Love Is a Sweet Addiction

The ancestral hall was located in the back mountain of the Gibson’s, a few hundred meters away from the main house in front of it. So no one could hear it even if she shouted. Would Lauren leave her here alone? She could bear it during the day, but it was really scary at night.

Lauren looked down at her and said calmly, “No one will guard here, Mrs. Gibson. But it’s good for you to stay here obediently. Or it will be bad if someone knows you don’t kneel…”

It turned out that Lauren was afraid that she would not follow the rule. But what she needed was a companion!

Before she could speak again, Lauren had already pulled her little hand off the corner of her clothes and left.

She felt desperate when looking at Lauren’s back. It seemed that she would have to stay here alone for three days!

…

Linsay saw Anne sitting by the window when she stepped into the coffee shop. After pausing for a moment, she quickened her pace, a fawning smile on her face. “Miss Anne, are you looking for me?”

Anne was stirring the juice in the glass with a spoon. She looked up at Linsay when hearing her voice. She calmly corrected, “Please call me Mrs. Anne.”

“Sorry, I forgot.” Linsay chuckled. “Congratulations, you have finally married into the Gibson family.”

“Thank you. I hope you can do achieve the same goal.” Anne’s tone was filled with ridicule.

Of course, she knew what Linsay wanted. But Linsay was not even as good as Esther in terms of her look and background, let alone good as Lila. So it was impossible for her to marry Terence!

Linsay naturally knew that Anne looked down on her and didn’t want to cooperate with her. But it didn’t matter. Because she knew Anne would see how powerful she was one day.

“What are you talking about, Mrs. Anne? I never thought of marrying into the Gibson family.”

“Really? Then why did you try to frame Esther?” Anne raised her eyebrows mockingly.

“Of course just to get some money from you.” Linsay smiled in disapproval. “Although Terence is good-looking, he is little in the Gibson family. Besides, who knows how many days he has left. What is the point of marrying him?”

“Then that would be for the best. Or I’m afraid you will be ruthlessly refused.” Anne picked up the juice glass and took a sip. Her eyes turned cold as she looked at Linsay. Then, she poured the remaining juice on Linsay’s face.

Linsay was startled. The orange juice slid down her little face, dripping on her white clothes.

She stared at Anne in shock, unable to speak for a long time.

“You dare to ruin my wedding dress? Ms. Woodson… you’re really brave.” Anne gnashed her teeth and hollered.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Linsay was stunned for a moment. Only then did she understand the reason. However, she was not angry. Instead, she wiped the juice off her face with her palm and anxiously explained, “Mrs. Anne, I was doing that for you. Why do you blame me?”

Anne raised her eyebrows. “Help me?”

“What do you think? You already saw what Esther was suffering…”

Anne cut her off. “You embarrassed me so much at my wedding day just to make her kneel in the ancestral hall for three days? It isn’t worth it. I’d rather you didn’t do that!”

“Indeed it is just a small punishment and is not good for you. But after this incident, the Gibsons will have a bad impression of her and even Terence will think she is a bad girl. Then no matter what she says, no one will believe her. It is a good thing for you.”

Anne looked at her and gritted her teeth. “What do you mean for me? I think you are doing this for yourself. Because Terence will be disappointed with Esther.”

Linsay’s little face darkened, and she said, “With my conditions, Terence wouldn’t even spare me a glance. Didn’t you just say that? So even if he was disappointed with Esther… it would do nothing good to me?”

Anne snorted coldly, picked up the cup next to her, and drank it gently.

Linsay was right. On the surface, that small punishment was not even comparable to the family rule of the Cusack family. However, after this incident, everyone would know her true personality and it would be difficult for her to reconstruct her image in the Gibson family.

Most importantly, Terence was implicated and transferred to Proley, a small place. It seemed that Master Gibson was completely disappointed in them.

If Terence failed to deal with the project in Proley, perhaps Master Gibson would keep him outside the company. He would use Terence’s incompetence of work as an excuse, just like how he treated Kilborn.

“Mrs. Anne, if you think that I was wrong, then I won’t do it again. But please don’t be mad. Be careful of your unborn baby.” Linsay could tell Anne relented and deliberately said with a guilty expression.

“No.” Anne immediately said, “Keep doing things like this. But I hope that you can tell me in advance so that I can be prepared.”

If Anne knew that there was something wrong with the wedding dress, she would definitely wear a lining inside, instead of wearing nothing in order to pursue beauty.

“I’m sorry. I was too careless. I thought that if I told you in advance, you would act unnaturally on the stage and they would know it.” Linsay explained.

Anne was very angry, but Linsay’s words sounded logical and perfect.

In the end, she still forgave Linsay. But she warned before leaving, “In any case, be careful in the future. Don’t let Esther drag me into it.”

“Don’t worry, Mrs. Anne. I will.” Linsay promised with a smile on her face but became ruthless in her heart.

…

Although Esther didn’t want to see the night, it still came. Her uneasiness became stronger.

The hall was hundreds of meters away from the main house, and all the memorial tablets were the Gibsons. So staying alone in this ancestral hall was really hard for an outsider like her.

Her knees were numb from pain after kneeling here for a whole day. She rubbed them to calm herself down and forced her brain to think about something else.

Thought about work, her parents, and her future…