Ordinarily, there should have been some noise when Theodore transferred from the bed to his wheelchair, but she had heard nothing last night and hadn't felt herself being moved.

Theodore explained serenely, "You were in a deep sleep, so I asked the hotel staff for assistance."

In truth, it was him who had carried her in his arms to this room.

Before she could ruminate further, he pressed a button on the bedside remote. The electric curtains slowly opened, flooding the room with dazzling sunlight.

Ariana squinted, discomforted.

"Why is the sun so bright today?"

The reason she was so weirded out by how bright the sun was, was that she thought it was only six in the morning. But after checking her phone, she realized that it was almost ten.

"My alarm was set for half-past five. Why didn't it go off?" Ariana muttered, fiddling with her phone.

Overhearing her, Theodore cast a glance in her direction.

"I turned it off."

"Why did you do that?" Ariana demanded angrily.

"I have to take Tyler to the set!"

“He's not a child. He can handle things on his own. You're his agent, not a nanny."

Theodore's displeasure was evident when she mentioned Tyler, as if he thought she was overly concerned about Tyler being mistreated.

“It's his first time acting. Of course, I'm going to worry about him." Ariana couldn't understand why Theodore seemed irked.

His expression darkened.

"He's an adult, not an overgrown baby."

"| don't want to argue with you. Fine, you're right."

Annoyed, Ariana attempted to get out of bed, but Theodore grasped her wrist.