Love Is a Sweet Addiction

For the first time, she stayed awake all night because of this man!

At dawn, she fell asleep in a daze but was woken up by the servant soon. It was time for breakfast!

In order not to be the last one to be for breakfast, Esther quickly washed up, changed her clothes, and went downstairs.

Although she tried her best, she was still late.

She looked around. Everyone was here, except for Terence.

It seemed that Terence didn’t come back last night, but stayed with that sweet girl. At the thought of Terence having sex with another woman all night, she felt a little upset.

After all, Terence was her husband. Even if she didn’t like him, she did not want him to flirt with others!

“Esther, I saw Terence went out last night and hasn’t come back yet. What’s wrong?” Amanda asked worriedly at the table.

Esther didn’t expect her to see it and pretended to be graceful. “I don’t know either. He didn’t tell me.”

Sarah deliberately said with a smile, “Uncle Terence is so handsome. There must be a lot of women who like him. Maybe he was flirting with someone?”

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“Sarah!” James scolded in a low voice. “How dare you gossip about Uncle Terence?”

Sarah stuck out her tongue and smirked. “I’m just joking.”

“Watch your words. How can you say that in front of Esther?” Amanda also scolded.

They were just embarrassing her.

But she had to endure it.

After a moment of silence, Gill said, “Esther, as Terence’s wife, how can you have no idea where he was going?”

“Moreover, Terence is a patient and may suffer a relapse at any time. What if it happens when he’s outside?” Amanda echoed.

Esther thought, ‘Terence went mess around with his lover at night regardless of his illness. Then why should I meddle in it?’

Besides, she couldn’t ask him about it every time he went out. Any man wouldn’t stand it, let alone Terence.

But she wasn’t disposed to argue. Then she obediently replied, “I will be careful in the future.”

Gill nodded. “Well, sit down and have breakfast. Then you go bring the betrothal gifts to the Cusack’s with Amanda.”

“Today?” Esther was surprised since she had to go to work today.

“The sooner the better. After all, the engagement is done and Anne is pregnant,” Amanda said with a smile.

Esther nodded and did not say anything else.

…

Amanda had two sons, but Kilborn was only adopted for good luck when she failed to conceive. She even named him after Kilborn.

She wished Kilborn to bring her good luck and then she could be pregnant.

Fortunately, she was pregnant and gave birth to James in less than a year after that.

However, Kilborn was not her biological son, so he wasn’t as pampered as James, the real eldest grandson of the Gibson family. Kilborn had been in charge of a branch company these years and rarely came back.

Thus, James’s wedding must be a very grand occasion.

Clark asked them to hold it as luxuriously as possible no matter how much it cost.

Amanda was naturally overjoyed, so she gave Anne generous gifts.

When Terence proposed to Esther, the betrothal gifts were already breathtaking for the Cusacks. But now they were outnumbered heavily by those for Anne, let alone numerous presents.

Betty was so glad to see such a bewildering range of presents.

Since Amanda entered the Cusack’s, she had been asking Anne all kinds of questions, and most of them were related to the baby. She even asked if she had a blood test and whether it was a baby boy or a girl.

Anne knew that Amanda favored a baby boy and did not want to upset her, so she lied, “It’s a boy.”

Amanda was even more surprised with her hands trembling slightly. “Really? That’s great! Master Gibson will be overjoyed!”

After that, she held Anne’s hand and walked to the sofa. “You haven’t been three months pregnant yet. Don’t stand there. Come and sit down.”

Betty smiled and said, “Lady Gibson, don’t worry. Anne is quite well. She’s not that delicate.”

“Anyway, we can’t be too careful.” Then Amanda suddenly thought of something. “By the way, I brought a bunch of nutriments for Anne, but I can’t remember where exactly they are. You can find it later. Before the wedding, please take care of Anne for me.”

“Don’t worry. Anne is my sweetheart. I will take good care of her.”

“Well, thanks.”

Betty turned to Doris who remained silent, “Go put away the gifts and find out nutriments for Anne. These are all Anne’s. Don’t mix them up.”

“I know.” Doris nodded and began to put away the gifts all over the living room.

Esther knew what Betty meant. Did she treat Doris as a thief?

Although the betrothal gifts for her were not as generous as those for Anne, they still cost a lot and were all taken by Betty. She felt aggrieved for her mother, but she did not say anything.

But whatever she said wouldn’t work since Betty was unreasonable.

“Mom, let me help you.” Esther walked over and helped her mother carry the boxes to the empty bedroom on the first floor.

The room was vulgarly decorated in red. When Esther turned around, she found that her mother was secretly crying. She hurriedly walked over and asked worriedly, “Mom, what’s wrong with you? Why are you crying?”

Doris looked up at her. “Esther, I feel sad for you.”