Chapter 11 Theodore wiped away the tears at the corner of Isabelle's eyes, lifted her in his arms, and carried her to the master bedroom, then called for the family doctor. After the examination, the doctor said, "Ms. Danford's wound only looks frightening. With some ointment and a few days of rest, she'll be fine. It's nothing serious." Theodore breathed a sigh of relief and saw the doctor out. When he returned, Isabelle was anxiously staring at her phone, tears unconsciously falling from the corners of her eyes. But when she saw Theodore come back, she quickly put her phone away. Theodore sensed something was wrong. He reached out and took the phone, only to see the screen filled with curses: "Bitch, your own marriage is a mess, so you come to ruin someone else's life? Why didn't you just die!" "So what if Theodore likes you? You're just a homewrecker!" "Don't think you're safe. At tomorrow's wedding, he won't be able to protect you. I'll make sure they destroy you!" The earliest of these messages was sent the day Isabelle returned to the country, and the latest had just arrived. The vicious insults made it hard for him to bear. What hurt him even more was that all of these, messages were sent by Katherine, who always acted so obediently in front of him. Isabelle snatched her phone back and, with trembling hands, deleted Katherine's contact information. "I'm sorry, Theo. I shouldn't have let you see these things... Maybe it wasn't Ms. Acrea, maybe it's just spam mes- sages." Seeing her so distraught, Theodore felt a deep ache in his heart. He grabbed the phone from her. "It's my fault. I should have noticed her hostility toward you sooner." "I'll stay with you tonight. Tomorrow, I'll arrange for bodyguards to protect you. No one will be able to hurt you." Isabelle wrapped her arms around his waist and gave him a sweet smile. "Theo, you're the best. I'm so glad to have you by my side." For this embrace, Theodore had thought about it for many years, and he believed he would feel deeply satisfied at this moment. But now, his first instinct was to push her away. 0.0 % 09:44 Because in front of his eyes, Katherine's burning gaze kept appearing. Tomorrow was the wedding, and he had already fulfilled his obligation of gratitude. He shouldn't have any further contact with Isabelle. Theodore pushed her away, using the excuse, "I'm going to take a shower," and hurriedly left, completely unaware that Isabelle's expression behind him had already twisted. He had been running around for a whole day and night, and just now Isabelle's tears had soaked his clothes. Theodore had a severe obsession with cleanliness, and in fact, he had already reached his limit. He stood under the shower for a long, long time, and in that moment, his tangled and complicated thoughts became crystal clear. Katherine's desperate expression kept flashing before his eyes, and his heart ached in thin, lingering threads. He realized he had gone too far. Whenever something involved Isabelle, he always seemed to lose his rationality. But he couldn't quite explain how he felt today after learning that Katherine had contacted Morgan. Didn't she know that the original engagement was with Morgan, who was Vicente Bagnall's more favored son? He had gone to great lengths to destroy all the businesses and opportunities Vicente had laid out for Morgan, forcing Morgan to go abroad. Yet Katherine had secretly contacted Morgan behind his back. In his eyes, this was nothing short of a massive betray- Forget it. He would just treat this as a lesson for her, to make her realize her place and stop doing such childish things that would bring shame to the Bagnall family. 57.1 % 09:44