Chapter 18 Theodore took several deep breaths, then unlocked his phone and logged into Katherine's social media account. It was spotless inside, with only the Acrea family, himself, Isabelle, Derek, and a few of his other friends. Katherine's Twitter was filled with snippets of her daily life by his side, recording every detail of Theodore's likes and dislikes. The app's photo album was full of side profiles of Theodore working intently. All the photos were taken secretly, cap- turing her care and affection for him.... Just from this one app, one could glimpse how much Katherine cared about Theodore. Not to mention, over the past five years, the love in every little thing on her phone had already accumulated into an overwhelming weight. It pressed down on Theodore like a massive boulder, making it impossible for him to breathe. At that moment, he noticed an unopened mention on Twitter. Theodore clicked on it and, to his surprise, it was from Isabelle. She had posted a photo of two hands tightly clasped, both ring fingers wearing matching rings. Twitter showed that it was visible only to Katherine. The caption read: "I heard Theo still hasn't slept with a certain someone. Well, sorry, I got to experience it first." In that instant, Theodore crushed his phone, shards of the screen piercing his already battered palm, but he felt noth- ing. The first thought in his mind was that, fortunately, Katherine hadn't seen this message. Otherwise, how heartbroken would she have been? Second, he wondered, since Isabelle was so skilled at this, had she sent Katherine many provocative messages before? Third, he questioned whether the vicious messages Isabelle had shown him that day were even real. After all, at that time, Katherine was still being beaten and scolded by Morgan's people. How could she have had the time or energy to send Isabelle insulting messages? Isabelle was nothing but a complete liar! Theodore looked at his assistant and said, "Did you find everything I asked about Isabelle's activities abroad?" The assistant seemed afraid to meet his gaze, but finally, under Theodore's increasingly cold stare, handed over the in- 0.0 % 09:44 formation he had found. He hesitated, covering the folder with his hand, and mustered the courage to remind him, "Mr. Bagnall, did you bring your heart medication?" "These documents... I couldn't bear to look at them while collecting the information. Please take care of yourself." Without a second thought, Theodore opened the file, his expression growing more and more grave. Isabelle and Lyndon were far from good people. After going abroad, the two families quickly expanded their business empires for mutual benefit, engaging in some shady and even illegal activities. But because they did all this as a married couple, the subsequent division of assets was a complete mess. The two families even came to blows over the distribution of profits. Lyndon and Isabelle, once the perfect couple, became bitter enemies, both cheating on each other. In the local circle of wealthy people, everyone knew about them. The people around them changed as frequently as if they were competing. Later, Isabelle wanted a divorce, but Lyndon, for the sake of his reputation and the partnership between the Danford and Bradshaw families, refused no matter what. He even brought his lover home and did intimate things in front of Isabelle, humiliating her. Isabelle had no choice but to take a risk, deliberately provoking Lyndon into domestic violence so that Theodore would find out, using this method to gain greater benefits. She used Theodore's sense of gratitude to her to carry out her entire plan. But what she should never have done was to target Katherine, who already had a place in Theodore's heart. It could only be said that she was far too confident, believing she was the most important person in Theodore's life. Looking through the things Isabelle had done abroad, and those wild photos, Theodore felt she was a complete stranger. It turned out that the rare impulsive act in his life had set off a domino effect, causing so many disastrous conse- quences afterward. 52.2 % 09:44