âYou always find excuses for him.â Ellinor smirked sarcastically. âTo me, concealing and deceiving are one and the same. And guess what? I asked him if he was hiding anything from me, and he said no.â
Belinda sighed. âAs a woman, I totally get how it feels to be deceived and kept in the dark by someone you trust and like. But donât you think heâs a bit scared of you? He knows what happens when you get mad, so heâs afraid of telling you his secrets.â
Ellinor laughed. âScared of me? Have you seen him lose his cool?â
Belinda shrugged. âTake today, for instance; he couldnât care less about the Howard family. But because youâre here, he didnât even dare to step in. He was afraid of ticking you off.â
Ellinor fell silent.
Belinda continued, âAlso, his decision to marry Sophia was not because theyâve got a deep friendship or heâs got a crush on her.
Sophiaâs father is the top dog of Thaddeus International Corporation, a global business entity with a lot of clout.
Due to some issues with the previous generation of the Blanchet family, Theoâs situation is quite unstable.
You might not know that his father was quite a playboy in his younger days, and he had a bunch of illegitimate children. As time went by, all these children grew up and started to sniff around for Theoâs weaknesses, wanting to grab a piece of the Blanchet familyâs fortune.
Theo knew that if he got married in the open, his wife would definitely be targeted, and he didnât want to drag an innocent person into this mess.
Sophia is a different story. With her fatherâs protection, no one would dare mess with her. This could save-Theo a lot of headaches., Back then, Sophia was Theoâs best bet, and since she offered to help Theo willingly, he had no reason to say no.
The reason Theo didnât divorce Sophia right away might be because he was afraid that without Sophiaâs cover, youâd be targeted and used to leverage him, just like today. Luckily, both you and Theo made it back safe and sound.â
After hearing all this, Ellinor had a mixed expression.
So, before she left the Blanchet Villa, Theo had arranged a bunch of bodyguards to protect her and prevented her from going out because he was afraid sheâd be kidnapped?
He really was a master of hiding things. Why didnât he just tell her?
Did Theo know about all his half-brothers when he was a kid?â Ellinor asked.
Belinda nodded. âYep! Heâs known all along.
His father, from a young age, was always a womanizing deadbeat. He professed his love to every woman but took responsibility for none. He even left his children scattered across the world.
Theoâs mother eventually gave up on her philandering husband, and when Theo was still very young, she left home and disappeared without a trace. To this day, we have no idea where she is.â
Ellinor felt a sting in her heart. It wasnât painful but very uncomfortable.