For some reason, Ariana felt tremendous pleasure from the way he looked up at her.

It was as if she was the winner of this battle with Theodore.

She didn't dare to look directly into Theodore's eyes though. She pretended to be annoyed that he was holding her hand and tried to free herself from his grip.

However, she couldn't get rid of his hand and had to stop struggling.

"So what's your answer?" Ariana asked at last, with a trace of embarrassment flashing across her face.

Theodore wanted to say something but stopped on a second thought. His handsome face blushed slightly.

When Ariana saw Theodore's expression, a crooked idea came to her mind. She leaned closer to Theodore such that her breath directly fell on his face. Then, she asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Are you hesitating? If you can't give me an answer, then we just forget it."

After saying that, she got up and pretended to go away. Before she could take a step, Theodore pulled her to him and sat her down on his lap.

"I don't understand love. In fact, I don't believe in love at all. I never thought that one day I would be trying to find an answer to a question about love, or that in my mind I would be obsessed with the same figure." Theodore had always been a proud man who had always been able to get anything he wanted since he was a child. It was the first time he had spoken such words. He had thought it would be hard to say these words, but it turned out to be a lot easier than letting her go.

He had made up his mind to never let her go. He would rather lock the cage and trap her forever than let her leave him.

“The thing I regret the most is agreeing to stay away from you for a whole month. I thought you would take the initiative to come see me, but you didn't." As Theodore spoke, he stroked Ariana's cheek. He wanted to do more than just stroke her cheek but he restrained himself and continued, "Every time I think about you hugging and kissing another man, I get jealous and crazy. This is the first time someone makes me lose my mind. I know I shouldn't do this, but I can't help missing you. I want to keep you with me forever. I can't bring myself to let you go. If this is what you call love, then maybe I have been deeply trapped in it and can't get rid of it."

Ariana's mind went blank as she listened to this man's words. She looked at him blankly and couldn't say anything.

She'd never thought she would ever hear these words from Theodore. She had spent countless sleepless nights, waiting for him to return her love.

She had experienced the pain of loving someone who didn't love her back, and now this... It was such a big surprise and a big shock for Ariana that she was at a loss.

“Ariana, do you have any other concerns?" Theodore asked with a sigh, and then he kissed her soft hand.

All this time, Theodore always thought that the answer she wanted from him was not so important after all. No matter what happened, Ariana was always his woman and his property and she always would be. They would be together for the rest of their lives. No one could take her away from him.

Ariana could only be his.

The touch of Theodore's lips on the back of her hand brought Ariana to her senses.

She looked at the man who was kissing her wrist intimately, and his palm on her waist began to move around her body.

She smiled and said in a low voice, “You always play tricks on me. Who knows if it's not just another trick you're playing now?”