Chapter 149
"Don’t." Theodore stopped her instantly. His gaze darkened as he was pulled down from heaven to the core of hell once more. "My mom is sick. She doesn’t need to know what’s happening right now."
"Then you shouldn’t be weak-willed towards Lance. He can be the destruction of your family," Angel said. She faked a sad expression and sighed, "I really wish I didn’t need to do this. After all, I’ve practically raised Lance with you."
Angel squeezed tears out of her eyes and added, "I also don’t want Kate to know about this. She’s been very good to me and helped me when I was at my lowest." Angel muttered. "But if we let Lance run rampant, maybe he will do something bad that will worsen your mom’s health."
Theodore’s gaze darkened and cooled.
He felt very uncomfortable having to suppress his little brother.
But Angel was right.
His mother was recovering from a life-threatening cancer, and though it would take a while for her, Theodore wanted to show his mother how much he had done to make sure everything was preserved.
Thus, he could only nod reluctantly. "I’ll wait and see. Knowing Lance’s incompetence, he will fuck up somehow, and I will seize everything from him when that happens."
Angel finally let go of Theodore and gave him another kiss. "That’s what I like. You know I’m doing this for Kate, right? She’ll be sad knowing that her second son ruined everything for her."
"I know."
Angel was assured again because she could get a hold of Theodore’s mind.
As long as she got to control Theodore, her retirement would be secured. But every now and then, she felt that her control over him started slipping, and it had gotten harder to make him obey.